Which of the following characterizes Ming China during the 16th century as a result
of increased commerce?
rulers were flexible toward their diverse subjects, invited Jesuit missionaries into
their court, and limited European trade to ports like Goa and Bombay
the "counter-reformation" enacted reforms to attack corruption in religious
leaders and emphasize individual spirituality
wide circulation of silver, soaring production (especially of cotton), population
growth, and urban prosperity
religious divides led to an internal civil war, which exploded in a massacre of over
10,000 people in 1572