Unit 4 Imperial China

Which of the following was the main reason why peasants went to the city?

To navigate across open ocean, the Chinese invented a device based on

For shipping goods, what advantage did a barge have over an oxcart?

Why did the Chinese build ships with separate watertight compartments?

Which invention did the Chinese use when making game cards in the 9th century?

Read this list: (*paper *woodblock printing *movable type) These inventions all contributed to

Which group probably used the Silk Road most frequently?

To people who believed in the Mandate of Heaven, when was it all right to overthrow an emperor?

Dunhuang and Kashgar were both oasis towns. Why would traders stop here?

What was a major role of Buddhist monks and nuns during the Tang dynasty?

What is a reason why the Yuan dynasty could not fill all government jobs with Mongols?

Some of the questions on the civil service examination were about

Visitor MarcoPolo wrote the following of a Chinese city. Why did the cities of China amaze him?

Several decades of chaos and division occurred between which two dynasties?

Which items did the Chinese receive in trade during the Tang dynasty?

Which word best describes the attitude of China toward foreigners for most of the Tang dynasty?

Why did many ancient Chinese steam the clothing of someone who was sick?

The attitude of the Yuan dynasty toward foreigners is reflected by the fact that

To inoculate against smallpox, Chinese doctors rubbed powder into the skin. How did this work?

Of the four dynasties shown on the timeline, which one ruled for the shortest time?

Which dynasty first introduced civil service examinations?

According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to

What change helps to explain why the number of copper coins made increased sharply each year?

How did Chinese farmers raise crops on steep hillsides?

Which of these is a main reason why the demand for luxury items increased?

What best summarizes Chinese attitudes toward foreigners during Tang, Yuan, and Ming dynasties?

What product below goes in the empty space on the chart?

Which Chinese invention led to a reduction in use of crossbows, swords, and spears in warfare?

If you wanted a job in government service under the Song, what should you have studied?

Why did Europeans refer to fine dinnerware as “china”?

Which part of the economy benefited most from the magnetic compass?

Based on the map, Kashgar became an important trading city because

What was a disadvantage of paper money as a form of currency?

How does the graph help to explain the use of paper money in China starting in the 1000s?

Under the Tang dynasty, how did the return of Xuan Zang from India influence Chinese culture?

All over China by the 700s, the popularity of one drink led to the opening of

What was the most important effect of a new crop variety introduced to China after 1000 C.E.?

How did technologies such as the harrow and the chain pump contribute to population growth?

When the Chinese already had iron, why did they develop a way to make steel?

How did urbanization encourage artists?

In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on

What change led farmers to grow more tea?

Suppose four Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. Which statement must be true about them?

Whom did the emperor Kublai Khan trust most to hold government jobs?

How did the Chinese first use rockets?

Why did Chinese alchemists warn people to stay away from the powder they made with saltpeter?

How did the lives of some people from the lower classes change under the Song dynasty?

What caused Chinese farmers to move from the north to the south during Tang and Song dynasties?

Which of the following led directly to the rule of China by foreigners?

Which phrase belongs in the empty box?

One main reason why the Tang government destroyed Buddhist monasteries after 843 was to

Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern?