China Unit Test Review

Question 1

Which of the following describes how the Grand Canal contributed to economic growth?

Accepted Answer

It linked regions for trade.

Question 2

What is this? (Be able to explain what it is/how it works/how its used today)

Accepted Answer

rocket

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

conquest by the Mongols

Question 4

What is this? (Be able to explain what it is/how it works/how its used today)

Accepted Answer

porcelain

Question 5

Why did Chinese farmers move from the north to the south during the Tang and Song Dynasties?

Accepted Answer

attacks by Mongols

Question 6

What is this? (Be able to explain what it is/how it works/how its used today)

Accepted Answer

tea

Question 7

What did the Chinese originally use rockets for?

Accepted Answer

fireworks

Question 8

Why did Marco Polo say China's cities were so amazing?

Accepted Answer

They were much larger than cities in Europe.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

foreigners, because he was a foreigner

Question 10

According to the Mandate of Heaven, a ruler could lose power if

Accepted Answer

there were natural disasters and he ruled badly

Question 11

Define dynasty

Accepted Answer

rulers from the same family

Question 12

What is this? (Be able to explain what it is/how it works/how its used today)

Accepted Answer

compass

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

welcoming

Question 14

How did Buddhist monks help people during the Tang Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

they opened schools, baths, and hospitals

Question 15

Which inventions allowed the Chinese to trade more easily with other countries?

Accepted Answer

The magnetic compass and the junk.

Question 16

How did Chinese farmers raise crops on steep hillsides?

Accepted Answer

they created flat areas called terraces

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

They raised crop production, increasing the food supply.

Question 18

What was the main crop grown in southern China?

Accepted Answer

rice

Question 19

Scholar-officials during the Song Dynasty studied

Accepted Answer

the teachings of Confucius

Question 20

What is this? (Be able to explain what it is/how it works/how its used today)

Accepted Answer

silk

Question 21

To inoculate a person against smallpox, Chinese doctors rubbed a powder into the skin. This...

Accepted Answer

signaled the immune system to fight the disease.

Question 22

A compass is a device that uses ________ to find direction

Accepted Answer

magnets

Question 23

What do paper-making, game cards, movable type, and mechanical clocks have in common?

Accepted Answer

They were all used in China before being used in Europe.

Question 24

Which Chinese invention changed the weapons used in war?

Accepted Answer

gunpowder

Question 25

How did the focus of Ming dynasty foreign policy change over time?

Accepted Answer

from interaction to isolation

Question 26

Paper, woodblock printing, and movable type were all inventions that contributed to...

Accepted Answer

the spread of learning.

Question 27

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

Accepted Answer

They gained an opportunity to become government officials.

Question 28

What was the purpose of Zheng He’s seven expeditions for the emperor between 1405 and 1433?

Accepted Answer

to get new tributaries for China

Question 29

What would a Chinese ruler be most likely to say toward the end of the Ming Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

"We want to protect China from outside influence."

Question 30

What is this? (Be able to explain what it is/how it works/how its used today)

Accepted Answer

making paper

Question 31

What do rice, silk, tea, jade, and porcelain have in common?

Accepted Answer

They were exported from China to faraway countries for sale.

Question 32

What was the most significant result of Marco Polo's travels in China?

Accepted Answer

Europeans became more interested in trading with China

Question 33

In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on

Accepted Answer

test scores

China Unit Test Review

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China Unit Test Review

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