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What was different about Empress Wu than any other emporer?
She was caring and harsh
She was not qualified.
She was a despot
She was a woman
2
The Mongols were kindest to the Chinese
True
False
3
What was Yongle's greatest accomplishment?
He created a fleet of ships
He founded the Ming dynasty
He was a despot
He built the forbidden city
4
Highly educated men who passed the civil service exam and qualified for government jobs were called prodigy officials
True
False
5
Kublai Honored some Chinese traditions by keeping the Song bureaucracy and adopting rituals of the Chinese court
False
True
6
The king was the son of heaven.
False
True
7
What was the meaning of Genghis Khan's name?
Supreme emporer
crusty rat.
Powerful Emporer
Supreme leader
8
Hanzhou was the capital of China during the Song dynasty.
False
True
9
In what ways did the Yuan Dynasty revive trade?
The silk road reopened and people took caravans across the continent
Merchants held a very high status, and did not have to pay certain taxes
All of the above
Mongols continued the Sea trade that the Song dynasty had started.
10
What would happen if a king did not govern well.
Heaven would kill the ruler's familly members.
The people would rebel, and heaven would then tortue citizens.
Heaven would show signs of displeasure, and the land would suffer disasters
Heaven would torture the ruler and a new dynasty would begin instead.
11
Who founded the Tang Dynasty?
Empress Wu
Tang Taizong
Tang Gaozu
Kublai Khan
12
Smugglers were portuguese sailors who did not pay tributes and violated officials
False
True
13
The population shrank and grew poor, as rice farmers got richer.
True
False
14
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
The Divine right to Rule China
The foundation of the Merit system
The main rule of the Eightfold path.
The exams that only skilled students could pass
15
The only religion allowed in Chang'an was Buddhism.
False
True
16
How were poor students educated for the Civil Service Exams?
The government gave every student study materials.
The government had free test prep schooling.
The government opened a store that held all test books.
The government opened a school that everyone could attend.
17
What was the dynastic cycle?
The divine right to rule heaven.
The overthrown dynasties by heaven's judgment.
The rise and fall of dynasties in China.
The death of emporers.
18
The Forbidden city was meant to show that China was the "Middle Kingdom" or the center of the earth
True
False
19
The first printing presses were made of woodblocks
False
True
20
Chang'an was the second largest city built in China.
True
False
21
The purpose of the Civil Service exams were to hire people to work for the government.
True
False
22
What were the Civil Service Exams based on?
The Chinese international science league.
The teachings of Yongle.
The teachings of Buddha.
The teachings of Confucius.
23
Yuan Dynasty means origin
True
False
24
How did Genghis maintain a strong army?
He was strict and had special weapons
He was able to adapt to different types of war
All of the above
He organized people based on their skills
25
What were the reasons for the fall of the Yuan dynasty?
The death of Genghis Khan
All of the above
Corruption and natrual disasters and rebellion
The disatisfaction from the Mandate of heaven
26
Mongolians welcomed foreigners, in attempt to get rid of Chinese culture.
False
True
27
What was Chang'an MOST known for?
It's public entertainment.
Being a thriving cultrual and commercial center.
It was the site of emperor’s palace
It sat at one end of the silk road.
28
Why did Yongle send Zheng He on sea voyages?
He sent him on a mission to collect tributes from other countries
He sent him on a mission to trade with other countries
He sent him on a mission to conquer his greatest enemies
all of the above
29
How did Kublai Khan conquer China?
by cutting of the silk road
by encircling them in a trap
by burning cities and leaving their bones on rooftops
by building a fleet of ships
30
What was Empress Wu's ridea about an ideal ruler?
That a ruler should act as a despot would.
That a ruler should treat their subjects like their children.
That a ruler should follow the Merit system.
That a ruler should only be selected by the Divine right to Rule China.
31
How were people positioned for jobs.
By harwork
By status
By grades
By skill
32
Genghis promoted trade by creating the Pony express and a series of canals.
True
False
33
How did Kublai Khan reduce the power of scholar officials?
By selecting officials based on status
All of the above.
By getting rid of the Mandate of heaven
By getting rid of Civil Service exams
34
How did the Song dynasty protect their empire?
By promoting only the highly skilled men into the army.
By using only divine rights from heaven to let people rule in the govt.
By huge armies and dividing power among govt officials not military.
By moving their capital to the heart of China to protect them against enemy
35
Song Civil Service exams were more fair than the Tang, because they were not biased by status.
True
False
36
Why was Hongwu considered a despot?
He abused his power, and was skeptical of random people and he killed them.
He destroyed Kublai Khan
He closed the Silk road, and refused to open the Mandate of heaven.
The Heavens were disatisfied with him and sent down natrual disasters.
37
What were Khanates
All of the above
A system in which there are many little armies protecting each city.
Genghis's subjects and officials.
Smaller groups ruling within the larger empire
38
Why was the Silk Road closed?
Because the new emporer did not want to let any enamies in.
Because trade shut down.
Because of the disorder and warfare that was currently occuring.
Because Europe was letting in smugglers from Portugual.
39
Why did Yongle move the capital of China to Beijing
To strengthen countries northdefenses and to move capital to heart of china
To display his palace in the forbidden city
To hold more power against the Mongols when they overthrow emporers
All of the above
40
At what time was China at it's largest ?
During the Song dynasty.
During the Ming dynasty.
During the Yongle dynasty
During the Tang dynasty.
41
The Chinese viewed Smugglers as enemies at first, but their gold was hard to resist.
False
True
42
How did the Social Pyramid go?
None of the above.
Chinese, Mongolians, Other Foreigners
Mongolians, Other foreigners, Northern Chinese, Southern Chinese
Mongolians, Europeans, Chinese, other foreigners
43
What was one of the impacts of rice on China
Ability to feed the rapidly growing population of China
The opening of the silk road as China was able to produce trade
The ability to sell rice in Europe.
All of the above.
44
Who was Hongwu
Kublai Khan's best friend.
All of the above.
The founding emporer of the Ming dynasty. A cruel despot.
The leader of the march to kill emporer Kublai.
45
Who was Marco Polo?
A man who invaded China and stole all of their ideas on coal
A man sent by Kublai Khan to search travel across Asia to collect tributes.
A European traveler who explored much of Asia and told stories of China
None of the above.
46
What were the reasons China turned inward
Voyages were expensive and China did not have enough money to pay them back
all of the above
The silk road became dangerous and few merchants traveled across it
Foreigners were considered a threat and only allowed to visit on bussiness
47
What was the Tributary system?
None of the above
When smaller countries payed tributes to China to make peace.
When Hongwu gave gifts to other countries to strengthen trade
When other countries used the Mandate of Heaven to control rulers
48
What is bureacracy?
The divine right to rule china.
The system in which only the most highly skilled men were selected for jobs
A system with many departments and appointed officials.
The overland system of travel, that linked China and Europe.
