Unit 4 Review Quiz

How did the Chinese farmers raise crops on steep hillsides?

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

In a meritocracy, selection of officials was based on

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

Which group probably used the Silk Road most frequently?

Which of the following best summarizes Chinese attitudes toward foreigners during the Tang, Yuan, and Ming dynasties?

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

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

Why did the cities of China amaze European visitor Marco Polo?

What was the most important effect of a new crop variety introduced to southern China after 1000 CE?

Which of the following was the most significant result of Marco Polo's travels?

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

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

How was China after the Han dynasty like Europe after the fall of Rome?

What change led farmers to grow more tea?

According to Confucius, rulers had a duty to

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

If you wantaed a job in government service under the Song dynasty, which of these would you have studied?

Which fact enabled the Tang and Yuan dynasties to make the Silk Road safer?

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

One weakness of China's civil service system was that it created a bureaucracy that valued

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

Which led to high taxes, forced labor, fights between warlords and an eventual rebellion which ended the Han dynasty?

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

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

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

How did the Chinese first use rockets?

Why did the Chinese build ships with separate watertight compartments?

What did China's tributaries receive from the Ming dynasty?

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

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

Which of the following was one reason why the Yuan dynasty couldn't fill all government jobs with Mongols?

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

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

In the mass-production of porcelain, different workers did different tasks. What did that process make possible?

How did urbanization encourage artists?

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

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

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

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

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

Which dynasty first introduced civil service examinations?

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

What do papermaking, game cards, movable type, and mechanical clocks all have in common?

By the 1600s, the Chinese bureaucracy was unable to adapt to change. This contributed to the

Some of the questions on the civil service examination were about

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

Why did Europeans refer to fine dinnerware as "china"?

What caused Chinese farmers to move from northern to southern China during the Tang and Song dynasties?

The practice of binding girls' feet began in the upper class. This was because

How did the Tang emperors after 618 build on the work of Sui emperors?

Which of the following decribes the greatest contribution of the Grand Canal to economic growth?

The inventions of paper, woodblock printing, and movable type all contributed to

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

How did the new Yuan capital, Beijing, show the influence of foreigners?

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

Which invention did the earliest Chinese mechanical clock most resemble?

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

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

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

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

Which of the following would a Chinese ruler be more likely to say toward the end of the ming dynasty?

Compared to a Roman-style arch, what was the advantage of the Chinese segmental arch?

Which product grew best in the warm, wet climate of Southern China?