Unit 3: Ancient China, Korea, and Japan

Question 1

During reign of Shi Huangdi, 100s of followers of this philosophy were murdered for their beliefs.

Accepted Answer

Confucianism

Question 2

What happened during the Pax Mongolica?

Accepted Answer

Ideas & inventions spread with trade between Europe and Asia

Question 3

Which of the following is considered the highest form of Chinese art

Accepted Answer

Calligraphy

Question 4

This is the type of government that was established by Shi Huangdi.

Accepted Answer

Legalist

Question 5

What created an intelligent, capable governing class in China?

Accepted Answer

the civil service examination system

Question 6

What was true of the Mongol Empire?

Accepted Answer

Mongol Empire was largest unified land empire in history.

Question 7

What symbol represents the Daoist concept of unity & that everything is connected to the whole?

Accepted Answer

The Yin and Yang

Question 8

Geography made it easy for China to have contact with other early civilizations, such as India.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

The rise, decline, and replacement of ruling families is called __________.

Accepted Answer

the dynastic cycle

Question 10

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the fall of the Tang Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

the restoration of the civil service system

Question 11

Japanese warrior class was known by this term, which means “to serve.”

Accepted Answer

Samurai

Question 12

To destroy the power of his rivals, Liu Bang re-established Shi Huangdi's policy of __________.

Accepted Answer

centralized government

Question 13

Yellow silt from the Huang He River is also called _______

Accepted Answer

Loess

Question 14

This dynasty, China's second, developed several key attributes including the Mandate of Heaven

Accepted Answer

Zhou

Question 15

Chinese landscape paintings are meant to be exact representations of the land the artist sees.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Which dynasty took power after the Warring States period?

Accepted Answer

Qin

Question 17

Which of the following is a Mongolian practice that Kublai Khan did NOT follow?

Accepted Answer

a nomadic way of life

Question 18

What was Japan's response to its first contact with Chinese culture?

Accepted Answer

Japanese borrowed many Chinese practices but adapted them.

Question 19

What was an enduring characteristic of Japanese government?

Accepted Answer

emperor who reigned as figurehead while another power ruled

Question 20

Japanese warriors followed this code of conduct, which stressed loyalty above everything else

Accepted Answer

Bushido

Question 21

This is Japan’s native religion, which focuses on the worship of nature spirits known as kami.

Accepted Answer

Shinto

Question 22

What helped China to become a great sea power under Song leadership?

Accepted Answer

the invention of the magnetic compass

Question 23

What type of Buddhism developed in Japan, combining with native beliefs?

Accepted Answer

Zen Buddhism

Question 24

This Japanese family seized power in 1603 and ended the warfare between noble families.

Accepted Answer

Tokugawa

Question 25

Why did Kublai Khan favor Mongols and foreigners for government posts?

Accepted Answer

He wanted to keep his ethnicity separate (above) the Chinese

Question 26

Chinese civilization was shaped largely by China's first dynasty, the __________

Accepted Answer

Shang

Question 27

The teachings of this man, China's most influential scholar, are found in the Analects.

Accepted Answer

Confucius

Question 28

Emperor Wudi was one of the most powerful rulers of this dynasty and helped form the Silk Road.

Accepted Answer

Han

Question 29

In what areas did the Heian court of Japan advance?

Accepted Answer

art, culture, and etiquette

Question 30

He burned books and forced peasants to work on the Great Wall of China.

Accepted Answer

Shi Huangdi

Question 31

Shi Huangdi was a ruler in the __________dynasty.

Accepted Answer

Qin

Question 32

How did Genghis Khan succeed as a conqueror?

Accepted Answer

through brilliant military strategy and organization

Question 33

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty is known for

Accepted Answer

Influencing and producing Chinese art

Question 34

The “Shan Shui” style of painting generally includes

Accepted Answer

mountains and water

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