Natalie China Study Guide

Question 1

What powered the original Chinese mechanical clock?

Accepted Answer

water

Question 2

In 618, a General Li Yuan declared himself emperor and established the Tang dynasty. How long did the Tang dynasty last?

Accepted Answer

300

Question 3

What did the Han Emperors create to improve their government where candidates took long tests to qualify for office.

Accepted Answer

Civil Service Exam

Question 4

Explain the teaching of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism when it comes to the civil service exam.

Accepted Answer

Daoism: simplicity, spontaneity, and going with the flow of nature., Buddhism: filled with suffering caused by desire/ attachment eightfold path, Confucianism: respect, kindness, loyalty

Question 5

Who conquered almost all of Asia in the 13th century, became emperor of China and called his dynasty the Yuan dynasty?

Accepted Answer

Mongols

Question 6

How did canal locks work?

Accepted Answer

boat entered, gate lowered, water rose until it reached the level up ahead

Question 7

In the 20th century, The Chinese Civil Service Exams inspired who?

Accepted Answer

United States

Question 8

The Chinese invented the art of papermaking. What was it made out of?

Accepted Answer

hemp and mulberry tree

Question 9

What did the Chinese use to connect to rivers? What invention did they create to help the use of boats become easier?

Accepted Answer

canals connected to many rivers, canal locks

Question 10

Why were Segmental arch bridges better than Roman arch bridges?

Accepted Answer

cheaper to make, flatter, stronger, and used less material

Question 11

What did Chinese rulers base their right to rule on?

Accepted Answer

Mandate of Heaven

Question 12

Describe how Chinese moveable type worked?

Accepted Answer

clay/wood characters were put in frame to form a page, then press to print

Question 13

How did the Chinese advance their ironworking techniques from casting iron to producing steel?

Accepted Answer

By discovering that blowing air into molten cast iron produces steel.

Question 14

The Han dynasty held power in ancient China for +400 years. Why did the Han rulers lose their grip on power in 220 CE?

Accepted Answer

corrupt

Question 15

Who invented the compass and when? Who did it help travel and why? pick 2

Accepted Answer

in the 2nd century B.C.E., the Song dynasty., sailors could travel without landmark or a sky point to steer to

Question 16

Who did the Civil Service Exams favor?

Accepted Answer

Aristocrat b/c they had tutors, books, and time to prepare

Question 17

How many people did the city of Hangzhou have?

Accepted Answer

2,000,000

Question 18

Why was southern China ideal for cultivating rice plants?

Accepted Answer

warm, rain, fertile, irrigation

Question 19

What material is steel made from?

Accepted Answer

iron

Question 20

Chinese invented paper money in the late 8th or early 9th century. Before that time, what was the only form of currency?

Accepted Answer

coins

Question 21

What class Under the Song could become scholar-officials, because they could go to the new state-supported school?

Accepted Answer

Lower

Question 22

By relying on and making the civil service exam available to more candidates, what did the Song create?

Accepted Answer

meritocracy, a government ruled by officials of proven merit.

Question 23

When the Chinese invented rockets what were they originally used for?

Accepted Answer

Firework displays

Question 24

What is one of the most popular drinks in China?

Accepted Answer

tea

Question 25

What were ships built with and how were they sealed?

Accepted Answer

Watertight compartments sealed with caulk

Question 26

Whose teachings were the Civil Service Exam based on?

Accepted Answer

Confucius

Question 27

What was a paddlewheel and how did it work? pick 2

Accepted Answer

made travel across rivers and lakes much faster, People walked on treadmill to turn the paddlewheel to move the vessel

Question 28

How was a chain pump used? Pick two!

Accepted Answer

used containers attached to a loop of chain to move water, helped farmers irrigate land at the edges of lakes, marshes, and rivers

Question 29

Describe how Chinese Woodblock Printing worked

Accepted Answer

Ink was applied to carved wooden block, pressed onto paper/cloth with brush

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