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Which of the following contributed to the doubling of the Chinese
population during the Tang and Song dynasties?
A) The conquest of
Japan
B) The adoption of a fast-ripening strain of rice from
Vietnam
C) The end of warfare with pastoral peoples
D) The
massive importation of food crops from Central Asia
B
Which of the following is a reason that the Tang and Song dynasties
are regarded as a golden age in China?
A) The peaceful transfer
of power from the Tang to the Song
B) The development of
democratic political institutions
C) The setting of standards of
excellence in art and literature
D) The nearly universal adoption
of Buddhism by the population
C
Those who participated in the Chinese tribute system gained
A) a
permanent garrison of Chinese troops. C) the opportunity to trade in
China.
B) a gift of gunpowder and cannons. D) lower tax rates.
C
Which of the following explains why women's lives were more
restricted in the Song dynasty than in the Tang dynasty?
A) The
introduction of Daoism C) The revival of Confucianism
B) The
decline of Buddhism
C
Which of the following statements about the Chinese tribute system is
true?
A) The tribute system operated at the end of wars of
conquest and was designed to humiliate the conquered people.
B)
China's neighbors in the premodern period often refused to submit to
the rituals of the tribute system because they resented
China's
assumption of superiority.
C) The tribute system was an
exploitative one-way street, with foreign states paying tribute to
China but the Chinese government
offering nothing in
return.
D) The Chinese government often gave other states gifts
that were in fact worth more than the tribute that those states paid to
China.
D
China's most enduring and intense interaction with outsiders was
with
A) the gathering and hunting societies of Southeast Asia. C)
the various empires that ruled India.
B) the nomadic pastoral
peoples of the northern steppes. D) Muslim traders in the Indian Ocean.
B
Which of the following describes Korea's relationship with
China?
A) Korea was incorporated into the Chinese empire for over
a thousand years.
B) Korean male elites developed their own
alphabet as a way to resist Chinese cultural influence.
C)
Korea's capital city of Kumsong was modeled directly on the Chinese
capital of Chang'an.
D) Korea was able to avoid participating in
China's tribute system.
C
Which of the following contributed to China's economic prosperity
during the Tang and Song dynasties?
A) The suppression of
internal trade in order to increase long-distance trade
B) The
import of large numbers of slaves to work in agriculture and
industry
C) The large-scale immigration of indentured servants
from Pacific Oceania
D) A complex network of internal waterways
that provided cheap transportation
D
What do the Xiongnu, the Uighurs, the Khitan, and the Jurchen have in
common?
A) All four paid tribute to China in return for military
protection.
B) All four were ultimately conquered by
China.
C) All four established states in the southern portions of
the Chinese empire.
D) All four required China to send them
valuable goods in return for not attacking China.
D
Chinese interaction with the northern nomads during the Tang dynasty
resulted in the
A) conversion of large numbers of the northern
nomads to Daoism.
B) evolution of a mixed Chinese/Turkic culture
in northern China.
C) launching of maritime expeditions in the
Indian Ocean.
D) replacement of the tribute system with a system
of free trade.
B
In their relations with China, the countries of Korea and Japan
both
A) acknowledged the Chinese emperor as their ruler.
B)
rejected every aspect of Chinese civilization.
C) declined to
participate in the Chinese tribute system.
D) sent people to
China to study Chinese thought and culture.
D
Which of the following statements describes Korea's relationship with
China in the premodern period?
A) Korean elites rejected Chinese
culture, but peasants adopted it wholesale.
B) Korea adopted
elements of Chinese culture while still retaining a distinctive
culture and separate political existence.
C) Korea was a subject
state ruled directly by China for most of its history.
D) Korean
rulers never participated in the Chinese tribute system in an effort
to assert their independence from China.
B
Which of the following was a technological innovation that spread
from China to the rest of Eurasia?
A) The processing of sugar B)
Printing C) Cannons D) The processing of cotton
B
Which of the following was a factor in the growth of Buddhism in
China after 300 C.E.?
A) Disorder increased following the
collapse of the Han dynasty, which discredited Confucianism.
B)
The celibacy of Buddhist monks and their withdrawal from society
correlated well with Confucian values.
C) Buddhist monks from
Korea undertook sustained missionary endeavors.
D) Rival Shinto
priests withdrew to Japan following persecution by the Tang dynasty.
A
In Song dynasty China, masculine identity came to be defined in terms
of
A) archery, horseback riding, and athleticism. C) calligraphy,
scholarship, painting, and poetry.
B) military valor and business
acumen. D) weakness, reticence, sacrifice, and delicacy.
C
Which of the following was a political contribution of the Tang and
Song dynasties?
A) The creation of an aristocracy that
transformed the government from a monarchy to an oligarchy
B) The
introduction of administrative procedures that made the bureaucracy
obsolete
C) The democratization of the political system with the
establishment of the Censorate
D) The construction of a state
structure that lasted until the twentieth century
D
Chinese references to Western barbarians in the Tang dynasty included
which group of people?
A) Koreans B) Indians C) Portuguese D) Vietnamese
B
How was the tribute system an expression of the Chinese view of themselves and their relationship to the world?
A) The tribute system required non-Chinese to acknowledge Chinese
superiority and their own subordinate place in a
Chinese-
centered world order.
B) The tribute system was based on the assumptions that unity was a
natural condition and that China was destined to rule the
entire world.
C) The tribute system maintained the racial purity of the Chinese
people by prohibiting intermarriage between Chinese and
non-
Chinese peoples.
D) The tribute system celebrated the multicultural diversity of the Chinese people and encouraged cultural borrowing.
A
The emergence of which practice during the Song dynasty suggests that
Chinese women's lives were more restricted than they had
been in
the Tang dynasty?
A) Remarriage of widows B) Tribute system C)
Foot binding D) Bushido
C
What did Korea, Japan, and Vietnam develop that reflected their
unique culture?
A) Their own court rituals B) Their own writing
systems C) Their own tribute systems D) Their own law codes
B
In what respect was Japan's borrowing of Chinese culture different
from the experiences of Korea and Vietnam?
A) Japanese people
viewed their own country less as a separate nation than as an
extension of a universal civilization centered in
China.
B)
In Japan, only the lower classes and women embraced Chinese culture,
while elite men resisted Chinese influence in all
arenas.
C)
Japan adopted many elements of Chinese culture but completely rejected
the fundamental principles of Confucianism.
D) Japan's borrowing
was wholly voluntary rather than occurring under conditions of direct
military threat or outright
occupation.
D
Which of the following is an example of how Chinese inventions
stimulated innovations in distant lands?
A) The Chinese formula
for gunpowder triggered the development of cannons in Europe.
B)
The Chinese invention of movable type was the inspiration for the
creation of the world's first copy machine in the
Islamic
world.
C) The Chinese technique for producing salt
by solar evaporation made possible the invention of windmills in
Persia.
D) The Chinese invention of the magnetic compass spurred
the Scientific Revolution in Europe.
A
The invention of printing in China was linked with which
religion?
A) Christianity B) Daoism C) Buddhism D) Islam
C
Which of the following shows the effect of the Indian Ocean trade on
China?
A) The transfer of Vietnam from Chinese control to the
Southeast Asian sphere of influence
B) The transformation of
southern China from a subsistence economy to an export-oriented
economy
C) The replacement of the tribute system with a trade
system based on free and equal access to markets
D) The emergence
of Hong Kong as an international hub for all ocean-based trade routes
B
The emergence of the samurai reflected Japan's
A) imperial
ambitions to conquer China. C) ancient emperor system.
B) embrace
of Confucianism. D) decentralized political structure.
D
Which religion provided an element of cultural commonality for the
East Asian region?
A) Buddhism B) Daoism C) Islam D) Christianity
A
Which of the following is an example of how Indian Buddhism was
modified after its introduction into China?
A) The patriarchal
assumptions of Indian Buddhism were replaced by a message of equality
between husbands and wives.
B) The veneration of relics in Indian
Buddhism was replaced by the worship of ancestral spirits and
ghosts.
C) The Buddhist notion of morality was translated with
the Confucian term for filial submission and obedience.
D) The
social orientation of Indian Buddhism was replaced with an emphasis on
individual salvation and enlightenment.
C
How did the changed environment in China in the ninth century affect
Buddhism?
A) State support of Buddhism made Buddhism the official
religion of China.
B) Buddhist monasteries came under state
control as a xenophobic reaction set in.
C) People flocked to
Buddhism as a way to deal with the social chaos.
D) Buddhism was
wiped out as a result of state-sponsored policies of persecution.
B