China

During the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism appealed to the Chinese population because it offered its followers an escape from suffering through the achievement of __________. 

• enlightenment 
• spiritual purity
• spiritual peace
• good karma

Buddhism appealed to the Chinese masses because it offered its followers an escape from __________.

• hunger 
• disease
• poverty
• suffering

Around 1000 B.C., a new type of rice was introduced into China, which revolutionized China's agricultural system. Because the rice was __________, the yearly production rates doubled.

• chemically fertilized
• fast ripening
• slow ripening
• grown in water

The Chinese economy during the Tang and Song Dynasties advanced significantly because for the first time the Chinese people could __________. 

• exchange agriculture with other countries 
• exchange food for services
• exchange labor for land
• exchange coin and paper money for goods and services

During the era of the Tang and Song dynasties, what did Chinese inventors develop to make it possible to print entire pages quickly?

• calligraphy
• cursive
• a steam printing press 
• wood–block printing

Confucianism influenced the development of Chinese society because it promoted mutual responsibility and obligation between which groups of people?

• rulers and subjects
• husbands and wives
• parents and children 
• All of the above

During the Mongol rule in China, what Chinese inventions were brought back home with European traders? 

• silver, spices, and cotton 
• steel, compass, and gunpowder 
• tea and silk 
• silver, spices, cotton, tea and silk

The Mongol Empire utilized camel caravans to carry goods via the __________ to western civilizations. 

• Sahara desert 
• Great Wall of China 
• Silk Road
• Northeast Passage

Which of the following is a Chinese invention that offered the greatest impact on the success of the European age of exploration? 

• the magnetic compass 
•  tea manufacturing and trade
• wood–block printing used to make maps 
• the use of junks for sailing across the ocean

What did Chinese inventors discover as the first practical use for gunpowder? 

• They used it as a weapon to create cannons. 
• They used it to develop fireworks. 
• They used it to make rifles. 
• They used it as a medicine to live longer.