China Dynasties Review

How did Buddhism get to China?

• traders and monks who traveled the silk road from India

• Buddhist missionaries from India

• wealthy missionaries who built temples

Why was the Grand Canal a great achievement?

• It linked Northern and Southern China

• It helped protect the Chinese empire from invaders.

• It brought water to irrigate farms in the North.

How did Empress Wu help unify China?

• By being a fair leader

• Helping the many peasants

• ruling with an iron fist

How did Confucianism influence the way people behaved?

• It taught people to let go of material need.

• It taught people to behave and respect others.

• It taught people that strong government was not need.

What was the purpose of the Dragon Pump?

• crop irrigation

• move soil for crops

• dig canals

Why was fact ripening rice an achievement?

• made rice cheaper for the population

• increased food production and wealth

• it wasn't an achievement

How did people become Scholar Officials?

• Paying for government positions

• Passing civil service exams

• By being born into nobility

Why was porcelain (China dishes, vases, etc) valuable to the Chinese?

• It was beautiful

• They were the only ones to know how to make it

• It was scare

How were the Mongols different from the Chinese?

• spoke a different language

• Closed China to traders

• had different customs

• wore different clothing

How were the Mongols tolerant of the Chinese?

• They adopted many Chinese ways.

• They allowed the Chinese to remain rulers of China

• They ate the same food as the Chinese