History 7 Unit 4 Test (Chapters 7 & 8)

Which is one principle of Confucianism?

• Respect your family and elders

• Harmony with nature is important

• Buying things causes suffering

• Education helps to act morally

Buddhism teaches that

• we can avoid suffering

• life includes suffering

• suffering makes us strong

• suffering is necessary

What is the key feature of a bureaucracy?

• It is based in a central location and easily reached

• It has many departments responsible for government business

• It is responsible for developing a strong code of law

• It grows out of the need for including many people

How did Genghis Khan come to power?

• by campaigning throughout Mongolia

• by fighting and defeating rivals

• by paying bribes to tribal leaders

• by studying the biographies of other leaders

The period of Mongol control of China is known as the

• Confucian Dynasty

• Khanates

• Mongol Ascendency

• Song Dynasty

Which trip would be a maritime trip?

• a desert drive

• a wagon train

• a camel ride

• a sailboat charter

One important development during the Tang Dynasty?

• the spread of Buddhism to other countries

• a return to traditions from the time of the Han Dynasty

• the building of the Grand Canal and growth of trade

• the expansion of trade routes through a larger empire

What did the Song Dynasty do to the exam system?

• They got rid of it

• They reduced it

• They left it unchanged

• They expanded it and improved it

The mongols were able to conquer Central Asia because they

• had large standing armies

• were based in large cities

• had more advanced weapons

• were nomadic and could move quickly

What was done in an effort to reunify China after the fall of the Han Dynasty?

• relocation of the capital

• relocation of the Grand Canal

• restoration of the bureaucracy

• restoration of old traditions