IMPERIAL CHINA

In A.D. 581, the _____ dynasty unified under the rule of emperors.

• Sui

• Tang

• Song

• Ming

The most ambitious project under Emperor Yangdi was the ___, which helped unite China through trade

• Great Wall

• printing press

• Grand Canal

• Civil service exam

Who first brought Buddhism to China in the A.D. 100s

• Mongol invaders

• poets and artists

• scholar officials

• traders and missionaries

Mongols were a nomadic warrior people who lived and traveled in ___

• clans

• tents

• cities

• harsh environments

Mongol warriors were greatly feared for their use of ___ in fighting their enemies

• maps

• fire lances

• horses

• terror

What was Genghis Khan's main goal as leader of the Mongols?

• to unite China after civil war

• to conquer lands beyond Mongolia

• to establish trade relations with Europeans

• to settle his people in a more favorable environment

___ were based on Confucian principles and helped establish a new class in China's society.

• Civil service examinations

• Buddhist principles

• Turkish nomads

• Scholar officials

Tang rulers wanted to destroy Buddhism because

• Confucius told them to

• People turned away from Confucian principles

• Buddhist monks and priests grew too powerful

• Buddhist monks and nuns built hospitals and schools

The new philosophy designed to include both Confucian and Buddhist ideas was known as

• neo-Confucianism

• Daoism

• Realism

• Civilism

Printing led to the invention of

• guns

• paper currency

• books

• calligraphy