China

The ______ was more than 2,000 miles long.

• Grand Canal

• Great Wall of China

Which of the following correctly shows the order of dynasties in China?

• Sui, Song, Tang

• Sui, Tang, Song

• Tang, Song, Sui

• Song, Sui, Tang

Empress Wu ruled China with an iron fist. Those who threatened her power risked death. Yet she was an effective leader and appointed highly skilled officials. Make a prediction: Knowing the history of China before the Tang dynasty, what would likely have happened if Empress Wu had not been a strong leader?

• The dynasty would have collapsed and thrown China into another Period of Disunion.

• Her sons would have taken over leadership of the dynasty.

• There were so many skilled leaders that it would not have made a difference.

• An invading empire would have conquered all of China.

What did Europeans learn from Marco Polo?

• China was a primitive country.

• Nothing; all of Polo's journals were lost on the return journey.

• China was not worth visiting or exploring further.

• China was a highly civilized country.

A northern ruler named Yang Jian unified China in 589, creating the ________ dynasty.

• Sui

• Han

During the Han dynasty, _________ became the official state philosophy.

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

The Song dynasty produced __________, perhaps China's greatest female poet.

• Li Bo

• Li Quingzhao

In the 1430's, a new Ming emperor began a policy of increased_____________

• isolationism

• foreign trade

A time of disorder following the collapse of the Han dynasty

• period of disunion

• isolationism

• bureaucracy

A Tang dynasty ruler under whose reign culture flourished

• Beijing

• Xuanzong

• Zheng He

• Cai Lun