Advances in farming took place during which dynasties?

• The Tang and Yuan

• The Tang and Song

• The Ming and The Yuan

• The Song and Ming

The Tang dynasty is said to have produced the finest examples of what Chinese art?

• Music

• Painting

• Poetry

• Porcelain

Scholar-officials had to pass exams based on the teachings of

• Li-Bo

• The Tang Emperor

• The Song Emperor

• Confucius

When the Mongols came to power, they

• reopened the Silk Road to trade

• shut down the Silk Road

• made the Silk Road more dangerous

• ignored the Silk Road entirely

As rulers of China, the Mongols

• Honored some Chinese traditions, but mostly stayed apart from the Chinese

• kept the merit system for civil servants

• promoted Chinese officials

• tried to keep foreigners out of China

Which of the following inventions proved to be of great value to European sailors?

• Tea

• Compass

• Gunpowder

• Paper

The Tang Dynasty strengthened government by bringing back China's

• Merit system

• urbanization

• bureaucracy

• money economy

Under the emperors of the Tang dynasty, China

• shrank in size but was politically stable

• was divided into warring territories

• united and expanded greatly in size

• closed its borders to foreign trade

During the Tang and Song dynasties, the growth of which crop helped populations grow?

• Silk

• Rice

• Wheat

• Corn

Which belief system spread from India to China and was based on denying yourself pleasures (suffering).

• Daoism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Christianity