APWH: Chapter 13-Post-Classical China

What aspect of Confucianism allowed it to flourish in China?

• Its emphasis on strict laws was embraced by Qin dynasty rulers when China reached its peak.

• With its fascination with nature, Confucianism received tremendous support among scientists.

• It advocated the formation of small self-sufficient communities throughout the Empire.

• As a social belief system mainly, it could co-exist with other Chinese religions simultaneously.

All of the following statements about Buddhism in China are correct EXCEPT that

• Chinese Buddhists traveled to India to study at temples and stupas.

• Buddhist monasteries were established throughout China and central Asia.

• Buddhism gained greater traction in northern China than in the south.

• the Tang Dynasty cracked down on Buddhism as soon as it came to power.

The Chinese practice of footbinding is evidence primarily of

• a descent.

• polytheistic religion.

• patriarchal traditions.

• autocratic government.

The sketch depicts which of the following that became widely enforced during the Song Dynasty?

• The conversion exams that all non-Buddhists were forced to take

• The academic exams that students had to take in order to attend the universities

• The civil service exams that determined appointment to positions in the bureaucracy

• The citizenship exams for all nomadic peoples living in China

Intellectual achievements thrived during the Song Dynasty mainly because of which of the following?

• Earlier Buddhist priests had ordered the construction of schools and universities.

• Agricultural surpluses gave the social classes more free time to pursue other activities.

• The first mandatory education laws were enforced by the empire.

• Confucian principles of education and the scholar-gentry were revived.

During the early years of the dynasty, Tang rulers attempted to do which of the following?

• Appoint aristocrats to high administrative posts

• Establish Christianity as China's official religion

• Create a unified writing system

• Secure the Chinese territory from nomadic peoples beyond the Great Wall

Compared to the Japanese, why did the Vietnamese people experience more difficulty exercising their own culture and traditions?

• Vietnam depended on China for essential natural resources.

• China had political and administrative control of Vietnam until the end of Tang Dynasty.

• Vietnam was not under the Chinese tributary system as was Japan.

• Nomadic invaders destroyed the traditional Vietnamese monuments and sculptures.

How was the Japanese and Korean form of bureaucracy different from that of China?

• It had to answer to the emperor.

• Civil service examinations made it possible for anyone to become a bureaucrat.

• Bureaucrats were elected by the populace.

• It was dominated by powerful aristocratic families.

Which of the following is an example of Chinese influence on neighboring countries?

• The existence of a warrior class in Japan

• The practice of rice cultivation in the Vietnamese states

• The appearance of Confucianism and Buddhism in Korea and Vietnam

• The authority of the aristocratic class in Korea

Which of the following dynasties was a high point of cultural diffusion between China and Japan?

• Song Dynasty

• Yuan Dynasty

• Tang Dynasty

• Han Dynasty