Chapter 17 Test

Traders and missionaries from Korea brought Buddhism to China during the A.D. 100s.

• True

• False

Civil service exams were based on Confucian principles.

• True

• False

The use of coal for heating led the the discovery of steel.

• True

• False

Most Ming Chinese officials welcomed new ideas from foreign countries.

• True

• False

The Jesuits were successful in converting many Chinese to Christianity during the Ming dynasty.

• True

• False

Ming dynasty lasted almost 300 years and restored strong central government

• True

• False

Tang dynasty built the Grand Canal and rebuilt Changan

• True

• False

new ideas based on an older system of beliefs that taught people to be concerned with their good behavior in this world as well as with the afterlife is Neo-Confucianism

• True

• False

Kublai Khan was the Mongol conqueror who started the Yuan dynasty

• True

• False

Ming dynasty encouraged the arts and overseas exploration

• True

• False