Chapter 11 Test Review

According to Confucius, what do good governments depend on?

• educated citizens

• frugal rulers

• powerful military

• wise leaders

The general and emperor who founded the Sui dynasty.

• Empress Wu

• Wendi

• Yangdi

• Silk Road

Trade route (land) that had a major impact on the Chinese economy.

• Empress Wu

• Wendi

• Silk Road

• Grand Canal

The only woman in Chinese history to rule an empire on her own.

• Empress Wu

• Wendi

• Silk Road

• Grand Canal

Major network of waterways that connect two major rivers in China.

• Empress Wu

• Wendi

• Silk Road

• Grand Canal

During the Tang era, irrigation improved, leading to new crops that could grow in poor soil.  These new crops included __________.

• corn

• rice

• silk

• tea

The Chinese discovered that they could use which substance to heat things and make steel?

• coal

• gunpowder

• oil

• wood

In the Song dynasty, the Chinese economy grew when they printed __________.

• books

• maps

• newspapers

• paper currency

The most popular poet of the Tang era.

• Changen

• DuFu

• Li Bo

• Marco Polo

The capital city of the Tang and Song Eras.

• Changan

• Hong Kong

• Beijing

• Hangzhou