Imperial China

Traders and missionaries from Korea brought Buddhism to China during the 100s C.E.

• True

• False

Civil service exams were based on Confucian principles.

• True

• False

The use of coal for heating led to 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

Tang leaders feared how Buddhism would affect China’s

• army.

  
  

• economy

• Confucian Traditions

• trade missions

Empress Wu increased the size of the government and

• widened the Grand Canal

• restored civil service examinations

• made the military stronger

• began the Sui dynasty

During the Tang dynasty, the development of new kinds of rice and improved irrigation methods led to

• Increased population

• Expansion of trade routes
• Increased agricultural productivity
• Development of new technologies

This invention helped the Chinese solve the problem of needing more money

• The invention of printing

• The invention of the compass
• The invention of gunpowder
• The invention of steel

Who unified the Mongol clans, built a large army, and created a new legal code?

• Alexander the Great
• Julius Caesar
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Genghis Khan