World History Vocabulary Quiz #5

This was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change the shape and size of their feet; during the time it was practiced, bound feet were considered a status symbol and a mark of beauty.

• Foot Adjustment
• Foot Breaking
• Foot Binding

This was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. It was the first in world history to issue banknotes or true paper money nationally and the first Chinese government to establish a standing navy.

• Tang Dynasty
• Song Dynasty
• Sui Dynasty

This was an emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China known mainly in modern times for the religious persecution that occurred during his reign.

• Yuan
• Wuzong
• Wu Tang

This religion was considered a foreign threat to Chinese social harmony and persecuted, sacked, and largely destroyed in China by the Tang Dynasty through a series of edicts to help fund military ventures.

• Buddhism
• Zoroastrianism
• Hindusim

This was a devastating rebellion against the Tang dynasty of China that intended to replace it with the Yan dynasty.

• Kublai
• Ogadei
• An Lushan

This was a civil testing system in Imperial China for selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy.

• Imperial Country Test
• Imperial Examination System
• Imperial Army Exam

This was a network of loose international relations focused on China which facilitated trade and foreign relations by acknowledging China's predominant role in East Asia. The other nations had to send an envoy to China on schedule, who would kowtow to the Chinese emperor and acknowledge his superiority and precedence.

• Trophy System
• Caste System
• Tribute System

This is the longest artificial river in the world. Starting in Beijing, it passes through many regions to connect with the city of Hangzhou, thus linking the Yellow River and Yangtze River.

• Panama Canal
• Grand Canal
• Guadacanal

This was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907. Historians generally regard it as a high point in Chinese civilization, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture. It is also known for its persecution of other religions.

• Tang Dynasty
• Song Dynasty
• Sui Dynasty

This was a pivotal, albeit short-lived, imperial dynasty of China from 581 to 619 CE. It reinstalled the rule of ethnic Han in the entirety of China proper and underwent extensive infrastructure projects.

• Tang Dynasty
• Song Dynasty
• Sui Dynasty