Unit 4, Chapter 8, Section 1 Quiz

The series of cycles alternating between strength and weakness throughout Chinese history is known as

• The dynastic cycle

• The imperial cycle

• Reincarnation

• Reunification

What was happening in China between the fall of the Han dynasty in 220 and the rise of the Sui dynasty in 581?

• Small kingdoms were warring for control of China

• The Chinese developed new technologies that r

• China became reunified under a single dynasty

• Confucianism became the official state philosophy

Which if these did emperor Wendi not accomplish during his reign?

• Selected new government officials through written examinations

• Reunified northern and southern China

• Promoted both religious tolerance and Buddhism

• Conquered the Korean peninsula

What 3 reasons caused the fall of the Sui?

• Mongol Invasion

• Brutal working conditions for peasants building the grand canal

• Unsuccessful and costly wars against Korea

• Famine

• Civil war

According to Buddhist belief, what are the two main causes of suffering?

• Ignorance

• Desire

• Fear

• Anger

• Violence

Nirvana is...

• The end of reincarnation and the suffering

• Rebirth into another life

• The sum of a person's deeds

• The cause of suffering

After the fall of the ​ (a)   dynasty in 618, the ​ (b)   dynasty siezed power in 618 and continued to reunify China until 907. It wouldn't be until 960 that another dynasty, the ​ (c)   , would restore order once again.

• Sui
• Tang
• Song
• Han
• Qing
• Ming

What is most significant about Wu Zhao?

• She reunified northern and southern China

• She expanded the empire into central and southern Asia

• She was China's only official female emperor

• She helped spread Buddhism throughout China

Which crop helped China's population to increase rapidly during the Tang and Song dynasties?

• Rice

• Sugar cane

• Wheat

• Tea

Which dynasty made China the world's most advanced society of the time?

• Sui

• Han

• Song

• Tang