Chapter 14 - China

Who was known as a ruthless but effective Tang dynasty ruler?

• Ghengis Khan

• Empress Wu

• Zheng He

What is a set of letters or characters that can be moved to create different lines of text?

• Movable Type

• Gunpowder

• Compass

• Bureaucracy

Match the following keywords to their definition

• Mixture of powders used in explosives

• Kublai Khan

• Thin, beautiful pottery

• Gunpowder

• Educated government worker

• Zheng He

• Commanded huge fleets of ships

• Porcelain

• Founder of the Yuan Dynasty

• Scholar - Official

An ____ is something that leads people to follow a certain course of action.

​ (a)   is the policy of avoiding contact with other countries. A ​ (b)   is a body of unelected government officials.

• Isolationism
• Bureaucracy

Trade and other contact with peoples far from China stopped under which dynasty?

• Ming

• Yuan

• Song

• Sui

Which of the following was not a way that Confucianism influenced China?

• Emphasis on family and family values

• Expansion on manufacturing and trade

• Emphasis on service to society

• Well - educated government officials

What was the major cause for the spread of Buddhism to China and other parts of Asia?

• the teachings of Kublai Khan

• the writings of Confucius

• the travels of Buddhist missionaries

• the support of Empress Wu

All of the following flourished during both the Tang and the Song dynasties, except

• art and culture

• sea voyages and exploration

• science and technology

• trade

What period did China enter after the Han dynasty collapsed?

• The period of confusion

• The period of disunion

• The period of chaos

• The period of isolationism