Chapter 17: Imperial China Quiz

Which of these improvements most helped Chinese trade expand and flourish?

• advances in techniques for making porcelain

• the institution of neo-Confucian exams

• the rebuilding of the Grand Canal

• the repair of the Great Wall

Which statement reflects a positive influence of the Mongol conquest of China?

• Mongol rulers adopted beliefs and customs of the people they conquered.

• Kublai Khan opened government jobs to non-Chinese.

• Mongol leaders inspired so much fear in their enemies, many surrendered to them without a fight.

• Chinese officials came to respect the stability and wealth Mongol rulers brought to the region.

How did the Ming dynasty change China after Mongol rule?

• The Ming dynasty allowed many religions to be practiced.

• The Ming dynasty allowed dramas that had been banned to be performed.

• The Ming dynasty did not allow their officials to take bribes.

• The Mongols encouraged production in the arts, but the Ming did not.

Which statement summarizes the Ming dynasty’s reaction to Christian missionaries?

• Ming officials regarded Europeans as uncivilized barbarians.

• The Chinese were interested in Christianity and the European scientific discoveries.

• Ming officials were more interested in the Portuguese trading port at Macao.

• Ming officials were easily corrupted with bribes from the missionaries.

Tang leaders feared how Buddhism would affect China’s

• army.

• Confucian traditions.

• economy.

• trade missions.

Empress Wu increased the size of the government and

• began the Sui dynasty.

• made the military stronger.

• restored civil service examinations.

• widened the Grand Canal.

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

• famine and disease.

• population growth.

• trade restrictions.

• widespread fighting.

Which invention helped the Chinese solve the problem of needing more money for trade?

• gunpowder

• magnetic compasses

• printing

• steel

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

• Empress Wu

• Genghis Khan

• Kublai Khan

• Marco Polo

The Mongols created the largest land empire in the history of the world in less than

• 25 years.

• 50 years.

• 75 years.

• 100 years.