China Review

What was the importance of the Grand Canal?

• It connected China with the Indian Ocean trade network

• It celebrated the Song era emperor

• it facilitated trade and communication of ideas throughout China

• It connected China with its tributary states

What is the importance of Confucian thought on China?

• It reinforced social, familial, and political order

• It celebrated individuality and innovation

• It glorified wealth and the Emperor

• It connected China with Buddhism in neighboring kingdoms

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The existence of the "scholar gentry" reflects which values in Tang and Song China?

• Militarism

• Education

• Commerce

• Nobility

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What is the importance of the existence of the civil service system?

• It forced loyalty to the emperor

• It qualified citizens to serve in the military

• It allowed people from outside of China to gain entry

• It created a government based on talent, not nobility

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Although peasants were allowed to take the civil service exams, why did few actually take them?

• Peasants usually could not afford the time and money it took to prepare for the exams

• Many peasants were not interested in taking the exams

• Peasants were forcibly excluded from the exams

• Peasants were not likely to pass these exams

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Which of the following led to an increase in literacy among all levels of Chinese society?

• Civil Service Exams

• The development of printing

• The cultural importance of written poetry

• All of the above

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What was different about how Song dynasty farmers produced crops?

• The developed advanced irrigation

• The developed Champa rice

• They produced crops with the goal of trading the abroad

• They used fertilizer

What are examples of sinification?

• Japan and Korea adopting Confucianism, architecture, and culture from China

• Japan's development of the feudal system

• War between Korea and China

• The spread of Islam to the East

Which dynasty was militaristic and harsh to peasants?

• Han

• Sui

• Tang

• Song

What was valued throughout Chinese culture?

• militarism

• painting

• education

• war

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