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China (19-20)

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following inventions proved to be of great value to European sailors?
a)
Tea
b)
Gunpowder
c)
Paper
d)
Compass
2.
Which product was a highly prized Chinese export made in China for centuries?
a)
Paper
b)
Chopsticks
c)
Porcelain
d)
Gunpowder
3.
Which system of belief holds that people should give up worldly desires and seek enlightenment?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Confucianism
c)
Neo-Confucianism
d)
Daoism
4.
One idea that Confucius taught was
a)
People should withdraw from the world.
b)
People should try to let go of their desires.
c)
children should respect their parents.
d)
emperors should rule through force.
5.
Buddhism was founded by
a)
Siddhartha Guatama
b)
Ghengis Khan
c)
Confucius 
d)
Kublai Khan
6.
Scholar-officials had to pass exams based on the teachings of 
a)
Confucius
b)
Li Bo
c)
the Song Emperor
d)
the Tang Emperor
7.
Advances in farming took place during which dynasties?
a)
Song and Ming
b)
Tang and Song
c)
Ming and Yuan
d)
Tang and Yuan
8.
During the Tang and Song dynasties, the growth of which crop helped populations grow?
a)
Wheat
b)
Silk
c)
Corn
d)
Rice
9.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a money economy?
a)
Paper money
b)
Barter
c)
Cash 
d)
Metal Coins
10.
When Europeans merchants came to China in the 1500s, they 
a)
Traded freely with the support of the Chinese government.
b)
Paid tribute to the Chinese emperor.
c)
were not allowed to enter China.
d)
refused to pay tribute.
11.
After Emperor Yongle's death
a)
Admiral Zheng He became the new Ming emperor.
b)
the Ming banned overseas travel and stopped building large ships.
c)
the Chinese founded colonies in southeast Asia.
d)
the Ming rulers build a new treasure fleet with the profits of Zheng He's expeditions.
12.
To restore China's authority and present it as the center of the world, Emperor Yongle
a)
built the Forbidden City.
b)
moved the capital from Mongolian to southern China.
c)
built a new capital in Nanjing.
d)
built the Great Wall of China.
13.
As rulers of China, the Mongols
a)
honored some Chinese traditions, but mostly stayed apart from the Chinese.
b)
promoted Chinese officials.
c)
kept the merit system for civil servants.
d)
tried to keep foreigners out of China.
14.
When the Mongols came to power, they
a)
ignored the Silk Road entirely.
b)
shut down the Silk Road.
c)
raised taxes on merchants using the Silk Road.
d)
reopened the Silk Road to trade.
15.
Which of the following statements best describes Emperor Hongwu's actions in the 1300s?
a)
He drove out the Mongols and made himself the absolute ruler of China.
b)
He drove out  the Mongols but kept their traditions in place.
c)
He drove out the Mongols and then stepped down to let others rule.
d)
He drove out the Mongols and shared power under the merit system.
16.
Genghis Khan is important because he
a)
Conquered all of China
b)
United the Mongols
c)
fought the Mongols
d)
was emperor China
17.

The Ming Dynasty was responsible for completing what major constructional landmark?

a)

Silk Road

b)

The Great Wall of China

c)

Grand Canal

d)

The Great Wall of Tacos

18.

Use of the Silk Road resulted in cultural diffusion by spreading _______________.

a)

knowledge and ideas

b)

books and letters

c)

disease

d)

rules and laws

19.

What is Neo-Confucianism?

a)

blend of women's rights into Confucianism

b)

blend of religion into Confucianism

c)

blend of Confucianism into Buddhism

d)

blend of Buddhism and Daoism into Confucianism

20.

How did the Ming Dynasty come to power?

a)

The dynasty arose because the Ming leaders were fierce Mongol fighters.

b)

The dynasty arose from the disorder and weakening of the Yuan Dynasty.

c)

The dynasty arose from the artisan revolt to gain more power than they had under the Yuan Dynasty.

d)

The dynasty arose because the Ming military leaders overthrew the Yuan scholar-officials.

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