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Total questions: 73
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He started Legalism
Siddhartha Gautama
Han Feizi
Li Bo
Xi Jinping
founder of Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama
Han Feizi
Li Bo
Xi Jinping
famous poet of the Tang Dynasty
Siddhartha Gautama
Han Feizi
Li Bo
Xi Jinping
current President of China, wants to rule for life
Siddhartha Gautama
Han Feizi
Li Bo
Xi Jinping
European who traveled to China in 1200s
Zheng He
Lao ZI
Marco Polo
Shi Huangdi
First Emperor of Chin (Qin) Dynasty
Zheng He
Lao ZI
Marco Polo
Shi Huangdi
He started Daoism
Zheng He
Lao ZI
Marco Polo
Shi Huangdi
Admiral and explorer of the Ming Dynasty (contact with other cultures)
Zheng He
Lao ZI
Marco Polo
Shi Huangdi
Leader of Democratic Republic of China 1911
Mao Zedong
Chang Kai Shek
Dr. Sun Yat-sen
Deng Xiaoping
Leader of Communist China that Opened it up to West, did Tiananmen Square Massacre (4 Modernizations)
Mao Zedong
Chang Kai Shek
Dr. Sun Yat-sen
Deng Xiaoping
Leader (General) of the Nationalist china in the 30s, 40s, and 50s
Mao Zedong
Chang Kai Shek
Dr. Sun Yat-sen
Deng Xiaoping
1st Chairman of the People's Rep. of China (leader of Communists)
Mao Zedong
Chang Kai Shek
Dr. Sun Yat-sen
Deng Xiaoping
book of Confucius
Loess
Analects
Dynastic Cycle
Mandate of Heaven
rise and fall of ruling families
Loess
Analects
Dynastic Cycle
Mandate of Heaven
yellow-brown fertile soil carried by winds into rivers
Loess
Analects
Dynastic Cycle
Mandate of Heaven
right of a Chinese emperor to govern
Loess
Analects
Dynastic Cycle
Mandate of Heaven
crop failure and starvation, resulting in the fall of a dynasty
famine
kow tow
Filial piety
Yin and Yang
symbol of Daoism (opposites) white/black male/female
famine
kow tow
Filial piety
Yin and Yang
duty and respect that children owe to their parents
famine
kow tow
Filial piety
Yin and Yang
to bow low, done to the emperors to show respect
famine
kow tow
Filial piety
Yin and Yang
Location of a pro-democratic rally in 1989 (was put down)
Cultural Revolution
Great Leap Forward
Long March
Tiananmen Square
Mao's plan that set up communes, he wanted modernization (failed, was a disaster killing 45 million people)
Cultural Revolution
Great Leap Forward
Long March
Tiananmen Square
Communists fleeing the Nationalist China in 1930s (led by Mao)
Cultural Revolution
Great Leap Forward
Long March
Tiananmen Square
started in 1966 with Red Guards attacking intellectuals (teachers)
Cultural Revolution
Great Leap Forward
Long March
Tiananmen Square
Kublai Khan was the leader of this dynasty?
Song Dynasty
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty
During this dynasty Buddhism developed on the Silk Road?
Chin (Qin) Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
Song Dynasty
They were the first to build the great wall?
Chin (Qin) Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
Song Dynasty
They built the Forbidden City?
Song Dynasty
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty
These two dynasties were known for arts (Daoist ideas)?
Chin (Qin) and Han Dynasties
Han and Tang Dynasties
Tang and Song Dynasties
Song and Yuan (Mongol) Dynasties
These two dynasties were known as the Golden Age of Chinese history?
Chin (Qin) and Han Dynasties
Han and Tang Dynasties
Tang and Song Dynasties
Song and Yuan (Mongol) Dynasties
This dynasty had legalist ideas which unified China?
Chin (Qin) Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
Song Dynasty
This dynasty had Marco Polo visit?
Song Dynasty
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty
This dynasty declined due to foreign powers and peasant unrest?
Song Dynasty
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty
The Taiping Rebellion and the Boxer Rebellion occurred during this dynasty?
Song Dynasty
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty
This dynasty was started by a poor peasant? (got the mongols out)
Song Dynasty
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty
This dynasty developed the first Civil Service Exams?
Chin (Qin) Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
Song Dynasty
This dynasty had a silent army in a tomb called the Terra Cotta Soldiers?
Chin (Qin) Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
Song Dynasty
This dynasty was the largest in size? (land area)
Song Dynasty
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty
This dynasty was known for its great sea voyages to Africa, but also isolated itself?
Song Dynasty
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty
Most of the population and agricultural activity is located in what part of China?
Eastern
Southern
Western
Northern
What is the population of China today?
1.7 Billion
1.4 Billion
1.3 Million
310 Million
The Song dynasty was overrun by what Northern invaders?
Mongols
Hun
Manchurians
Aryans
China is similar in size to what country?
Japan
India
U.S.
Canada
What early tradition is based on rules and relationships, plus believes that the ruler must lead by example?
Daoism
Legalism
Buddhism
Confucianism
What early tradition is based on harsh laws, rewards and punishments, plus a society needs a powerful government?
Daoism
Legalism
Buddhism
Confucianism
What early tradition is based on the ideas that society needs a link between people and nature?
Daoism
Legalism
Buddhism
Confucianism
What early tradition came from India and offered salvation? (4 Noble Truths)
Daoism
Legalism
Buddhism
Confucianism
What was the name of the first major war against the western power Great Britain, which took place from 1839-1842? (The item China was trying to stop)
Cold War
Opium War
Civil War
Silk War
What city did Great Britain get in the Treaty of Nanjing ending that war? The British controlled the city until 1999.
Shanghai
Xian
Beijing
Hong Kong
Which of these is NOT one of the areas focused on in Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernization?
Military
Science and Technology
Farming
Education
Following his visit in 1972, the U.S. entered a period of "Normalization" with China.
Forrest Gump
Deng Xiaoping
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Since the beginning of the People's Republic of China, Mao maintained order and ruled China by ...
gaining support from Japan
joining forces with other warlords
building a totalitarian state
permitting limited democracy
The Chinese Communists were saved from defeat in 1937 when ...
Chang Kai Shek died suddenly
Sun Yat-sen joined the Revolution
the Japanese invaded starting WWII
All of the above
The Long March, Little Red Book, and the Great Leap Forward are all associated with the ...
Boxer Rebellion
economic policies of the Nationalists
leadership of Mao Zedong
foreign policies of Deng Xiaoping
The Chinese communists won power in 1948 mainly because...
they showed how successful the commune system was
they promised to improve the conditions for the peasants
they had the backing of the powerful warlords
they rejected Marxism in favor of Confucian ideas
After the Communist victory in 1949, where did Chiang Kai Shek and the Nationalist flee to?
Island of Hainan
Island of Japan
Island of Taiwan
Island of Korea
What best describes China today?
Politically NOT Free and Economically Free
Politically Free and Economically NOT Free
Both Politically and Economically NOT Free
Both Politically and Economically Free
“. . . Let the king and his ministers labor with a mutual sympathy, saying, ‘We have received the decree of Heaven and it shall be great as the long continued years of Hsia; yea, it shall not fail of the long-continued years of Yin.’ I wish the king, through the attachment of the lower people, to receive the long-abiding decree of Heaven. . . .” — Clae Waltham, ed., Shu Ching, Book of History, Henry Regnery Company
Which concept is being referred to in this passage?
dynastic cycle
matriarchal society
natural rights
monotheism
Which statement about the Mongol Empire is accurate?
The Mongols developed a highly technological society that emphasized formal education.
European monarchies became a model for the early Mongol governments.
Pax Mongolia led to regional stability, increasing trade on the Silk Road.
The Mongols adopted Roman Catholicism as the official religion of the empire.
• Foreign rulers were overthrown.
• Admiral Zheng He established trade links.
• Civil service exams were reinstated.
These events in history occurred during the rule of the
Mughal dynasty in China
Abbasid dynasty in China
Ming dynasty in China
Tokugawa shogunate in Japan
A major goal of both the Sepoy Mutiny in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China was to
rid their countries of foreigners
expand their respective territories
receive international military support
restore an absolute monarch to the throne
Which group was accused of violating human rights in the city of Nanjing during World War II?
Americans
Chinese
Japanese
Germans
One way in which the Hitler Youth of Germany and the Red Guard of China are similar is that both organizations
required unquestioning loyalty to the leader
helped increase religious tolerance
hindered imperialistic goals
led pro-democracy movements
Which achievements are most closely associated with the Tang and Song dynasties of China?
wheel and stirrup
chinampas and calendar
gunpowder and movable wooden type
mosaics and domes
China's image of itself as the Middle Kingdom is associated with
welcoming foreign ideas and influences
mixing Western religions with traditional Chinese philosophies
controlling how contact occurs with other cultures
building the Grand Canal to expand trade within China
A similarity between the Sepoy Rebellion in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China is that both were
movements to establish communist governments
attempts to remove foreign influence
efforts to restore trade monopolies
struggles to westernize cultures
What was one social change Mao Zedong instituted in China after 1949?
granting legal equality for men and women
requiring arranged marriages
adopting the practice of foot binding
mandating Confucianism as the state philosophy
One way in which the Aswan Dam in Egypt and the Three Gorges Dam in China are similar is that both
convert saltwater to freshwater
harness natural forces to produce energy
provide fertilizers for agricultural production
connect small bodies of water to larger bodies of water
One way in which the travels of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta are similar is that each
started mass migrations from Europe
stimulated interest in other cultures
led to the establishment of colonies
resulted in archaeological discoveries in Africa
Which geographic factor had the greatest influence on the early history of South Asia and China?
tropical rain forests
vast coastlines
island locations
river valleys
The Silk Road was important because it allowed for the
exploration of China by the Roman Army
development of agriculture by the nomadic people of Central Asia
movement of Chinese armies through Southeast Asia
exchange of goods between Asia and the Middle East
Which of these groups were the major supporters of 20th-century communist revolutions?
priests and artisans
bourgeoisie and nobility
entrepreneurs and capitalists
workers and peasants
totalitarian society is one in which
the government controls most aspects of life
religious beliefs are supported by the government
the state is considered a servant of the citizens
citizens can publicly criticize the actions of the leaders
