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Empires of East Asia Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

While the Sui dynasty was short-lived, what did they build that provided a valuable trade route?

a)

Grand Canal

b)

Great Wall

c)

Silk Road

d)

a large fleet of ships

2.

The Tang dynasty was able to expand their empire to all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

Korean peninsula

b)

North China

c)

Japan

d)

South China

3.

What helped the Tang dynasty rule more effectively?

a)

giving people jobs based on their families

b)

reviving the civil service examinations

c)

bringing in scholars from the Persian empire

d)

learning from the Mongols

4.

Which of the following is true of the Song dynasty?

a)

much larger than the Tang dynasty

b)

only lasted about 40 years

c)

successfully invaded Japan

d)

smaller, but better run than the Tang dynasty

5.

During the Tang and Song dynasties, what happened to the population of China?

a)

declined rapidly

b)

more than doubled

c)

moved more westward

d)

many were enslaved by the Mongols

6.

The invention of movable type:

a)

made printing easier and more efficient

b)

led to the development of cannons

c)

helped sailors

d)

made learning more exclusive

7.

Which of the following played a role in the rapid expansion of Chinese population?

a)

numerous conquests

b)

move diversified agriculture

c)

a new strain of rice

d)

more cities were formed

8.

In China, unlike in Japan or Europe, social mobility was attained by what?

a)

land ownership

b)

war

c)

education and civil service

9.

The Mongols were what kind of people?

a)

nomadic

b)

peaceful

c)

manufacturers

d)

domestic farmers

10.

Genghis Khan was a great conquerer for all of the following reasons, except:

a)

organization

b)

his ability to rule

c)

strategy

d)

cruelty

11.

Which BEST describes the Mongols as rulers of conquered people?

a)

forced them to work brutal slave labor

b)

forced the men to become warriors

c)

forced them to move to the Mongolian steppe

d)

they let people follow their own customs and religions

12.

Kublai Khan was able to accomplish which of the following?

a)

uniting China for the first time in 300 years

b)

conquering Japan

c)

sailing to the African coast

d)

trade with Germanic tribes

13.

How did the Japanese learn about Chinese customs and traditions?

a)

Korean travelers

b)

Chinese invasions of Japan

c)

Japanese invasions of China

d)

Mongol invasions of Japan

14.

Which is the following is a Chinese idea that was unsuccessful in Japan?

a)

civil service examination

b)

Buddhism

c)

Chinese system of writing

d)

Chinese cooking

15.

What led to the downfall of Imperial rule in Japan?

a)

natural disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons

b)

Mongol invasions

c)

large landowners setting up private armies

d)

invention of democracy

16.

Much of Southeast Asia was influenced by which country?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Rome

d)

Japan