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WorksheetsMedieval China Final Exam
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 5hrs 48mins
During the Song dynasty, this thin, beautiful style of pottery was traded on the Silk Road sea routes.
fur
glass bottles
porcelain
compasses
The Sui dynasty is credited with beginning this waterway project that helped link northern and southern China.
Grand Canal
Yellow River
Reunification
Gunpowder
Cal Lun is credited with inventing paper in the year 105 during the Han dynasty. A later Tang invention built on Lun’s achievement, allowing an entire page to be carved into a block of wood.
Moveable type
Paper money
Woodblock printing
Magnetic compass
The time of disorder that followed the collapse of the Han dynasty and lasted from 220 to 589 CE was called
Irrigation
Confucianism
Reunification
Period of Disunion
When was the Age of Buddhism in China?
About 400 to 845 BCE
About 220 to 589 CE
About 589 to 618 CE
About 400 to 845 CE
Who was Empress Wu and what did she do?
A Tang emperor who launched a campaign against Buddhism, burning texts, taking lands, and destroying many temples.
A northern ruler who conquered the south, unified china, and created the Sui Dynasty.
The only woman to ever rule China; she brought stability and prosperity to China
A Tang ruler who led the golden age of Chinese civilization.
This religion began in India at around 500 BC. It later came to China during the Han Dynasty. During the Period of Disunion many people took comfort in its teachings that people can escape suffering and achieve a state of peace.
Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
Barbarianism
What did the invention of gunpowder lead to?
Long distance sailing voyages.
Population growth
Firearms and fireworks
Printed books
Which of the Chinese dynasties started the work on the Grand Canal?
Song
Tang
Sui
Yuan
The Grand Canal made travel and trade of food and culture easier between _______ and _______ China.
Eastern and Western
Northern and Southern
Western and Northern
Ming and Yuan
Emperor Yang Jian unified China and began which dynasty?
Sui
Yuan
Tang
Han
Confucianism and the teachings of Confucius were prominent during which dynasty?
Song, Ming, and Yuan
Song, Ming, and Sui
Yuan, Tang and Song
All of the above
Which of the dynasties was significant because it was the first time in history that China was ruled by foreigners?
Yuan
Ming
Tang
Song
From where did the Yuan (Mongols) originate?
The plains of northern China
The Arabian Peninsula
India
Plateau of Tibet
Advances in agriculture during the Tang and Song dynasties led to
A period of disunion
development of paper money
population growth
the decline of Buddhism
Which statement is true about the civil service exams?
Students had to memorize entire Confucian texts
Some exams lasted up to 72 hours, and students were locked in private rooms while taking them.
To pass the most difficult tests, some students might study for more than 20 years.
All of the above.
What is isolationism and why do you think the Ming dynasty turned China towards it?
A policy of opening up the city to outsiders; To open up China as a trading partner.
An examination system used to appoint government officials; To keep China from being ruled by corrupt officials
A policy of avoiding contact with other countries; To avoid influence from the western world.
A 2,000-mile wall the protected the northern border of China; to protect China from invaders.
What was the name the Mongol Temujin changed his name to when he became leader? (The name means Universal Ruler”.)
Genghis khan
Kublai Khan
Zhu Yianzhang
Zheng He
What mountain ranges separates China from India?
The Alps
The Himaylas
The Andes
The Urals
What linked China to the rest of the world for trade?
The Great Wall of China
The Pacific Ocean
The invention of paper
The Great Silk Road
What is the world's longest fortification?
The Great Silk Road
The Great Barrier Reef
The Great Wall
The Himalayas
One innovation in government NOT started by the Tang was
a bureaucracy.
scholar-officials.
state exams for government jobs.
a code of law.
The population of China grew rapidly in the Tang and Song dynasty because of
a widespread system of education and better rice.
Better rice and advantages of farming technology.
Irrigation and a bureaucracy of educated officials.
Trade throughout Asia and Europe and lower rates.
Two things Kublai Khan had to balance in order to be a successful ruler were
Chinese culture and traditions and the Mongol desire to learn.
the Chinese system of government and Mongol traditions.
Mongol control of government and the need for Chinese respect.
the Mongol desire for increased trade and Chinese caution.
Contact, through trade, with foreign people benefited China because
interest in Chinese goods grew and trade increased.
people from other countries began visiting China.
China could raise taxes on foreign visitors.
the desire to expand China's boundaries grew.
