Deck 7: China

Question 1

Clearly the greatest innovative dynasty in the Chinese rise to empire were the

A)Qin.
B)Zhou.
C)Shang.
D)Han.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Classic Han architecture primarily used which of the following materials?

A)granite
B)wood
C)fired sand bricks
D)concrete

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Politically,Confucius saw the role of ruler in society as that of a

A)nemesis.
B)deity.
C)sibling.
D)parent.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Give some examples of China's unique contributions in technology,art,literature,and music.

Question 5

Which of the following bests describes the emphasis of Chinese prose literature?

A)diaries
B)travelogues
C)record-keeping;archiving history
D)idealized adventures

Question 6

The written collection of Confucius' teachings is called

A)the Vedas.
B)the Analects.
C)The Pearl of Much Price.
D)The Poetics.

Question 7

Confucius' teachings,combined with ________,formed the basis for emerging Chinese culture in the climb for empire.

A)the Vedas
B)The Five Chinese Classics
C)The Pearl of Great Price
D)the Qur'an

Question 8

According to the text,early Chinese coins featured which of the following?

A)images of ocean-going ships
B)ridged edges
C)square holes
D)images of livestock

Question 9

The Han dynasty left a very thorough record of daily life via the visual medium of

A)stained glasswork.
B)murals.
C)glazed terracotta.
D)sculpture.

Question 10

Discuss the Chinese rise to empire from Qin through Han dynasties.Which had the most impact and longevity?
B.C.E. ,King Zhen of the state of Qin finally succeeded in conquering all rival states,uniting them under his rule.He declared himself "First Emperor" and immediately set about eliminating the possibility of further conflict.The First Emperor took the additional step of replacing the old system of governing based on a landowning aristocracy with a new imperial government centered on his capital,Xianyang,and organized into a network of provinces and districts governed by nonhereditary officials.By way of these governors,the Qin enforced the laws,collected taxes,and drafted men to defend the newly annexed regions of their former rival states.This large,salaried bureaucracy established a census of China's population (the first of its kind in world history),the standardization of the written Chinese language,the creation of uniform coinage,as well as a system of weights and measures,and the division of China into administrative provinces that exist more or less intact to this day.Law was strict during the Qin dynasty and the First Emperor so feared public opposition and the free exercise of thought that he required all privately owned copies of the Confucian classics burned and all who opposed his government beheaded,along with their families.These policies,compounded by the oppressive taxes levied to pay for imperial projects,brought the Qin Empire to its end.
The succeeding Han Empire,which lasted more than four centuries,tripled the size of the empire they inherited from the Qin.Han intellectual achievements ranged from the literary and artistic to the domains of cartography,medicine,mathematics,and astronomy.The invention of paper,block printing,the seismograph,the crossbow,the horse collar,and the wheelbarrow are but a few of the technological advances of the late Han erA.Improvements in farming and advances in technology insured economic prosperity,which in turn stimulated vigorous long-distance trade.Trade with the West proceeded by way of Asian intermediaries,who led camel caravans along the vast "Silk Road" that stretched from Asia Minor to the Pacific Ocean.

Question 11

What aspects of philosophy are the legacy of Confucius?

Question 12

The Chinese regard this dynasty as their historical Golden Age.

A)Qin
B)Zhou
C)Shang
D)Han

Question 13

Which of the following is true regarding the Legalists?

A)viewed harsh proscribed laws as the only path to peaceful society
B)described the nature of humankind as inherently evil
C)were virtually ignored by China's first empire
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 14

Which of the following best describes Han dynasty Chinese poetry?

A)crude
B)simplistic
C)frivolous
D)complicated

Question 15

Which of the following is the most significant artifact of the first emperor's tomb?

A)a golden sarcophagus
B)terracotta soldiers
C)amphora jars in human shape
D)its location within the center of a mountain

Question 16

The philosophical challenge to the teachings of Confucius was termed

A)Jainism.
B)Legalism.
C)Buddhism.
D)Daoism.

Question 17

Explain the rationale behind the building of the Great Wall of China.

Question 18

Chinese trade was largely conducted along ________,an east-west land route that led eventually to Rome.

A)the Spice Route
B)the Silk Road
C)the Via Romana
D)the Khyber Pass

Question 19

The round roofs of royal tombs in Classical China represented

A)the loyal subjects of the ruler.
B)the Wheel of Life.
C)the Earth.
D)Heaven.

Question 20

Speculate why many technological innovations of the Chinese were never seen in the West,despite some trade.