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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following accurately identifies a cause -and-effect relationship in China during the Song dynasty?
Landowners wanting more luxury goods contributed to an increase in trade.
Merchants having more money to spend contributed to improvements in navigation.
Landowners having more farmland contributed to development of a better rice.
Merchants selling more goods contributed to an increase in population.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Suppose four Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. Which statement would be true about them?
They were born in the same region.
They use the same style of government
They belong to the same political party
They are all members of the same family.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes the greatest contribution of the Grand Canal to economic growth?
It brought a boom in shipbuilding
It created road construction jobs
It carried farmers into town
It linked regions for trade.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was the most significant result of Marco Polo's travels?
Spread of Christianity as a popular faith in China
Increased European interest in trade with China
Start of a new route between Europe and China
Anger among Chinese people toward foreigners
- 5. Multiple Choice
To people who believed in the Mandate of Heaven, when was it all right to overthrow an emperor?
When he ruled badly
Never at any time
When he became unpopular
When citizens wanted a change
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which part of the economy benefited most from the magnetic compass?
banking
urban development
agriculture
shipping
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following sentences best summarizes Chinese attitudes toward foreigners during the Tang, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties?
The Chinese encouraged contact with those foreigners who accepted Chinese superiority.
The Chinese welcomed foreigners sometimes, but at other times they limited contact.
The Chinese valued Chinese goods more than goods from other countries.
The Chinese appreciated foreigners, but would not let them have government jobs.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern?
Aristocrats
Scholars
Foreigners
Priests
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why did the Chinese refer to fine dinnerware as "china?"
Europeans copied Chinese art to print on their pottery
Chinese pottery was common in Europe because of its low cost
The shapes of Chinese plates and bowls were popular in Europe
Rich Europeans bough Chinese pottery because of its high quality.
- 10. Multiple Choice
After the fall of the Han dynasty, what happened in China that was similar to what happened in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?
China broke into separate kingdoms
Foreign trade made China wealthy
China was taken over by tyrants
Foreign travelers made China a Christian nation
- 11. Multiple Choice
If you wanted a job in government service under the Song Dynasty, which of these would you have studied?
The engineering of roads
The teachings of Confucius
The laws of other nations
The languages of Europeans
- 12. Multiple Choice
What caused Chinese farmers to move from northern to southern China during the Tang and Song dynasties?
Attacks by Mongols
Improved Transportation
Shortages of Wheat
Frequent Flooding
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which word best describes the attitude of China toward foreigners for most of the Tang dynasty?
Fear
Jealousy
Welcome
Anger
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following led directly to the rule of China by foreigners?
Spread of Buddhist beliefs
Invasion of the Song ruler
Trade along the Silk Road
Conquest of the Mongols
- 15. Multiple Choice
What do the items on this list have in common?
Harrow, Fertilizer, Chain Pump, Terraces
The came from Mongolia
They increased crop yield
They were the result of cultural change
They were the cause of migration
- 16. Multiple Choice
What important improvement in agriculture transformed China during the song dynasty?
Improving a faster-growing rice seed
Growing mulberry trees for silk worms
Using oxen to bring crops to market
Introducing wheat in Southern China
- 17. Multiple Choice
How did the Chinese farmers raise crops on steep hillsides?
They created flat areas called terraces
They got strong animals to pull plows
They let the natural plants take over
They only planted in the lowlands
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of these is a main reason why the demand for luxury items increased?
Landowners were getting richer
Merchants became more active
Silk was getting more valuable
More copper was being mined
- 19. Multiple Choice
How did the new Yuan capital, Beijing, show the influence of foreigners?
Spanish doctors ran its hospitals
English sailors controlled its port
Jewish missionaries converted many of its people
Muslim architects designed its buildings
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which group probably used the Silk Road most frequently?
Tourists
Merchants
Warriors
Scientists
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