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China & Japan Unit Test
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I. IDENTIFICATION:
Identify which periods in the History of China and Japan the following statements describe.
Fill in the blanks with one of the following:
 Han
 Ming
 Song
 Yuan
 Heian Period
 Samurai Era
 Tang
1. Civil service exams began. _______TANG__
2. Changes in the civil service examination process created a meritocracy. ____SONG_____
3. The emperor still existed but ruled in name only. The real power was with the military
government. ___SAMURAI___
4. Emperor sent out explorers to go find tributaries for China. _______MING
5. The government was run by foreigners. __YUAN______
6. The emperor lost the Mandate of Heaven because of the corrupt bureaucracy. ___HAN__
7. They were invaded and overthrown by Mongols. __SONG____
8. A great aristocratic society was developed around the activities of the imperial court.
____HEIAN___
9. There was a great increase in urbanization helped create the world’s biggest cities.
__SONG_____
10. It is also known as Japan’s Golden Age.______HEIAN____
II. CHRONOLOGY: (12pts)
Put the following three chronologies in order, 1-5. Each chronology is worth 4 pts. (It’s not
possible to get 4 right and one wrong, so the most you can earn is 4 pts each. For scoring, count
the number you get right. If it’s less than 5, then the number right equals your points. For 5
right, the points are still 4. This system is to your benefit, so mistakes don’t count as much.)
A. Japanese History:
__2__ The emperor grew weak because taxes weren’t collected from the nobles.
__5__ Samurai were Japan’s ruling class.
__1__ Lady Murasaki Shikibu and other women wrote novels that are still popular in
Japanese literature today.
__4__ Minamoto Yoritomo seized power over all Japan.
__3__ Bandits roamed the countryside and wealthy landowners fought for power.
C. Chinese Inventions:
B. Chinese Dynasties:
___1__ Han
__4___ inoculation/vaccine for small pox
___5__ Ming Dynasty
__1___ compass
___3__ Song
__3___ paper money
___2__ Tang
__2___ woodblock printing
___4__ Yuan
__5___ rockets
III. MAP (4pts.
On the world map, label the following places: China, India, Japan, and Korea. Circle the country
and then label the circle. Use a circle and arrow if necessary for small places. I’ve done Mexico
as an example.
Mexico
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III. MULTIPLE CHOICE (24pts.)
1. Which word best describes how government
workers got their jobs during the Tang
dynasty?
a. aristocracy
b. bureaucracy
c. meritocracy
d. technocracy
2. Which of the following leaders appointed
foreigners to government officials because he
trusted them more than the Chinese?
a. Confucius
b. Zheng He
c. Kublai Khan
d. Zuan Zang
3. What was one effect of landowners becoming
wealthier?
a. urbanization
b. development of new technologies
c. irrigation
d. improved system of roads
4. In what order did Buddhism arrive in
following countries? (from first to last)
a. India, Korea, Japan, China
b. India, China, Korea, Japan
c. China, India, Korea, Japan
a. India, Korea, China, Japan
5. Which of the following is NOT a cause of
improvements in Chinese agriculture during
the Song dynasty.
a. A new type of rice was introduced.
b. The big new cities were demanding
better food.
c. Farmers began using fertilizer
d. Mongols were continually invading
Northern China.
6. Which of the following is true about
Buddhism in China during the Tang dynasty?
a. The government made Buddhists pay
high taxes, making the Buddhist
monasteries very poor.
b. Many Buddhists became political
leaders.
c. Confucius warned the Chinese not to
listen to Buddhist teachings.
d. Xuan Zang’s return from India
introduced many Chinese to
Buddhism.
7. Why did China call itself the “Middle
Kingdom?”
a. China saw itself as the most
important country in the world.
b. China was in the middle of the JapanIndia trade route.
c. Most people in China were middle class.
d. All of the above.
8. Which of the following was NOT an
argument for a closed-door policy for China?
a. Foreigners might discover Chinese
inventions and use them against the
Chinese.
b. Foreign culture such as music or food
might ruin Chinese traditions.
c. China might lose money in trade with
foreign countries.
d. Travel to foreign lands was too
expensive.
9. What were some of the benefits of an opendoor policy for China?
a. China was introduced to new luxury
items like ivory, glass, and pearls.
b. Arab traders introduced knowledge of
new medical techniques.
c. China searched for tributaries to bring
new wealth to the government.
d. All of the above.
10. Which of the following is typical of a
golden age?
a. Warriors have a lot of status.
b. There is a democratic government.
c. There is a flourishing of the arts.
d. There is a large population.
11. Which of the following is NOT a reason that
the Chinese started to use paper money.
a. They experienced a copper shortage.
b. Paper money was more convenient than
their old system.
c. Foreign traders taught them about
the use of paper money in other
countries.
d. An increased level of commerce
demanded a new kind of currency.
12. Which of the following is an accurate
example of the concept of adoption and
adaptation?
a. Japan began making Buddhist
sculptures like its neighbors but made
them from wood instead of stone or
bronze.
b. Japan learned how to make sculpture
from neighboring countries and started
making samurai sculptures.
c. Japan adopted Buddhism but didn’t
make Buddhist sculptures like its
neighbors.
d. Japanese culture taught that the Samurai
must adopt Buddhism and adapt their
lives to fit its teachings.
13. Which of the following is NOT an example
of how Japan was influenced by its
geography?
a. It was difficult to create a unified
government.
b. They grew crops that could produce a
large yield in a small area.
c. They were both isolated and protected
from their neighbors.
d. The islands are mostly covered by
mountains, so most people lived in
small alpine (mountain) villages.
14. Which of the following is NOT true about
Japanese writing?
a. The Japanese borrowed Chinese
characters to create a written form of
Japanese, called kanji.
b. The Japanese adapted Chinese
characters to represent Japanese words
and sounds, kana.
c. The Japanese learned that the
Chinese had a written language, and
they decided to create characters for
Japanese as well.
d. There was a different form of
handwriting for women than for men.
15. Which of the following was most important
in Heian society?
a. good manners
b. courage
c. generosity
a. honesty
16. Which of the following statements best
summarizes Chinese attitudes toward
foreigners during the Tang, Yuan, and
Ming dynasties?
a. The Chinese valued Chinese goods more
than goods from other countries.
b. The Chinese valued foreigners, but
would not let them have government
jobs.
c. The Chinese welcomed foreigners
sometimes, but other times limited
contact.
d. The Chinese welcomed foreigners as
long as they accepted Chinese
superiority.
17. What was the significance of the Fujiwara
family in Japan?
a. Fujiwara Michinaga was the first shogun
of Japan.
b. They were descended from the sun
goddess.
c. They introduced Buddhism to Japan,
which became Japan’s main religion.
d. They had power because of marrying
into the emperor’s family and acting
as advisers to the emperor.
18. Which of the following is an example of
cultural diffusion as it applies to Japan?
a. The Japanese borrowed the idea of a
strong centralized government from
China.
b. Japanese society was made up of
different classes.
c. Chinese women wrote poetry modeled
after Japan’s.
d. The Chinese adapted Shinto practices
for their own use.
19. Which of the following is NOT true about
foot binding?
a. Advances in agriculture and economy
changed Chinese culture significantly
and made possible to practice of foot
binding.
b. Wealthy women were more likely to
have their feet bound than poor women.
c. Neo-Confucianism made women
inferior to men which supported the
practice of foot binding.
d. It started during the Tang dynasty.
20. The word samurai means “those who serve.”
Whom did Japan’s samurai serve?
a. the emperor
b. the royal court
c. their lords
d. their families
21. The Romans emperors, The Egyptian
pharaohs, and the West African kings all
believed that the “right to rule” was a divine
right from the god(s). How does this compare to
China and Japan?
a. China believed that ruling families
had a Mandate of Heaven, and the
Japanese believed that their imperial
family was descended from the sun
goddess.
b. China and Japan both believed in a
bureaucratic government, not a
religiously-based government.
c. Japanese emperors earned the Mandate
of Heaven if they were good emperors
and Chinese emperors had to be
descended from the sun goddess to rule.
d. China learned from the West that good
rulers were rulers that had a divine right
to rule and so they established a policy
called the Mandate of Heaven, which
Japan also adopted.
22. What was one significant different between
Japan and Europe in the Middle Ages?
a. There were no castles in Japan.
b. The samurai served the daimyos who
served the shogun, but in Europe, the
knights worked directly for the kings.
c. The samurai code of Bushido was
more demanding than the code of
Chivalry.
d. All of the above.
23. Which of the following is NOT an example
of how samurai culture has influenced Japan
in modern times.
a. Kamikaze pilots were part of Japan’s
World War II strategy.
b. Japan still has a military government.
c. There is continued interest in the martial
arts.
d. Loyalty, honor, and respect for rank are
still important values in Japanese culture
today.
24. How did the teachings of Buddhism help
Samurai?
a. They developing self-reliance
b. They learned to control their desire for
physical satisfaction (food, sleep, etc.)
c. The belief in reincarnation made it
easier to face death.
d. All of the above.