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China Quiz
Name: __________________ ANSWER KEY ______________
Period: _________
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, Tang, Yuan
1. Civil service exams began. __HAN_______
2. Changes in the civil service examination process created a meritocracy. ___ SONG ___
3. Emperor sent out explorers to go find tributaries for China. __ MING __
4. The government was run by foreigners. _ YUAN ___
5. The emperor lost the Mandate of Heaven because of the corrupt bureaucracy. ___ HAN __
6. They were invaded and overthrown by Mongols. ___ SONG ___
7. There was a great increase in urbanization helped create the world’s biggest cities. __ HAN __
II. MULTIPLE CHOICE
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. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Which of the following is NOT a reason that
the Chinese started to use paper money.
a. They experienced a copper shortage.
a. Paper money was more convenient than
their old system.
b. Foreign traders taught them about
the use of paper money in other
countries.
c. An increased level of commerce
demanded a new kind of currency.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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?
a. China believed that ruling families
had a Mandate of Heaven.
b. China believed in a bureaucratic
government, not a religiously-based
government.
c. Chinese emperors were believed to
become gods after their deaths.
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 Hea