WHAP Ch. 9-11

1. This dynasty reunified China in the late sixth century C.E., solidifying that unity by greatly extending the country's canals.

Sui

Qin

Tang

Song

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Korea, Vietnam, and Japan all adopted Chinese cultural attitudes toward women

Korea, Vietnam, and Japan were all ruled, at least for a time, by China.

Korea, Vietnam, and Japan all adopted numerous elements of Chinese culture

Korea, Vietnam, and Japan all continue to use Chinese writing to the present day

3. Which of the following is among the reasons why Tang and Song dynasty China is regarded as a "golden age"?

The invention of new forms of weaponry that assured peace by giving China a new military advantage over its neighbors

The development of democratic institutions that gave more people a say in government

Major artistic, literary, and scholarly advances, including the creation of Neo-Confucianism

4. Which of the following statements best describes Korea's relationship with China in the premodern period?

Chinese culture deeply influenced Korean society at every level, including the lives of peasants and slaves.

Korea was a subject state that for most of its history was ruled by China.

5. Which of the following was NOT a corollary of the Chinese belief that China represented "civilization" and was at the center of the world?

The belief that the Chinese were an inherently superior race and that "barbarians" could never become truly civilized

The belief that Chinese society was self-sufficient, while "barbarians" craved Chinese wealth and learning

The belief that the various peoples outside of China were "barbarians"

The belief that one of China's tasks was to enlighten "barbarians" by teaching them the ways of civilization

6. Confucianism had the most negative impact on women in which of the following states?

Vietnam

Japan

Korea

The Xiongnu confederacy

7. Which of the following is a reason why women were more restricted under the Song dynasty than under its predecessor, the Tang dynasty?

The threat of foreign invasion, which made male military skills highly valued

The spread of Daoism, whose female deities offended mainstream Chinese notions of proper behavior

A reaction against the misrule of several strong empresses, who gave all women a bad name

A revival of Confucianism, which emphasized patriarchal control over women

8. Which of the following was NOT a development during the period of China's political fragmentation from about 220 to about 580 C.E.?

Confucianism was discredited by the disunity that occurred, leading many among the elite to adopt Buddhism and Daoism

China enjoyed its most rapid economic development before 1400 C.E.

Chinese migrants spread into the Yangzi River valley, beginning a major transformation of the Chinese environment

Many northern nomads settled in China and adopted Chinese language and customs

9. Which of the following did NOT contribute to China's economic revolution during the Tang and Song dynasties?

Sophisticated commercial networks that included paper money and letters of credit

A complex network of internal waterways that allowed cheap transportation

The import of large numbers of slaves to work in agriculture and industry

A major increase in industrial production

10. Which of the following entities did the Chinese occasionally have to recognize as a political equal?

Vietnam

Korea

The Xiongnu

Japan

11. Which of the following was NOT a result of Chinese interaction with the northern nomads during the Tang dynasty?

The Chinese converted large numbers of the northern nomads to Chinese cultural ways

Interaction with the nomads encouraged the spread of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Manichaeism in China

In northern China, a mixed Chinese/Turkic culture evolved that produced the founder of the Tang dynasty

Elite Chinese adopted music, clothing, and artistic styles brought to them by the nomads.

12. Which of the following statements about women is true of Song dynasty China?

Women gained property rights, including the ability to inherit property from their families

13. Buddhism lost state support in China for all but which of the following reasons?

Government officials wanted the wealth of tax-exempt Buddhist monasteries.

Buddhists led the failed An Lushan rebellion of 755–763, discrediting their religion in the eyes of government administrators.

Buddhism was foreign, and therefore was caught up in the reaction against foreign influence that marked seventh- and eighth-century China

Some saw the Buddhist monasteries as a potential "state within a state" that could challenge imperial authority

14. Which of the following was NOT a reason for the spread of Buddhism in China during the period 300–800 C.E.?

Buddhists made a serious effort to present their religion in terms that were meaningful to the Chinese

Buddhism was forcibly imposed on the population by a number of rulers who sponsored the new religion

Buddhism, as a foreign religion, was appealing to the nomadic rulers of northern China

15. . The cultural heartland of ____________ was a part of the Chinese state for more than a thousand years, encouraging both the adoption of Chinese culture and periodic rebellions.

Japan

Tibet

Korea

Vietnam

16. Which of the following statements about the Chinese "tribute system" is true?

The tribute system operated at the end of wars of conquest and was designed to humiliate the conquered peoples

17. In comparison to Byzantium, the Latin West before 1000 C.E.

Was more politically unified

Had a Christian church more firmly under the control of political authorities

Possessed no city that could compare to the splendor of Constantinople

Was more integrated into the Silk Roads

Whap Ch. 9-11