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Local government in medieval China


A) was based on provinces, each containing 12,500,000 inhabitants.
B) required the entire population to play an active part.
C) did not include appointed government officials at the village level.
D) was totally changed after the Song Dynasty began.
E) was based upon Doaist principles.

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Xuanzong and Yan Guifei

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Why were the Mongols able to amass an empire,and what were the main characteristics of their rule in China? What was the impact of the "Pax Mongolica" on Eurasian societies in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries?

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Which of the following would you say is a more accurate depiction of the comparison between medieval Chinese and Western thought?


A) The Chinese became more individualistic, while the Europeans became more scientific.
B) Empiricism dominated Chinese thought, while introspection dominated the thinking of Europe.
C) Continuity and tradition dominated in China, while empiricism dominated in Europe.
D) China experienced constant chaos while Europe was always at peace.
E) China was eventually dominated by Islam while Europe remained mostly Christian.

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The name given to the Asian region northwest of traditional China that was pacified by the Tang was


A) Xinjiang.
B) Korea.
C) Japan.
D) Silla.
E) Bactria.

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What were the main achievements in Chinese literature and art in the period between the Tang dynasty and the Ming,and what technological innovations and intellectual developments contributed to these achievements? With specific examples,discuss the relationship between Daoism and Chinese landscape painting.

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During the period between the Tang dynas...

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Marco Polo

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Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian me...

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State Confucianism

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State Confucianism refers to the integra...

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The author compares The Romance of the Three Kingdoms to this epic tale:


A) the Mahabharata
B) the Illiad
C) a Tale of Two Cities
D) War and Peace
E) The Brothers Karamazov

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Tale of the Marshes and Romance of the Three Kingdoms

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After the third century C.E.collapse of the Han dynasty,China fell into a long period of division and civil war.

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Ming Dynasty

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scholar-gentry

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The term "scholar-gentry" refers to a cl...

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Liu Ling

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Liu Ling (ca. 221–300 AD) was a Chinese ...

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"equal field" system

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All of the following factors contributed to the end of Mongol rule in China except


A) excessive military expenditures.
B) insufficient incoming receipts from taxes.
C) internal strife, aggravated by growing famine.
D) inferior abilities among the successors to Khubilai Khan.
E) the plague that killed millions of Mongols in 1241 and 1242.

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Chang'an

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In the attempt to resist the territorial ambitions of the northern Jurchen,the Song turned to the Mongols for support.

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Which of the following was not an economic factor in medieval China?


A) The central government monopolized certain commodity manufacturing.
B) Technological advances increased the scope and wealth of the economy.
C) The introduction of the use of paper currency, credit, banking, and the abacus furthered commercial development.
D) The Sui dynasty closed the Silk Road.
E) Blast furnaces were developed.

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"Chinese civilization reached its apex during the Tang dynasty." Discuss critically.

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