Question 1

Which of the following was NOT among the economic policies initiated by Emperor Wudi?

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A)  "ever level" granaries
B)  taxes levied on merchants
C)  taxes levied on government officials
D)  debasement of the currency

Question 2

After the collapse of the Later Han Dynasty,why did the south prosper with the capital at Nanjing? What factors were important in developing a sound economy and attracting Chinese to the south? What role did religion play in this development?

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Question 3

Which of the following best describes the Qin Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

A)  It produced great achievements but at great human cost.
B)  It was the most creative age in Chinese art and literature.
C)  It was the longest and best-loved government in Chinese history.
D)  It undermined Chinese unity and led to centuries of Manchurian dominance.

Question 4

Military commanders were less powerful in the Chinese court than they were in imperial Rome because

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A)  they were usually placed under restraint in the presence of the emperor.
B)  communication lines in China were less efficient than in Rome.
C)  an appointment to command a Han army was given only for a specific campaign.
D)  commanders were appointed in threes so each would check the other.

Question 5

The reign of this Chinese ruler best fits the Confucian description of the second phase of the dynastic cycle.

Accepted Answer

A)  Gaozu
B)  Li Si
C)  Han Wudi
D)  Wang Mang

Question 6

The Qin overthrew the previous Zhou dynasty around

Accepted Answer

A)  250 B.C.E.
B)  150 B.C.E.
C)  50 C.E.
D)  200 C.E.

Question 7

What was the dynastic cycle in China? Why was there a specific mandate from heaven for this political activity? In what manner did the Qin Dynasty fail in the cycle? What were the general reasons for a downward trend in the cycle?

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Question 8

According to the poetry of Xijun, Chinese emperors primarily used women

Accepted Answer

A)  as silk workers and merchants.
B)  to serve as ambassadors and escorts for foreign dignitaries.
C)  to decorate their palaces according to Confucian principles.
D)  as gifts to foreign rulers in return for non-aggression.

Question 9

Analyze the changes in Confucian thought during the Han period.To what extent did the Han embrace earlier Confucian teachings and to what extent did they modify them? To what extent were Han teachings influenced by schools of thought other than Confucianism?

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Question 10

In his Historical Records, Sima Qian suggests that wealthy Chinese merchants

Accepted Answer

A)  applied Confucian principles of morality to their work.
B)  separated their economic life from their moral values.
C)  applied Buddhist principles of enlightenment to their work.
D)  applied neo-Daoist ideas of the beauty of nature to their work.

Question 11

A major concern of Neo-Daoism was

Accepted Answer

A)  immorality.
B)  immortality
C)  metaphysics.
D)  a revival of Confucian classics.

Question 12

The Han continued which practice from the Qin Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

A)  suppression of scholars
B)  reduction of bureaucracy
C)  issuing government monopolies
D)  domination of Legalist policies

Question 13

Which of the following best describes the Qin Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

A)  politically weak and morally culpable.
B)  militarily weak and corrupt.
C)  economically weak and militarily strong.
D)  economically secure yet morally culpable.

Question 14

Compared to the Romans, Chinese political unification was more

Accepted Answer

A)  gradual.
B)  disorganized.
C)  sudden.
D)  law-abiding.

Question 15

In her Admonitions for Women, Ban Zhao suggests that, compared to men, Chinese women should be more

Accepted Answer

A)  subservient.
B)  independent.
C)  knowledgeable about the world.
D)  attentive to their appearance.

Question 16

Since the early third century C.E., the Chinese population has referred to itself as

Accepted Answer

A)  a Mandate of Heaven.
B)  the Qinese people.
C)  the Han people.
D)  the Xiongnu peoples.

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