World Civ111 Tang & Sui & Song Quiz

Xuanzang became a well-known monk of the Tang
dynasty because?
A) he was the only Chinese who made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
B) his travels and study in India helped to popularize Buddhism in China.
C) he was persecuted by the emperor for his violation of the ban on traveling abroad.
D) he helped to develop neo-Confucianism.E)none of the above.

Which of the following does not describe
the Sui dynasty?
A) It reunified China and launched military campaigns in central Asia and Korea.
B) It brought about great prosperity in China and long-lived imperial rule.
C) It imposed high taxes and compulsory labor services for construction of the Grand Canal.
D) The last emperor was assassinated, bringing the dynasty to an end.
E) It only lasted a short period of time.

The Tang maintained an efficient communication
network, which can be seen by the fact that?
A) the Tang court could communicate with the most distant cities of the empire in about three months.
B) emperors at Chang'an could have fresh seafood delivered from Ningbo, a city 620 miles away.
C) the Grand Canal was initiated under Tang rule.
D) they utilized camels and caravans almost exclusively.
E) all of the above.

Under the equal-field system, the Tang
government
A) allotted land according to the land's fertility and the recipients' needs.
B) eliminated the possibility of concentrated landholdings among the wealthy.
C) was able to levy heavy taxes on the recipients.
D) forbade the Buddhist monasteries from controlling land.
E) all of the above.

The Tang government was
run primarily by
A)hereditary aristocratic families.
B)royal kinsmen and relatives.
C)descendents of the Sui
.D)bureaucrats of intellectual merit.
E)samurai warriors.

"There was always something of a fictional quality to the [tributary] system." By this statement the authors mean that
A) envoys from subordinate lands were not sincere in performing the ritual kowtow to Chinese emperors.
B) Chinese authorities had little real influence in the supposedly subordinate lands.
C) Chinese courts also gave lavish gifts to foreign envoys.
D) the Chinese did not actually receive any tribute from these lands.
E) none of the above.

One cause for Tang decline during the mid-eighth century was that
A) the emperors neglected public affairs in favor of music and mistresses.
B) military campaigns in central Asia, Korea, and Vietnam drained Tang finances
C) the central government abolished the equal-field system.
D) the Mongols continued to invade.
E) all of the above.

Compared with the Tang dynasty, the Song dynasty was
A) equal in size.
B) less militarized
C) shorter-lived.
D) less centralized.
.E)all of the above.

The Song government moved from north to south in the early twelfth century because of the invasion of
A) the Uighurs.
B) the Jurchen.
C) the Muslims.
D) the Khitan.
E) the Mongols.

Fast-ripening rice
A) was introduced to China from Vietnam.
B) enabled cultivators to harvest two times a year.
C) increased food supply and supported a large population.
D) adapted well to southern Chinese soil.
E) all of the above.

The practice of foot binding
A) was to venerate family ancestors.
B) discouraged peasant women from working in the fields.
C) became universal in China by the end of the Song.
D) placed women of the privileged classes under male supervision.
E) none of the above.

Which of the following was not a major technological innovation of Tang and Song China?
A) Gunpowder.
B) Movable type printing.
C) Paper making.
D) The magnetic compass.
E) Fine porcelain.

The Chinese term flying cash meant
A) paper money printed by the government as a substitute for heavy copper currency.
B) letters of credit used by merchants.
C) that money changed hands so quickly it seemed as though it could fly.
D) runaway inflation.
E) none of the above.

During Tang times, several foreign religions came to China. The foreign faiths that did not arrive in China
included
A) Nestorian Christianity and Manichaeanism.
B) Hinduism and Jainism
C) Zoroastrianism and Islam.
D) Buddhism and Zoroastrianism.
E) All of the above did come to China.

In order for Buddhism to be accepted in China,
Chinese Buddhists
A) changed the Buddha and the boddhisatvas into Daoist deities.
B) accommodated Buddhism to Chinese values such as filial piety.
C) paid high taxes from their monasteries to the Chinese government.
D) persecuted believers in Daoism and Confucianism.
E) all of the above.

The poet of the Tang who wrote of the social
life in cities was
A) Du Fu.
B) Song Taizu.
C) Li Bo.
D) Xuanzang.
E) Zhu Xi.

Despite cultural borrowing and imitation, Korea
was still different from China in that
A) aristocrats dominated Korean society while bureaucrats dominated Chinese life.
B) Koreans accepted neo-Confucianism but rejected Buddhism.
C) the Silla capital at Kumsong did not resemble the Chinese capital at Chang’an.
D) the Koreans were not nearly as scholarly as the Chinese.
E) all of the above.