Question 1

The Shang Dynasty is especially useful for historians because it

Accepted Answer

A)  produced the first written sources, which provide much of what is known about early Chinese civilization. 
B)  left a large repository of agricultural artifacts. 
C)  was the first legitimate dynasty. 
D)  drained the flood waters that made farming possible. 
E)  it produced the world's first historian in Sima Qian. 
A)  produced the first written sources, which provide much of what is known about early Chinese civilization. 
B)  left a large repository of agricultural artifacts. 
C)  was the first legitimate dynasty. 
D)  drained the flood waters that made farming possible. 
E)  it produced the world's first historian in Sima Qian.

Question 2

Archaeological evidence suggests that China developed chariots after contact with people from the West.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What enabled the Qin to subdue their main rivals and solidify their authority?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their construction of a public irrigation system 
B)  Their decision to continue Chinese political traditions 
C)  Their geographic location, which gave them a strong defensive position 
D)  Their ability to limit the power of aristocrats 
E)  Their embrace of Confucianism. 
A)  Their construction of a public irrigation system 
B)  Their decision to continue Chinese political traditions 
C)  Their geographic location, which gave them a strong defensive position 
D)  Their ability to limit the power of aristocrats 
E)  Their embrace of Confucianism.

Question 4

In the Book of Mencius, human nature is portrayed as fundamentally

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A)  evil. 
B)  good. 
C)  ambivalent. 
D)  ethereal. 
E)  ephemeral. 
A)  evil. 
B)  good. 
C)  ambivalent. 
D)  ethereal. 
E)  ephemeral.

Question 5

The eastern frontier of China remained the great fault line of Asian conflict for over two thousand years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which dynasty carried out public book burnings as a form of censorship against potential critics?

Accepted Answer

A)  Shang 
B)  Ming 
C)  Zhou 
D)  Qin 
E)  Han 
A)  Shang 
B)  Ming 
C)  Zhou 
D)  Qin 
E)  Han

Question 7

What kind of threats lay to the China Sea on China's eastern border?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aggressive nomads who had to be fought off. 
B)  Threats to political stability. 
C)  Other farmers who attempted to encroach on their land and take it for themselves. 
D)  Powerful typhoons that often caused complete destruction and instability. 
E)  Pirates who occasionally ravaged the Chinese coast. 
A)  Aggressive nomads who had to be fought off. 
B)  Threats to political stability. 
C)  Other farmers who attempted to encroach on their land and take it for themselves. 
D)  Powerful typhoons that often caused complete destruction and instability. 
E)  Pirates who occasionally ravaged the Chinese coast.

Question 8

The introduction of irrigation for agriculture is credited to a ruler in the Xia dynasty more than four thousand years ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

China undertook large-scale water control programs to regulate the flow of rivers and distribute water to the fields during the

Accepted Answer

A)  Qin Dynasty. 
B)  Zhou Dynasty. 
C)  Han Dynasty. 
D)  Ming Dynasty. 
E)  Shang Dynasty. 
A)  Qin Dynasty. 
B)  Zhou Dynasty. 
C)  Han Dynasty. 
D)  Ming Dynasty. 
E)  Shang Dynasty.

Question 10

Legalism believed in a system of impersonal laws to solve society's problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Qin Dynasty based its rule upon the philosophy of Confucius.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Qin dynasty developed what kind of political structure?

Accepted Answer

A)  A centralized state that relied on the general goodness of its people. 
B)  A decentralized state with many different provinces. 
C)  A highly developed bureaucracy with numerous ministries. 
D)  A centralized state with a bureaucracy divided into three primary ministries. 
E)  A decentralized state with administrators who inherited their positions. 
A)  A centralized state that relied on the general goodness of its people. 
B)  A decentralized state with many different provinces. 
C)  A highly developed bureaucracy with numerous ministries. 
D)  A centralized state with a bureaucracy divided into three primary ministries. 
E)  A decentralized state with administrators who inherited their positions.

Question 13

During the late Zhou, economic wealth began to replace noble birth as the prime source of power and influence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Inscriptions on ox and chicken bones or turtle shells were used for divination and to communicate with the gods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

According to Confucianism, gender roles were defined in all of the following ways EXCEPT

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A)  men were warriors, scholars and ministers. 
B)  women maintained the ritual of veneration of ancestors. 
C)  women could not own property. 
D)  men could have multiple wives. 
E)  women were important in their roles as mothers. 
A)  men were warriors, scholars and ministers. 
B)  women maintained the ritual of veneration of ancestors. 
C)  women could not own property. 
D)  men could have multiple wives. 
E)  women were important in their roles as mothers.

Question 16

In the Book of Xunzi, human nature is portrayed as fundamentally

Accepted Answer

A)  evil. 
B)  good. 
C)  ambivalent. 
D)  ethereal. 
E)  ephemeral. 
A)  evil. 
B)  good. 
C)  ambivalent. 
D)  ethereal. 
E)  ephemeral.

Question 17

Historians date the Bronze Age as the period between

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A)  3000 to 1200 B.C.E. 
B)  2000 BCE to the year 0 
C)  0 to 500 CE 
D)  500 to 1500 CE 
E)  4000 to 3500 B.C.E. 
A)  3000 to 1200 B.C.E. 
B)  2000 BCE to the year 0 
C)  0 to 500 CE 
D)  500 to 1500 CE 
E)  4000 to 3500 B.C.E.

Question 18

Iron making developed in China much later than in the Middle East.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In early Chinese history, villages were organized by nuclear family units rather than by clans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The beginnings of civilization in China were

Accepted Answer

A)  delayed by the marauding raids of the Xia. 
B)  begun under the political organization of the Qin. 
C)  the result of a concentrated development of Kunming bureaucratic arrangements. 
D)  came from the Shang dynasty's exploitation of the nomads. 
E)  possibly first experienced under the Xia dynasty. 
A)  delayed by the marauding raids of the Xia. 
B)  begun under the political organization of the Qin. 
C)  the result of a concentrated development of Kunming bureaucratic arrangements. 
D)  came from the Shang dynasty's exploitation of the nomads. 
E)  possibly first experienced under the Xia dynasty.

Exam 3: China in Antiquity

The Shang Dynasty is especially useful for historians because it

Archaeological evidence suggests that China developed chariots after contact with people from the West.

What enabled the Qin to subdue their main rivals and solidify their authority?

In the Book of Mencius, human nature is portrayed as fundamentally

The eastern frontier of China remained the great fault line of Asian conflict for over two thousand years.

Which dynasty carried out public book burnings as a form of censorship against potential critics?

What kind of threats lay to the China Sea on China's eastern border?

The introduction of irrigation for agriculture is credited to a ruler in the Xia dynasty more than four thousand years ago.

China undertook large-scale water control programs to regulate the flow of rivers and distribute water to the fields during the

Legalism believed in a system of impersonal laws to solve society's problems.

The Qin Dynasty based its rule upon the philosophy of Confucius.

The Qin dynasty developed what kind of political structure?

During the late Zhou, economic wealth began to replace noble birth as the prime source of power and influence.

Inscriptions on ox and chicken bones or turtle shells were used for divination and to communicate with the gods.

According to Confucianism, gender roles were defined in all of the following ways EXCEPT

In the Book of Xunzi, human nature is portrayed as fundamentally

Historians date the Bronze Age as the period between

Iron making developed in China much later than in the Middle East.

In early Chinese history, villages were organized by nuclear family units rather than by clans.

The beginnings of civilization in China were

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Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

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The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

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