Question 1

In the Book of Xunzi, 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 2

Under the Qin dynasty, the cultural hubs of China shifted from major cities to provincial towns.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Xianyang

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Xianyang is a Chinese city that has hist

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Legalism

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Legalism is a philosophical belief syste

Question 5

The primary source of power and influence during the late Zhou era was

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A)  noble birth. 
B)  profession. 
C)  wealth. 
D)  proximity to the emperor. 
E)  gender. 
A)  noble birth. 
B)  profession. 
C)  wealth. 
D)  proximity to the emperor. 
E)  gender.

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Shang bronzes

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Shang bronzes refer to the intricate and

Question 7

How did geography and climate influence the early development of Chinese civilization? Were those influences greater than those of governmental and economic developments?

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Geography and climate played a significa

Question 8

What was the greatest factor leading to the fall of the Qin dynasty?

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A)  A power grab by members of the emperor's family 
B)  The rise of factionalism and growing resentment for Qin Shi Huangdi's policies 
C)  A military coup within the emperor's army 
D)  The frustration among Legalists and Daoists with the emperor's censorship program 
E)  The emperor's inability to deal with the crisis caused by the Yellow River flood 
A)  A power grab by members of the emperor's family 
B)  The rise of factionalism and growing resentment for Qin Shi Huangdi's policies 
C)  A military coup within the emperor's army 
D)  The frustration among Legalists and Daoists with the emperor's censorship program 
E)  The emperor's inability to deal with the crisis caused by the Yellow River flood

Question 9

The terra-cotta figures near the Qin First Emperor's burial mound demonstrate the

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A)  use of ceramics as a sculpture medium, replacing the ivory-casting of the Shang. 
B)  huge expenditures that were devoted to afterlife preparation for the monarch. 
C)  continuation of the Shang practices of human sacrifices. 
D)  freeing of the individual soul under the influence of Daoism. 
E)  transience of human life. 
A)  use of ceramics as a sculpture medium, replacing the ivory-casting of the Shang. 
B)  huge expenditures that were devoted to afterlife preparation for the monarch. 
C)  continuation of the Shang practices of human sacrifices. 
D)  freeing of the individual soul under the influence of Daoism. 
E)  transience of human life.

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Yi Jing/Book of Changes

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The Yi Jing, also known as the I Ching o

Question 11

Most of the currently standing Great Wall of China - which appears in popular photos -- was

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A)  built by Qin Shi Huangdi. 
B)  built fifteen hundred years after the Qin, during the Ming dynasty. 
C)  the solitary South Chinese construction project built to keep out nomadic invaders. 
D)  thirty thousand kilometers long and ten meters high. 
E)  built to keep rabbits and wild yaks from destroying crops. 
A)  built by Qin Shi Huangdi. 
B)  built fifteen hundred years after the Qin, during the Ming dynasty. 
C)  the solitary South Chinese construction project built to keep out nomadic invaders. 
D)  thirty thousand kilometers long and ten meters high. 
E)  built to keep rabbits and wild yaks from destroying crops.

Question 12

How was government organized under the Qin?

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A)  Power was distributed regionally. 
B)  Power rested exclusively with the king. 
C)  Power was centralized and divided into three ministries. 
D)  Power was centralized but divided between the emperor and the military. 
E)  Power was hereditary at the administrative levels. 
A)  Power was distributed regionally. 
B)  Power rested exclusively with the king. 
C)  Power was centralized and divided into three ministries. 
D)  Power was centralized but divided between the emperor and the military. 
E)  Power was hereditary at the administrative levels.

Question 13

What was one of the major preoccupations of Chinese philosophers of the late Zhou dynasty?

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A)  To determine the meaning of life 
B)  To determine the finer arts of warfare 
C)  To determine the essential quality of human nature 
D)  To determine how to centralize the empire 
E)  To understand the major tenets of the human consciousness. 
A)  To determine the meaning of life 
B)  To determine the finer arts of warfare 
C)  To determine the essential quality of human nature 
D)  To determine how to centralize the empire 
E)  To understand the major tenets of the human consciousness.

Question 14

Compare and contrast the concepts of Confucianism and Legalism. Why did the latter become so important in the Qin Dynasty? Would the Qin have survived longer if it had followed the Confucian path? Why or why not?

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Confucianism and Legalism are two distin

Question 15

Which statement most accurately describes Confucius?

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A)  He was a cousin of Siddhartha Gautama. 
B)  He was deified by the Chinese government within five years after his death. 
C)  He assumed that all humans had their own Dao. 
D)  He was a Qin emperor. 
E)  He followed a Legalist philosophy. 
A)  He was a cousin of Siddhartha Gautama. 
B)  He was deified by the Chinese government within five years after his death. 
C)  He assumed that all humans had their own Dao. 
D)  He was a Qin emperor. 
E)  He followed a Legalist philosophy.

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Gobi Desert and the Tibetan Plateau

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The Gobi Desert and the Tibetan Plateau

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Confucius

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Confucius was an influential Chinese phi

Question 19

The Shang Dynasty is especially useful for historians because it

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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 20

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
"the Hundred Schools"

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The term "the Hundred Schools" refers to

Exam 3: China in Antiquity

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

Under the Qin dynasty, the cultural hubs of China shifted from major cities to provincial towns.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Xianyang

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Legalism

The primary source of power and influence during the late Zhou era was

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Shang bronzes

How did geography and climate influence the early development of Chinese civilization? Were those influences greater than those of governmental and economic developments?

What was the greatest factor leading to the fall of the Qin dynasty?

The terra-cotta figures near the Qin First Emperor's burial mound demonstrate the

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Yi Jing/Book of Changes

Most of the currently standing Great Wall of China - which appears in popular photos -- was

How was government organized under the Qin?

What was one of the major preoccupations of Chinese philosophers of the late Zhou dynasty?

Compare and contrast the concepts of Confucianism and Legalism. Why did the latter become so important in the Qin Dynasty? Would the Qin have survived longer if it had followed the Confucian path? Why or why not?

Which statement most accurately describes Confucius?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Gobi Desert and the Tibetan Plateau

Historians date the Bronze Age as the period between

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Confucius

The Shang Dynasty is especially useful for historians because it

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "the Hundred Schools"

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

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

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War Ii

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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