Question 1

Which of the following is not a true statement?

Accepted Answer

A)  All evidence indicates that the first agricultural villages in China developed only along the Pearl River. 
B)  Ancient Chinese villages evolved over thousands of years to form the first unified state under the Qin. 
C)  Chinese topography caused its civilization to develop apart from advancements in other parts of Asia. 
D)  Nomadic attacks from the north were an ongoing factor in the development of China. 
E)  Early Chinese literature was didactic and elitist. 
A)  All evidence indicates that the first agricultural villages in China developed only along the Pearl River. 
B)  Ancient Chinese villages evolved over thousands of years to form the first unified state under the Qin. 
C)  Chinese topography caused its civilization to develop apart from advancements in other parts of Asia. 
D)  Nomadic attacks from the north were an ongoing factor in the development of China. 
E)  Early Chinese literature was didactic and elitist.

Question 2

What "modern" idea was advanced by Confucius over two thousand years ago?

Accepted Answer

A)  To the victor go the spoils. 
B)  A virtuous government will sadly but inevitably make its people corrupt. 
C)  Government depends on the will of the people. 
D)  Barbarians must not be accepted but crushed by military power. 
E)  Political democracy is the only form of government. 
A)  To the victor go the spoils. 
B)  A virtuous government will sadly but inevitably make its people corrupt. 
C)  Government depends on the will of the people. 
D)  Barbarians must not be accepted but crushed by military power. 
E)  Political democracy is the only form of government.

Which of the following is not a true statement?

What "modern" idea was advanced by Confucius over two thousand years ago?

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

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

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Exam 3: China in Antiquity

Which of the following is not a true statement?

What "modern" idea was advanced by Confucius over two thousand years ago?

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

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

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