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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. |
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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 imposed high taxes and compulsory labor services for construction of the Grand Canal. |
| | C) | It brought about great prosperity in China and long-lived imperial rule. |
| | D) | It only lasted a short period of time. |
| | E) | The last emperor was assassinated, bringing the dynasty to an end. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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"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. |
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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. |
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Compared with the Tang dynasty, the Song dynasty was |
| | A) | shorter-lived. |
| | B) | less centralized. |
| | C) | equal in size. |
| | D) | less militarized. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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The Song government moved from north to south in the early twelfth century because of the invasion of |
| | A) | the Khitan. |
| | B) | the Jurchen. |
| | C) | the Uighurs. |
| | D) | the Mongols. |
| | E) | the Muslims. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Which of the following was not a major technological innovation of Tang and Song China? |
| | A) | Gunpowder. |
| | B) | The magnetic compass. |
| | C) | Movable type printing. |
| | D) | Paper making. |
| | E) | Fine porcelain. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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The poet of the Tang who wrote of the social life in cities was |
| | A) | Zhu Xi. |
| | B) | Xuanzang. |
| | C) | Song Taizu. |
| | D) | Li Bo. |
| | E) | Du Fu. |
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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. |
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Which of the following is true of Vietnam during Tang and Song times? |
| | A) | Many Vietnamese retained their indigenous traditions in preference to Chinese cultural traditions. |
| | B) | Vietnamese authorities established an administrative system and bureaucracy modeled on that of China. |
| | C) | Vietnamese women had more freedoms than their Chinese counterparts did. |
| | D) | The Viets won their independence from China with the fall of the Tang. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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The earliest phases of Japanese history included |
| | A) | the Kamakura and Muromachi periods. |
| | B) | the Nara and Heian periods. |
| | C) | the Taira and Minamoto periods. |
| | D) | the age of the samurais. |
| | E) | the medieval period. |
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In medieval Japan, professional warriors were called |
| | A) | samurai. |
| | B) | bushido. |
| | C) | shogun. |
| | D) | seppuku. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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