AP World History Chapter 8 Quiz

Which of the following was a major development in Chinese society that took shape in the centuries following the collapse of the Han dynasty?

Northern nomads conquered some portions of China

Which of the following contributed to the doubling of the Chinese population during the Tang and Song dynasties?

the adoption of a fast-ripening strain of rice from Vietnam

Which of the following is a reason that the Tang and Song dynasties are regarded as a "golden age" in China?

the setting of standards of excellence in art and literature

Those who participated in the Chinese tribute system gained

the opportunity to trade in China

Which of the following explains why women's lives were more restricted in the Song dynasty than in the Tang dynasty?

the revival of Confucianism

Which of the following statements about the Chinese tribute system is true?

The Chinese government often gave other states gifts that were in fact worth more than the tribute that those states paid to China

China's most enduring and intense interaction with outsiders was with

the nomadic pastoral peoples of the northern steppes

Which of the following describes Korea's relationship with China?

Its capital city of Kumsong was modeled directly on the Chinese capital of Chang'an

Which of the following contributed to China's economic revolution during the Tang and Song dynasties?

A complex network of internal waterways that provided cheap transportation

Chinese interaction with the northern nomads during the tang dynasty resulted in

the evolution of a mixed Chinese/Turkic culture in northern China

In their relations with China, Korea and Japan both

sent people to China to study Chinese thought and culture

Which of the following statements best describes Korea's relationship with China in the premodern period?

Korea adopted many elements of Chinese culture while still retaining a distinctive culture and separate political existence

Which of the following was a technological innovation that spread from China to the rest of Eurasia?

printing

Which of the following was a factor in the growth of Buddhism in China after 300 C.E.?

Increased disorder following the collapse of the Han dynasty, which discredited Confucianism

In Song dynasty China, masculine identity came to be defined in terms of

calligraphy, scholarship, painting, and poetry

Which of the following was a political contribution of the Tang and Song dynasties?

The construction of a state structure that lasted until the twentieth century

Chinese references to "western barbarians" in the Tang dynasty included which group of people?

Indians

How was the tribute system an expression of the Chinese view of themselves and their relationship to the world?

The tribute system required non-Chinese to acknowledge Chinese superiority and their own subordinate place in a Chinese-centered world order.

The emergence of which practice during the Song dynasty suggests that Chinese women's lives were more restricted than they had been in the Tang dynasty?

Foot binding

What did Korea, Japan, and Vietnam all develop that reflected their unique culture?

Their own writing systems

In what respect was Japan's borrowing of Chinese culture different from the experiences of Korea and Vietnam?

Japan's borrowing was wholly voluntary rather than occruing under conditions of direct military threat or outright occupation

Which of the following is an example of how Chinese inventions stimulated innovations in distant lands?

The Chinese formula for gunpowder triggered the development of cannons in Europe

The invention of printing in China was linked with which religion?

Buddhism

Which of the following shows the effect of the Indian Ocean trade on China?

The transformation of southern China from a subsistence economy to an export-oriented economy

The emergence of the samurai reflected Japan's

decentralized political structure

Which religion provided an element of cultural commonality for the East Asian region?

Buddhism

Which of the following is an example of how Indian Buddhism was modified after its introduction into China?

The Buddhist notion of "morality" was translated with the Confucian term for "filial submission and obedience"

How did the changed environment in China in the ninth century affect Buddhism?

Buddhist monasteries came under state control as a xenophobic reaction set in

In Japan's Seventeen Article Constitution, the statement that "when the superior acts, the inferior yields compliance" reflects an understanding of the relationship superior and inferiors associated with

Confucianism

Shiba Yoshimasa's instruction "to give up your life for the sake of the sole sovereign, or serving under the commander the military in a time of need" is associated with

bushido

Southernization is the

term used to describe the process of migration of people, plants, technologies, and ideas from Southeast Asia northward through Eurasia

Which food was introduced to the east coast of African continent by the Austronesians

bananas

Both classical Rome and Axum were shaped by

the emergence of the Christian faith

Which of the following was the center of long-distance oceanic trade in the millennium from 500 to 1500?

The Indian Ocean

Which of the following resulted from the trans-regional interaction during the third-wave era?

The spread of the Black Death