Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-Hydraulic Societies

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Question 2

​The legendary king credited with Chinese writing was

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A)  ​Huang Di
B)  ​Fu Xi
C)  ​Shen Nong
D)  ​Sima Qian
E)  ​Gaoxi HanF) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 3

Identify the following terms.
-blast furnaces and cast iron

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Question 4

Which of the following is not a true statement?

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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.F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 5

Identify the following terms.
-Lao Tzu

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Question 6

Identify the following terms.
-Legalism

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-Legalism...

Question 7

Confucius' interest in philosophy was essential theological and transcendent.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Confucius

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

Question 9

Ancient Chinese villages were organized on the basis of

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A)  nuclear family units.
B)  race.
C)  clans.
D)  phratries.
E)  religion.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 10

Identify the following terms.
-oracle bones

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Oracle bones are a type of artifact sign...

Question 11

In early China, it was believed that the universe was divided between two primary forces,

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A)  the sun as the yang and the moon as the yin.
B)  the sun as the yin and the moon as the yang.
C)  the sun as the tin and the moon as the tang.
D)  the sun as the tang and the moon as the tin.
E)  heaven as the qing and earth as the ming.F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 12

Justification for overthrowing Shang dynasty rulers was known as

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A)  Divine retribution
B)  the will of Di
C)  veneration of the king
D)  the Mandate of Heaven
E)  legitimate revoltF) D) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 13

A primary factor that contributed to the significant role of the family in Chinese life was the

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A)  female-dominated nature of ancient life.
B)  labor-intensive demands of crop cultivation.
C)  merit-based structure of Chinese government.
D)  highly centralized organization of Qin government.
E)  density of the population in the Yangtze valley.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Identify the following terms.
-the Silk Road

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The Silk Road refers to a network of anc...

Question 16

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 Doaism.
E)  transience of human life.F) D) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 17

The beginnings of civilization in China were

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A)  delayed by the marauding raids of the Xia.
B)  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.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 18

​The earliest distinction between Yangshao and Longshan cultures is found in

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A)  ​the main staple of agriculture
B)  ​the metals each used
C)  ​emphasis on a specific local god
D)  ​distinctions in pottery styles
E)  ​which had the first surviving samples of writingF) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 19

A core belief in the need to force people to behave properly through the use of restrictive regulations was the foundation of the philosophy of

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A)  Confucianism.
B)  Legalism.
C)  Daoism.
D)  Tangism.
E)  Huangism.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

Which of the following was NOT a cause of increased agricultural production in the Zhou period?

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A)  Iron plowshares
B)  ​The collar harness.
C)  ​leaving fallow land to rest.
D)  ​fertilizer
E)  ​crop rotationF) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

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