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asia sample unit test- Chinx
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Japan
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1.
Which of the following correctly shows the order of dynasties in China?
c. Tang, Song, Sui, Ming, Yuan
Sui, Song, Tang. Ming, Yuan
Ming
d. Song, Sui, Tang, Ming, Yuan
Tang,
Song,
Yuan,
Sui,
a.
b.
2.
During the Tang dynasty, China's population had been about 60 million. During the Song,
the farmers of China fed a country of more than 100 million people.
Which of the following is the Desl reason for the dramatic population increase?
Song rulers promoted large families in order to increase the size of their armies.
Farming advances, such as more land being cultivated and fast-ripening rice, made food
a.
b.
c.
d.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
plentiful.
Conquered people from outside territories relocated to China.
Medical advancements helped cure deadly diseases and made people healthier.
Which of the following best describes how the Chinese mainly used gunpowder?
a- as a means of energy to power barges and other large craft
b. as a construction tool to clear or blast large sections of mountains or earth
c. for fireworks used in celebrations
d. for high explosives used in warfare against their enemies
Of the following, which isthe most accurate statement about the Ming dynasty?
a. It was a period of great territorial expansion.
b. It was one of the most prosperous times in Chinese history, when the forbidden city was
built.
c. It was an era of great economic hardship.
d. It was a period of bloody civil wars and great social unrest.
Which of the followingbest describes isolationism?
a. a policy of expanding boundaries through military conquest
b. a policy of removing a countr;r, or isolating it, from contact with other countries
c. a movement within a country that supports revolution
d. a philosophy based on the teachings of Confucius
Which of the following statements is true about the Ainu?
a. The Ainu people are the ancestors of modern Japanese.
b. The Ainu people looked the same as other people of Japan.
c. The Ainu people practiced a traditional religion called Buddhism.
d. The Ainu people spoke a unique language that was eventually lost, and were driven onto
Hokkaido.
The main duty of a samurai warrior was to
a. defend peasants from bandits or thieves.
b. conquer distant lands for the Japanese emperor.
c. defend his daimyo and his daimyo's property.
d. manage large tracts of land for the nobles in Heian.
ID: A
ID: A
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8.
What would happen if a robber attacked the home of a samurai family while the men were at war?
thief would successfully steal goods.
home would be defended by young boys.
home would be protected by female samurai.
thief would be stopped by the local shogun leader.
9. Which of the following is not a way the samurai tradition survives in Japan?
a.
showing disloyalty to family
b. showing loyalty to companies and sports teams
practicing self-discipline and sacrifi ce
c.
working hard
d.
10. According to Confucius, which family sequence is in order from most power to least?
Father-+Mother-+Older brother-+Younger brother
a.
b. Mother-rFather-+Older brother-+Younger brother
c. Father+Older brother+Younger brother+Mother
d. Mother-+Father-+Younger brother+Older brother
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b.
c.
d.
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