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290928584What is one characteristic that differentiated classical civilizations from the earlier river-valley societies?They created larger political structures capable of controlling more territory0
290928585A major factor in China's development of the first elaborate classical society was:It's ability to remain isolated and avoid outside invasion.1
290928586The Chinese view of nature stressed:Harmony and balance (Yin & Yang)2
290928587Classical Chinese civilization was ruled by what four dynasties?The Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang3
290928588A major feature of the classical Chinese economy was:A high level of technology.4
290928589What where the Qin and Han dynasties both characterized by?Powerful, centralized governance5
290928590The decrease in power held by all regional rulers and independent armies, the building of the Great wall of China, the incorporation of Hong Kong into the Chinese Empire, and a national census marked:The Qin dynasty.6
290928591China's classical period gave rise to what intellectual tradition?Daoism, Legalism, 5 Classics, Confucianism7
290928592Besides the "mean people," which of the following groups was considered to have the least status in classical China?Merchants8
290928593Attack on local warrior landlords, civil service examinations, promoting Confucian philosophy, encouraging equitable treatment of peasants marked:Han China9
290928594What function did Civil service examinations have on the state in Han China?Political unity and stress on political etiquette.10
290928595A family of kings, called a __ , ruled over China during the classical period.dynasty11
290928596The Great Wall was built during the rule of the first emperor:Shi Huangdi12
290928597The most famous ruler of the Han dynasty was:Wu Ti13
290928598Wu Ti set up a __ for all those who took exams to join the state bureaucracy.school14
290928599The period when the Zhou dynasty disintegrated is called the __.Era of Warring States15
290928600During the Zhou dynasty, ___ traveled to many parts of China preaching political virtue.Confucius16
290928601Confucian doctrine was recorded in a book called __.Analects17
290928602During the Qin and Han periods, an alternate system of political thought called __ developed in China.Legalism.18
290928603Daoism was spread in fifth-century China by the author __.Laozi19
290928604Chinese art during the classical period stressed careful detail and __.Craftsmanship20

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