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| 101097052 | the situation at the end of the Qin-Han period...? | Non-Chinese nomads ruled much of China and a foreign religion, Buddhism, eclipsed Confucian teachings. | 0 | |
| 101097053 | The dynasty that ended the period of political chaos after the fall of the Qin-Han was the | Sui | 1 | |
| 101097054 | What was it like after the Han dynasty collapsed? | thought degenerated into the quest for magical cures, no new technology, trade and city life declined, nomadic raids | 2 | |
| 101097055 | What made possible the rapid revival of empire under the Tang? | the preservation in the many kingdoms of the Confucian traditions that had been central to Chinese civilization | 3 | |
| 101097056 | The man responsible for the creation of the Sui dynasty was | Wendi | 4 | |
| 101097057 | What was the primary reform enacted during the reign of the first Sui emperor? | the creation of granaries to relieve the threat of famine | 5 | |
| 101097058 | What led to the downfall of the Sui dynasty? | excessive expenses associated with grandiose building projects and military campaigns | 6 | |
| 101097059 | What ministry of the central imperial government was responsible for the administration of the examination system? | Rites | 7 | |
| 101097060 | entry into the Chinese bureaucracy...? | Although a higher percentage of candidates received office through the examination system than during the Han dynasty, birth continued to be important in securing high office. | 8 | |
| 101097061 | What Tang ruler actually attempted to have Buddhism recognized as a state religion? | Empress Wu | 9 | |
| 101097062 | What proved to be the most damaging attack on Buddhism's popularity with the people during the early Tang dynasty? | the Confucians' successful campaign to convince the emperor that the Buddhist monastic establishment represented an economic threat | 10 | |
| 101097063 | What was the impact on Confucianism of the Tang repression of the Buddhists? | Confucianism emerged as the central ideology of Chinese civilization until the twentieth century. | 11 | |
| 101097064 | What accounts for the relative weakness of the Song empire? | The military was subordinated to the civilian administrators of the scholar-gentry, leaving the dynasty vulnerable to nomadic dynasties on the frontier. | 12 | |
| 101097065 | Why was the construction of the Grand Canal necessary? | The Yangtze River valley was becoming the major food-producing region of China by the late Tang era. | 13 | |
| 101097066 | developments during the period of commercial expansion during the Tang and Song dynasties? | large markets, better commercial organization, more trade, more technology | 14 | |
| 101097067 | intellectual schools was responsible for the production of most literary and artistic works during the Tang-Song era? | Confucian | 15 | |
| 101097068 | What was the primary difference between marriages of the upper and lower classes in Tang-Song China? | Households of the lower classed tended not to be patriarchal. | 16 | |
| 101097069 | What artisan was responsible for the development of movable type? | Li Bo | 17 | |
| 101097070 | During the political crisis following the fall of the Han, the Great Wall | became ineffective as a barrier to invasion, because it was held by many small kingdoms. | 18 | |
| 101097071 | The support of which of the following groups was most critical to the reunification of China under the Sui? | the nomadic warrior elite | 19 | |
| 101097072 | Under the first Sui emperor...? | ever-ready granaries were created to relieve the threat of famine. | 20 | |
| 101097073 | Excessive military expenses and grandiose building projects led to | the downfall of the second Sui emperor and the collapse of the dynasty. | 21 | |
| 101097074 | Li Yuan was....? | the Duke of Tang, founder of the new dynasty. | 22 | |
| 101097075 | What was the attitude of the Tang emperors toward the Confucian scholar-gentry? | The Tang supported the resuscitation of the Confucian scholar-gentry, often at the expense of the aristocracy. | 23 | |
| 101097076 | What was the title reserved for those who passed the most difficult exams on all of Chinese literature? | jinshi | 24 | |
| 101097077 | Pure Land Buddhism...? | stressed salvation | 25 | |
| 101097078 | As a result of imperial suppression, | Buddhism survived in a reduced state without much political influence. | 26 | |
| 101097079 | Yang Guifei was | an imperial concubine who exerted great influence on a Tang emperor and introduced many of her relatives into the imperial government. | 27 | |
| 101097080 | What accounts for the relative weakness of the Song empire? | The military was subordinated to the civilian administrators of the scholar-gentry, leaving the dynasty vulnerable to nomadic dynasties on the frontier. | 28 | |
| 101097081 | Under the Song emperors, the scholar-gentry | continued its ascent over its aristocratic and Buddhist rivals | 29 | |
| 101097082 | Zhu Xi was...? | the most prominent of the neo-Confucians during the Song era. | 30 | |
| 101097083 | The growing influence of neo-Confucianism in China during the Tang-Song era | led to reinforcement of class, age, and gender distinctions. | 31 | |
| 101097084 | What Song prime minister in the 1070s and 1080s attempted to introduce reforms based on the Legalist school of Confucianism? | Wang Anshi | 32 | |
| 101097085 | What invading group caused the flight of the Song from northern China? | Jurchens | 33 | |
| 101195016 | Period of political division that followed the Qin-Han Era? | Era of Division | 34 | |
| 101195017 | The second Sui emperor favored what? | Confucian scholar gentry | 35 | |
| 101195018 | Elite china were attracted to what kind of Buddhism? | Chan | 36 | |
| 101195019 | What dynasty's unity could not be restored? | Liao | 37 | |
| 123059871 | How does foot binding diminished the independence of Chinese women? | foot binding sufficiently crippled women to effectively confine their mobility to the household | 38 | |
| 123059872 | During the song dynasty the interest of Confucian intellectuals in nature was most apparent in their production of what? | landscape paintings | 39 | |
| 123059873 | Song compared to Tang? | Song empire was smaller in territorial extent than tang empire | 40 | |
| 123059874 | Urbanization of China during the Tang Song era? | chinese urbanization mushroomed during the tang song era with a higher proportion of the population living in cities than that found in any other civilization | 41 | |
| 123059875 | Extent of tang empire? | Tang built an empire far larger than that of the early han, an empire whose boundaries in many directions extended beyond borders to modern china | 42 | |
| 123059876 | Status of women in Tang Song era? | assertion of male dominance within the family and beyond was especially pronounced in the thinking of the neo-confucian philosophers | 43 |
