Posted: March 7th, 2016

The Records of Ancient Matters were

The Records of Ancient Matters were
A) a record Shinto spells and rituals
B) Chinese chronicles that mention Japanese events in the 5th century C.E.
C) accounts of popular political movements under the Yamato great kings
D) the earliest Japanese accounts of its own history
2.
After the equal field system failed in Japan, what taxation system was adopted?
A) direct taxation
B) graduated income tax
C) quota system
D) all of the above
3.
From 589 to 1368, which corresponds to the European middle ages, the most notable feature of Chinese history was the reunification of China and the recreation of a centralized bureaucratic empire consciously modeled on the earlier Han dynasty (206 B.C.E. 220 C.E.). China was able to develop a unified state at a time when political fragmentation in Europe brought about small, independent kingdoms.
A) True
B) False
4.
For more than three and a half centuries after the fall of the Han, China was disunited and dominated by aristocratic landowning families.
A) True
B) False
5.
According to the textbook, One of the key turning points in Chinese history was the ______ century B.C.E
A) 1st
B) 2nd
C) 3rd
D) th
6.
Central Asian missionaries brought ________ to China in the first century where it was first recognized as a new Daoist sect
A) diseases
B) Buddhism
C) Confucianism
D) all of the above
7.
In the Dynastic Cycle, the emperor consolidates his power, restores peace and order to China and launches several energetic reforms and public works projects. During the peak of this phase, China expands militarily and appears invincible.
A) True
B) False
8.
The greatest achievements of the Song dynasty were in ___________
A) philosophy
B) poetry
C) painting
D) all of the above
9.
The first empire in Chinese history was divided into __________
A) Qin dynasty (256 206 B.C.E.)
B) Former Han dynasty (206 B.C.E. 8 C.E.)
C) Later Han dynasty (24 220 C.E.)
D) All of the above
10.
According to the textbook, Europe tailed off into centuries of feudal disunity while China reunited and attained a new level of wealth, power and culture. What one, short reason can be attributed to this?
A) disease
B) starvation
C) aristocracy
D) religion
11.
Ch an, or Zen, taught that the historical Buddha was only a man and exhorted each person to attain enlightenment by his or her own efforts.
A) True
B) False
12.
The core of Buddhist teaching is the realization of simple truths: Life is suffering, the cause of suffering is desire; death does not end the endless cycle of birth and rebirth; only the attainment of nirvana releases one from the wheel of Karma.
A) True
B) False
13.
Roman power and unity was built gradually over centuries, whereas China remained a multistate system right up to 232 B.C.E. and then was unified by one state in eleven years.
A) True
B) False
14.
The Japanese came to Buddhism not from the philosophical perspectives of Confucianism or Daoism, but from the magic and mystery of Shinto.
A) True
B) False
15.
In about 1185, Japanese history has a shift from centuries of rule by a civil aristocracy to centuries of military control.
A) True
B) False
16.
Which characteristic can be applied to feudalism in Japanese history?
A) fiefs in return for military service
B) warrior ethic
C) lord/vassal relationship
D) all of the above
17.
Samurai warriors were recruited from
A) royal family
B) royal bodyguards
C) common peasants of ability
D) the local nobility
18.
The Ancient Roman and Han Chinese empires had all of the following characteristics in common except:
A) both had formidable armed forces
B) both were based on distinct theoretical foundations
C) both were large and culturally diverse
D) both had legacies that would continue long after their demise
19.
During the so called Six Dynasties era
A) China reached its greatest territorial extent ever
B) China began to trade directly with Europe and Africa by ship
C) Japan invaded and conquered most of northern China
D) Nomadic peoples repeatedly overran much of northern China
20.
The Great Wall of China was extended some fourteen hundred miles from the Pacific Ocean to central Asia.
A) True
B) False