Early Imperial China (1)

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1	Shi Huang Di, the First Emperor, united China by?:
		importing European weapons.
		enforcing strict Legalist principles.
		encouraging Confucian teachings.
		setting up the civil service examination.


2	The Chinese, like many other peoples, have often been considered ethnocentric. They have shown ethnocentric attitudes in the past by?:
		considering outsiders less civilized than themselves.
		following a non-religious way of life.
		failing to develop any long lasting cultural contributions until the West came to China.
		refusing to follow the tribute system.


3	The first unified Chinese empire came under which of the following dynasties?:
		Chou.
		Han.
		Ch'in.
		Shang.


4	Which of the following was an achievement of the Chou (Zhou) dynasty?:
		the Vedas.
		the Sanskrit language.
		the Upanishads.
		the I Ching.


5	During the Chou (Zhou) dynasty, kings lost power to?:
		priests.
		peasants.
		nobles.
		merchants.


6	Which of the following caused the decline of the Chou (Zhou) dynasty?:
		ancestor worship.
		feudal warfare.
		economic growth.
		foreign invasion.


7	Hatred of the Ch'in (Qin) was fostered by all of the following EXCEPT?:
		the staggering tax burden.
		forced labor on such projects as the Great Wall.
		the ruthless suppression of Confucianism.
		widespread confiscation of peasant lands.


8	In Chou (Zhou) times, the Chinese state was?:
		highly centralized.
		feudal in nature.
		an absolute monarchy.
		a loose confederation.


9	China's most valuable commodity was?:
		silk.
		tea.
		porcelain.
		opium.


10	The Great Wall of China was begun in 214 BCE to?:
		keep cattle from straying from Chinese territories.
		keep Chinese convicts from escaping their prisons in northern China.
		guard against nomadic invasions.
		all of these choices are correct.