Exam 4: Unification and the Consolidation of Civilization in China

A) The Han were unable to expand their territories due to constant wars with the rulers of the states.
B) The Han actually lost territories to the raids of the Hsiung-nu and other nomadic invaders.
C) The Han temporarily defeated the Hsiung -nu and dramatically expanded Chinese territory to the east and south.
D) The Han were able to expand their territories by conquering the Gupta civilization of India.

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A) Han Wudi.
B) Han Feizi.
C) Shi Huangdi.
D) Shang Yang.

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A) The scholar-gentry held merchants in great esteem.
B) The merchant class virtually disappeared as a result of the diminution of trade.
C) China was the most technologically backward of all the classical civilizations.
D) China was the most technologically innovative and advanced of all the classical civilizations.

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A) The strengthening of the aristocracy against the shi
B) The unification of China under a ?shi? bureaucracy
C) The reordering of the regional states to strengthen the feudal system
D) Their ability to last for four centuries

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Destruction of regional kingdoms and feu...

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A) The royal palace at Beijing
B) The Great Wall of China
C) The Shinto temple at Loyang
D) The Confucian library at Xianyang

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A) He destroyed most of the vassals of the previous dynasty and appointed his relatives to rule in the regions.
B) He strengthened the hand of the regional vassals to destroy the growing power of the shi.
C) Shi Huangdi was never able to curb the authority of the vassal states and was restricted to ruling in Qin.
D) He destroyed the regional vassals and replaced them with Qin bureaucrats.

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A) the era of the Mongol dynasty.
B) a long period of political conflict and social turmoil.
C) the era of the Shang dynasty.
D) a period of Doric invasions.

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A) They were opposed to any political philosophies other than the officially approved Legalist doctrines.
B) The Qin government was essentially Daoist.
C) Shi Huangdi and his advisors followed the political philosophy of Mencius, one of Confucius?s disciples.
D) Shi Huangdi?s government applied the concepts of many political philosophies including Confucianism and Daoism.

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A) promoted Confucian philosophy.
B) attempted to alleviate the harsher aspects of Legalist political philosophy.
C) believed in the essential goodness of humans.
D) was so concerned about controlling ideas in the Qin state that he proposed the burning of all books other than Legalist tracts and a few other official volumes.

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A) Sunzi.
B) Han Feizi.
C) Han Wudi.
D) Liu Bang.

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A) An active administrator and advisor
B) A religious teacher similar to the Jewish prophets and Buddha
C) Emperor
D) A social philosopher obsessed with the need for order and harmony

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A) military vassals.
B) shi.
C) eunuchs.
D) families of the emperors.

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A) the families of the imperial wives and the feudal lords of the states.
B) the families of the imperial wives, the scholar-gentry, and the imperial eunuchs.
C) the emperors and the Gupta civilization of India.
D) the scholar-gentry and the regional kings.

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A) Analects.
B) Book of Lord Shang.
C) Sacred Soil of China.
D) Sayings of Shi Huangdi.

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A) Loyang
B) Anyan
C) Beijing
D) Xianyang

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A) Kung Mao.
B) Analects.
C) Book of Lord Shang.
D) Book of Dao.

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