AP World History Chapter 12
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The high level of Chinese literacy was due to

The high level of Chinese literacy was due to




(A) free schooling for all classes of society.
(B) the introduction of an alphabet during the Song dynasty.
(C) the invention of movable-type printing and cheap paper.
(D) the simplicity of the Chinese system of writing.
(E) priests and Confucian theology, which insisted that Heaven wanted all people to be able to read and to write the Confucian classics.




Answer: C

The invention of explosive powder (gunpowder) in China

The invention of explosive powder (gunpowder) in China




(A) was borrowed by the Chinese from the nomads.
(B) allowed the Song to defeat the northern nomads.
(C) led to the Arab conquest of China.
(D) had little initial impact on warfare.
(E) had no uses in Song society except for fireworks.






Answer: D

In order to lesson the influence of aristocrats and bolster the positions of the peasants, the Tang and Song monarchs

In order to lesson the influence of aristocrats and bolster the positions of the peasants, the Tang and Song monarchs 




(A) broke up large landed estates and gave the land to the peasants.
(B) established courts and rural police to protect the peasants.
(C) set a percentage of governmental occupations and positions reserved for peasant applicants.
(D) set up free, government-sponsored schools for the peasants.
(E) recruited the military officers from the peasant class.





Answer: A

The technological advance that facilitated Chinese overseas trade was

The technological advance that facilitated Chinese overseas trade was





(A) the Grand Canal.
(B) sericulture or the production of silk.
(C) the manufacture of paper.
(D) the introduction of gunpowder.
(E) maritime tools such as the junk.





Answer: E

Tang military expansion into central Asia

Tang military expansion into central Asia



(A) led to constant warfare between the Chinese and the Muslims.
(B) promoted renewed commercial contacts between China and west Asia.
(C) eliminated nomadic invasions.
(D) obtained land to settle large Chinese population surpluses.
(E) was easily defeated by the Turks and other pastoral nomads.





Answer: B

The major demographic change in China between 500 and 1000 C.E. was the

The major demographic change in China between 500 and 1000 C.E. was the



(A) decline of cities as populations moved to the countryside.
(B) widespread migration of Chinese to foreign lands.
(C) population decrease in the north due to frequent nomadic raids.
(D) large population increase in the south around the Yangtze.
(E) internal migration of the populace from rural to urban areas.





Answer: D

Buddhist successes in China during the Tang era

Buddhist successes in China during the Tang era



(A) were opposed by the merchants and farmers.
(B) provided the state with tax revenues and conscripted labor.
(C) were counterbalanced by the introduction of Islam into China.
(D) encouraged the scholar-officials, who were largely Buddhist.
(E) led to persecutions and seizures of Buddhist monastic lands.




Answer: E

The Tang rulers were able to control potential nomadic threats to China by

The Tang rulers were able to control potential nomadic threats to China by




(A) bribery.
(B) playing one nomadic group against another.
(C) settling the nomads within the Chinese borders on land to farm.
(D) intermarriage between the nomadic and Chinese ruling families.
(E) diverting the nomads and sending them westward, away from China.




Answer: B

The era of Tang and Song rule in China was known as a(n)

The era of Tang and Song rule in China was known as a(n)





(A) golden age of Chinese culture and accomplishments.
(B) period of Buddhist dominance.
(C) time where Christianity and Islam spread widely in China.
(D) time of technological and commercial stagnation.
(E) era where nomadic dynasties ruled most of China.





Answer: A

What led to the downfall of the Sui dynasty?

What led to the downfall of the Sui dynasty?



a. Famines, which led to a depletion of economic resources
b. Widespread Buddhist rebellion
c. Unsuccessful military campaigns
d. The dissatisfaction of the Confucian scholar-gentry class
e. Nomadic invasions




Answer: C

Who was the founder of the Song dynasty?

Who was the founder of the Song dynasty?



a. Xi-Xia
b. Taizu
c. Xuanzong
d. Zhao Kuangyin
e. Li Bo, Duke of Song




Answer: D

Which of the following statements concerning the status of women in the Tang-Song era is most accurate?

Which of the following statements concerning the status of women in the Tang-Song era is most accurate?



a. Women had more rights than ever before due to the influence of the Legalists.
b. Tang-Song law recognized no women's rights.
c. The condition of women in general improved during the Tang-Song era.
d. The spread of Buddhism provided women with greater opportunities and career alternatives within the monastic movement.
e. The assertion of male dominance within the family was especially pronounced in the thinking of the neo-Confucian philosophers.




Answer: E
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