1: Which Chinese dynasty was the first to recognize Confucianism as the guiding philosophy of the state?
(a) Zhou (c) Qin
(b) Tang (d) Han
2: The Great Wall of China is familiar even to people who haven't visited China. Which dynasty rebuilt and restored the wall in the form it exists today?
(a) Song (c) Qing
(b) Ming (d) Yuan
3: TRUE or FALSE: central to Chinese historians' concept of the Dynastic Cycle was the idea that over time, human society gets better and better.
(a) True (b) False
4: TRUE or FALSE: both the Han and the Tang Dynasties controlled extensive territories in eastern Central Asia.
(a) True (b) False
5: China's greatest historian, this person was given a shameful punishment by the tyrannical Emperor Wu of the Han.
(a) Meng Tzu (c) Liu Bang
(b) Sima Qian (d) Zhuge Liang
6: What religion or philosophy did the Empress Wu (actually, China's only female emperor), who came to power in the 7th century CE, generously patronize and support?
(a) Legalism (c) Buddhism
(b) Zoroastrianism (d) Daoism
7: The Six Dynasties Period in China (222-588 CE) can best be characterized as what kind of era:
a time of great chaos and disunity
a time of unprecedented cultural progress
a time when China expanded overseas
a time of complete isolation from the outside world
8: Which of the countries which border China became a Chinese colony between 111 BCE and 939 CE?
(a) Korea (c) Manchuria
(b) Vietnam (d) southern Japan
9: Shotoku Taishi was a major figure in the introduction of Buddhism and Confucianism ideas into which country?
(a) Nanzhao (c) Japan
(b) Korea (d) Sri Lanka
10: This city, which was a capital of Tang China, had a population of as many as two million people in the 7th and 8th centuries.
(a) Luoyang (c) Kaifeng
(b) Hangzhou (d) Chang'an
11: Which nation was the only one that occupied practically all of Southeast Asia for a brief period in the 20th century?
(a) China (c) Britain
(b) Indonesia (d) Japan
12: What exotic things were found at the site of Oc Eo, trading port of the ancient kingdom of Funan in the Mekong Delta?
Skeletons of Mongolian horses
Chinese ceramics
Medals from the Roman empire
Bottles of perfumes from Arabia
13: Which of the following Southeast Asian countries has a predominantly Buddhist population?
(a) Indonesia (c) Philippines
(b) Laos (d) Brunei
14: TRUE or FALSE: there are Jewish communities in Southeast Asia.
(a) True (b) False
15: Overseas Chinese number some 32 million people throughout Southeast Asia; in which country are they the majority of the population?
(a) Thailand (c) Indonesia
(b) Singapore (d) Malaysia
16: Who was the legendary Kaundinya?
a Buddhist monk who converted the people of Burma
an Indian prince who married a local (naga) princess, and established the land of Cambodia
a Vietnamese general who defeated a Mongol invasion
the first king of Malacca, who converted to Islam late in life
17: The temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia is considered the largest religious structure in the world. To which religion was it dedicated by its builder, King Suryavarman II?
(a) Hinduism (c) Jainism
(b) Buddhism (d) animism
18: People go to Pagan (Bagan) in central Burma to see . . .
beautiful natural scenery
the "Mount Olympus" of the Nats or spirits
thousands of Buddhist pagodas and temples
the high walls of an ancient capital city
19: TRUE or FALSE: there would not be large populations of Muslims today in Island Southeast Asia if the Ottoman Empire hadn't attacked the region in force during the 16th and 17th centuries.
(a) True (b) False
20: In the Islamic religion, what is Shirk, an unforgiveable sin?
drinking liquor
giving partners to God
converting to Christianity
refusing to marry and have children