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China; Homework Help Please!?

1. One effect of trade growth on Chinese society was that A) it eliminated the lower class because of increased prosperity. B) it brought more wealth into China. C) it increased production of the jade jewelry valued most by other countries. D) it decreased the emphasis on family in favor of individualism. 2. The addition of land to the west of China under Wudi resulted in A) more people paying taxes to the Chinese emperor. B) more difficulties governing an expanding empire. C) increased trade between China and Central Asia. D) an increase in the size of the military to help control the new territory. 3. What was not an effect of trade growth on China? A) A decrease in farming to focus more on production of goods for trade B) The spread of new ideas into China C) An increase in silk fabric production for trade with other countries D) More contact with people outside of the Chinese empire 4. One of the most important ideas of Confucianism was that A) trade should be the basis of any economy. B) the family was central to the well-being of the state. C) women and men should be equal under the law. D) government leaders should rule with an iron fist. 5. Peasants made up what part of the population of Han China? A) Less than 2 percent B) About 25 percent C) About 60 percent D) About 90 percent 6. Han China’s most valued manufactured product, key to the growth in trade, was silk. A) True B) False 7. Because merchants were wealthy, they enjoyed high status in Han society. A) True B) False 8. The trade routes linking China to India became the way that the philosophy of Buddhism reached China in the first century A.D. A) True B) False 9. The Royal Roads led from China all the way to the Roman empire. A) True B) False 10. For many Chinese, the message of Buddhism—with its focus on escape from suffering—offered more hope than the beliefs of Confucianism and Daoism. A) True B) False

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