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Social Studies, 15.10.2019 16:50 dmead22284

“as i traveled over qin mountain one morning,
i met two fairies, of brightness and beauty,
riding on a white deer.
i realized they were immortals,
and kneeled and begged for the dao.
‘go west and climb the jade terrace,
there are gold pavilions and corridors.’
they gave me an immortal elixir.
‘your longevity will match that of gold and jade,
and you will never reach senility.’”

—cao zhi, han dynasty poet,
as quoted in empires ascendant: time frame 400 b. c.–a. d. 200

6.
“your longevity will match that of gold and jade” means (1 point)
the poet will turn to stone.
the poet will turn to metal.
the poet will never die.
the poet will be wealthy.

7. what can you conclude from this poem? (1 point)
the han did not believe in fairies.
the han believed in magic.
the han craved wealth.
the han traveled over qin mountain daily.

8. you can infer from the poem that the han people highly valued (1 point)
gold and jade.
brightness and beauty.
traveling in the mountains.
white deer.

9. the line: "you will never reach senility” means (1 point)
the poet will never die.
the poet will never get old.
the poet will never be rich.
the poet will never see fairies.

10. what does the poet want from the fairies? (1 point)
gold
jade
the dao
the pavilions

11. ancient chinese believed their gods needed to keep them happy. (1 point)
offerings of food
blood sacrifices
offerings of money
offerings of pictures of food

12. "" pay their rent by giving the landlord a portion of their crops. (1 point)
tenant farmers
all farmers
subsistence farmers
none of these

13. the zhou dynasty claimed this principle gave them the right to rule. (1 point)
divine right of kings
mandate of heaven
popular mandate
none of these

14. the belief that people pass through many lives is called (1 point)
saturation.
consternation.
reunification.
reincarnation.

15. which river empties into the arabian sea? (1 point)
indus
nile
ganges
pataliputra

16. an important writer from the gupta period was (1 point)
krishna.
buddha.
kalidasa.
aesop.

17. wu wang led a rebellion against the because they were so cruel. (1 point)
xia dynasty
shang dynasty
zhou dynasty
qin dynasty

18. zhang qian went to explore west of china. he brought back stories of (1 point)
the trojan war.
greece.
unicorns.
the roman empire.

19. military leaders with their own armies are called (1 point)
generals.
henchmen.
warlords.
vassals.

20. name two advances made by indian mathematicians without which computers would be impossible today. (3 points)

21. what preparation did young men make for taking the civil service test during the han dynasty? (3 points)

22. what is suttee? what does this practice say about the relative values of men and women in ancient indian culture? (3 points)

23. most men failed the civil service test given by the han dynasty. if a young man did not pass, what could he do? (3 points)

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