BYU History 201 FINAL-Mark
Christensen Test Questions with All
Correct Answers 2025-2026 Updated.
How did China bring order & unification?(9) - Answer Through patterns of religion and
systems of thought
(like India *jainism,buddhism,hinduism* Persia *zorastrianism*, and Rome *christianity*)
What 3 main schools of thought emerge after the Warring states period? (9) - Answer 1.
Confusionism
2.Legalism
3.Daoism
Confusionism(9) - Answer *Humans want to be ethical
*high moral order
*Reciprocity
What is Confucianism derive from?(9) - Answer Mandate of Heaven
How did Confucians believe families should treat one another?(9) - Answer *Children
respect parents
*Rulers (parents) should be kind to subjects (children)
*Rulers (parents) set a good example for society (family)
Daoism(9) - Answer *Less government is better
*focus should be on the individual not society
*humans need to act in accordance with nature
*Dao=the way (principle beyond universe)
Mencius (9) - Answer major follower of Confucius; stressed that humans were essentially
good and that governments required the consent of their subjects.
Xunzi (9) - Answer *alive during warring states period which changed him*
Believed humans were evil & selfish
*only could reform through strict laws & effort
Basically believed in dictatorship
,Qin dynasty(9) - Answer *adapted legalist principles
*conquered states after the warring states period
Why was the location of the Qin so good? (9) - Answer allowed them to grow in strength
Qin Shi Huangdi(9) - Answer *1st emperor of Qin's
*Standardized: Chinese writing system, weights & measures, coins, etc.
*created the great wall
Died after 12 years
Li Si (9) - Answer Advisor to Qin Shi, student of Xunzi
*executed by a waist chop*
Qin Shi Huangdi tomb (9) - Answer 5k terra-cotta warriors
still cannot be opened today
dissatisfaction with empire after his death lead to a REVOLT
Han Dynasty (9) - Answer Blended Legalist & Confucian idealologies
*Reduced taxes & labor obligations & punishments
*negotiated with the Huns (attackers from the north)
What lead to internal battles in the Han dynasty? (9) - Answer Labor requirements to work
on the wall @ the expense of the military outposts
What destroyed the Han Dynasty(9) - Answer Internal Turmoil
Sui Dynasty (9) - Answer The short dynasty between the Han and the Tang; built the Grand
Canal, strengthened the government, and introduced Buddhism to China
*enacted land redistribution
Grand Canal (9) - Answer a canal linking the yangzi and yellow river
How did the Sui Dynasty Fall? (9) - Answer Unrest after the death of the 2nd emperor led to
formation of the Tang Dynasty
, Why were stirrups important? (9) - Answer United the old hans
*put on the side of a horse for stabilization*
What became the doctrine of government in China? (9) - Answer Confucianism
how did Buddhism get to India?(9) - Answer Trade Routes
Trade & Industry in China (9) - Answer *proto-porcelain
*silk
*iron & salt
*Canals grew in Importance*
Land in China (9) - Answer *Land went to Wealthy
*Redistribution was an ongoing goal/problem
How did productivity in China Increase (9) - Answer *crop rotation & rotation
*Iron-tipped plow
*waterwheels
*chain pump irrigation
*treadle hammers
Importance of the Silk Road (9) - Answer *spread Chinese goods and ideas throughout the
mediterranean, Rome, and Asia
Gender Roles in China (9) - Answer * males were favored for ancestral line
*women focused on obedience, spinning and weaving
*women became engaged in buddhism
-becoming highly educated/wielding economic power
Conducianisms role in China (9) - Answer * monopolized official education
*tried to rely on dynastic cycles
Buddhisms role in China (9) - Answer *malleable belief system
*mahayana buddhism in China
Christensen Test Questions with All
Correct Answers 2025-2026 Updated.
How did China bring order & unification?(9) - Answer Through patterns of religion and
systems of thought
(like India *jainism,buddhism,hinduism* Persia *zorastrianism*, and Rome *christianity*)
What 3 main schools of thought emerge after the Warring states period? (9) - Answer 1.
Confusionism
2.Legalism
3.Daoism
Confusionism(9) - Answer *Humans want to be ethical
*high moral order
*Reciprocity
What is Confucianism derive from?(9) - Answer Mandate of Heaven
How did Confucians believe families should treat one another?(9) - Answer *Children
respect parents
*Rulers (parents) should be kind to subjects (children)
*Rulers (parents) set a good example for society (family)
Daoism(9) - Answer *Less government is better
*focus should be on the individual not society
*humans need to act in accordance with nature
*Dao=the way (principle beyond universe)
Mencius (9) - Answer major follower of Confucius; stressed that humans were essentially
good and that governments required the consent of their subjects.
Xunzi (9) - Answer *alive during warring states period which changed him*
Believed humans were evil & selfish
*only could reform through strict laws & effort
Basically believed in dictatorship
,Qin dynasty(9) - Answer *adapted legalist principles
*conquered states after the warring states period
Why was the location of the Qin so good? (9) - Answer allowed them to grow in strength
Qin Shi Huangdi(9) - Answer *1st emperor of Qin's
*Standardized: Chinese writing system, weights & measures, coins, etc.
*created the great wall
Died after 12 years
Li Si (9) - Answer Advisor to Qin Shi, student of Xunzi
*executed by a waist chop*
Qin Shi Huangdi tomb (9) - Answer 5k terra-cotta warriors
still cannot be opened today
dissatisfaction with empire after his death lead to a REVOLT
Han Dynasty (9) - Answer Blended Legalist & Confucian idealologies
*Reduced taxes & labor obligations & punishments
*negotiated with the Huns (attackers from the north)
What lead to internal battles in the Han dynasty? (9) - Answer Labor requirements to work
on the wall @ the expense of the military outposts
What destroyed the Han Dynasty(9) - Answer Internal Turmoil
Sui Dynasty (9) - Answer The short dynasty between the Han and the Tang; built the Grand
Canal, strengthened the government, and introduced Buddhism to China
*enacted land redistribution
Grand Canal (9) - Answer a canal linking the yangzi and yellow river
How did the Sui Dynasty Fall? (9) - Answer Unrest after the death of the 2nd emperor led to
formation of the Tang Dynasty
, Why were stirrups important? (9) - Answer United the old hans
*put on the side of a horse for stabilization*
What became the doctrine of government in China? (9) - Answer Confucianism
how did Buddhism get to India?(9) - Answer Trade Routes
Trade & Industry in China (9) - Answer *proto-porcelain
*silk
*iron & salt
*Canals grew in Importance*
Land in China (9) - Answer *Land went to Wealthy
*Redistribution was an ongoing goal/problem
How did productivity in China Increase (9) - Answer *crop rotation & rotation
*Iron-tipped plow
*waterwheels
*chain pump irrigation
*treadle hammers
Importance of the Silk Road (9) - Answer *spread Chinese goods and ideas throughout the
mediterranean, Rome, and Asia
Gender Roles in China (9) - Answer * males were favored for ancestral line
*women focused on obedience, spinning and weaving
*women became engaged in buddhism
-becoming highly educated/wielding economic power
Conducianisms role in China (9) - Answer * monopolized official education
*tried to rely on dynastic cycles
Buddhisms role in China (9) - Answer *malleable belief system
*mahayana buddhism in China
