TCC Exam 1 Top Examinable questions and answers, 100% Accurate.

TCC Exam 1 Top Examinable questions and answers, 100% Accurate. The concept of "Chinese art" was created___in Europe and North America in the 19th century around the first century before the 18th century - in the 19th century The major river in northern China is called___. Yellow River Yangzi River Mississippi River - Yellow River Who united China in 221BC? The first emperor in China Confucius Kublai Khan - The first emperor of China Painting and calligraphy both thrived as an elite form of art as early as which dynasty? Song Qin Ming - Song Which modern Chinese leader was responsible for the so called "reform and open up" policy in early 1980s? Dengxiaoping Mao Zedong Zi Jinpin - Deng Xiaoping The Chinese script appears as a fully developed writing system in___. (p.65) the Shang dynasty the Qin dynasty the Spring and Autumn period - the late Shang dynasty The transition from the seal script to the clerical script and the subsequent universal adoption of the clerical script happened in___, and it represents the most important transition in the entire history of Chinese writing. (p.65) the Han dynasty the Qin dynasty the Tang dynasty - the Han dynasty The majority of Chinese characters still used today are pictorial graphs. (p.68) True False - False- pictophonetic compounds According to the published statistics, an ordinary literate Chinese person knows and uses__Chinese characters. (p.73) somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 about 5,000 or 6,000 about 10,000 - somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 As part of the general reform movement (i.e. new culture movement) of the early 20th century, the reform and___occupied an important place. (p.80) simplification of the traditional script effort to create more characters standardization of less commonly used graphical forms - simplification of the traditional script The earliest surviving Chinese historical text arranged in annals form is___. "Spring and Autumn Annals" "Book of Han" "Record of the Grand Historian" - "Spring and Autumn Annals" The painted pottery jar in the picture is likely from which neolithic culture in ancient China? Hongshan culture, ca. BCE Liangzhu culture, ca. BCE Maijiayao culture, ca. BCE - Maijiayao culture, ca. BCE The jade tablet with inscriptions of Qianlong emperor's seal and poem is found in the___culture. Dawenkou Liangzhu Longshan - Longshan The beginning of the making of objects in bronze is taken to represent the founding moment of Chinese culture. Bronze is an alloy of___and___. platinum, silver copper, tin arsenic, tin - copper, tin A large quantity of jade objects in varying sizes and shapes such as the one in the picture below were excavated in the___culture in the lower reaches of the Yangtze river. Liangzhu Anyang Longshan - Liangzhu The bronze standing figure in the picture below was excavated from___. Yin Ruins in Anyang Fu Hao's tomb Sanxingdui ("Three Stars Mound" near Chengdu in Sichuan Province) - Sanxingdui ("Three Stars Mound" near Chengdu in Sichuan Province) Which of the following is not one of the sage kings in the neolithic period in ancient China? Confucius Fu Xi The first emperor of China - Confucius The three earliest dynasties are generally believe to be___, ___, and ___, although the status of the first dynasty has to be debatable for lack of supporting evidence. Xia, Shang, Zhou Shang, Zhou, Han Han, Tang, Song - Xia, Shang, Zhou The basin below is originally from the family hoard of Lord Xing of the Wei State in the Western Zhou period. which of the following statements is true about the change of the bronze culture from the Shang to the Zhou periods? Bronzes became more expensive to produce in Zhou Bronzes were no longer used in religious ceremonies in Zhou Bronzes became plainer in decoration and more extensive extensively inscribed in Zhou - Bronzes became plainer in decoration and more extensively inscribed in Zhou One of the silk garments recovered from the tomb of the Lady of Masha embroidered with the patterns of interlaced tigers, dragons, and phoenix, figure 6 on p.28 in Clunas, can be interpreted as representing the world the tomb's occupant is going, rather than where she has been in life. (The discussion can be found on p.29 second paragraph.) True False - True Who was known in history as the one who "burnt the books and buried the scholars"? Yu the Great The First Emperor of China Marquis Yi of Zeng - The First Emperor of China Which of the following were found in