The success of the Tang dynasty was due to its energetic second ruler. Who was he?Group of answer choicesYang JianSong TaizuQin ShihuangdiConfuciusTang Taizong

Which city was the capital of China during the Tang dynasty?

Who was the founder of the Ming dynasty?Group of answer choicesZhu Yuanzhang or HongwuLi BaoTai ZhongZheng heMing

During the Tang Dynasty, the imperial civil service examinationsGroup of answer choicesdeclined dramatically in importancewere expanded and posts were filled with officials of genuine intellectual abilitywere halted and not restarted until the Ming dynastywere restricted to wealthier familieswere monopolized by the foreign Manchus and used for their advantage

The founder of the Song dynasty wasGroup of answer choicesSong WudiHuang ChaoSong TaizuTang TaizungSei Shonagon

Who was Zheng He?Group of answer choicesThe emperor who immediately succeeded Hongwu to the Ming throneA Chinese Muslim explorer and eunuch admiral during the rule of YongleA Confucian scholar and advisor at the court of HongwuThe author of the Ming era encyclopediaThe Japanese ambassador to the Ming court