5. japan is protected by the pacific ocean to the south, and which sea to the west?

a. the yellow sea

b. the east china sea

c. the sea of japan

d. the pacific sea

6. what is a dynasty?

a. a long line of rulers of the same family

b. a belief that something good is coming

c. the name of the chinese royal guard

d. one of three chinese philosophers

7. the tang dynasty reunited china after it fell apart under this dynasty?

a. the han

b. the song

c. the sui

d. the ming

8. the emperor yang chien watned to create an artificial river that would serve to unite

northern and southern china. this “river” was called…

a. the new china river

b. the yellow river

c. the panama canal

d. the grand canal

9. yang di and yang chien both did great things for china, but their dynasty fell
because they did which of the following…

a. oppressed the people

b. collected excessive taxes

c. overworked the people

d. all of the above