Exam 12: Contrasting Patterns in India, China, and Inner Asia, 600-1600 C.E

Hongwu sought to streamline his newly reconstituted bureaucracy by concentrating power and governmental functions around __________________.

Neo-Confucianism was formed through the intermingling of several philosophies, including all of the following EXCEPT"

Neo-Confucianism resulted from a synthetic social and political formation, a pattern in which:

At the height of the __________ dynasty, Buddhist influence at the imperial court made China a Buddhist empire.

While China boasted some of the world's largest cities, more than 85 percent of the country remained rural from the period from the Song to the Ming, with the __________________ at the top of the local structure of power and influence, a hierarchy reinforced by an array of sumptuary laws.

The Water Margin (or All Men Are Brothers) is a representative example of a:

Initially brought to China from __________, tea quickly established itself as the beverage of choice during the Tang era and vied with silk for supremacy as a cash crop.

Which of the following is not true of Sikhism?

Entry into the Tang government's bureaucratic service was possible only after:

Ruler of the Delhi Sultanate between 1236 and 1240, the sultan Raziya:

Tang rulers opened diplomatic relations with __________, which in 645 announced the Taika (Great Reform), a wholesale adoption of Tang imperial institutions, record keeping, and Buddhism.

The Harshacarita is:

The "____________," a nickname given to Zhu, took the imperial name of "Hongwu" and spent much of his time driving the remaining Mongols out of his empire.

The voyages of Zheng He led to an exchange of gifts, including a giraffe, between the emperor Yongle and the king of Malindi in modern __________.

Gunpowder was originally used as:

If a promising young man attained the rank of shengyuan, he was enabled to __________ and to draw a small stipend.

In the eighth century, Tang armies experienced a series of defeats at the hands of all of the following except:

The most famous travel accounts of the Yuan era, those of the Venetian Marco Polo and ___________, who lived and traveled throughout the Mongol Empire, are testament to the powerful impact of Mongol rule on ease of travel.

After his visit to Harsha's kingdom, Xuan Zang pronounced it:

Ruling as empress dowager and as regent for her son after the death of her husband in 684, Empress Wu declared ___________ the state religion.