Deck 11: East Asian Traditions, Transformations, and Eurasian Encounters, 600-1500

Question 1

The Mongols under Kublai Khan could generally be described as tolerant of what?

A) Intellectualism
B) Gender equality
C) Religious diversity

Answer 1

Religious diversity

Question 2

Why did many peasants reject the practice of footbinding?

A) Most rejected standards of beauty held in high regard by urban Chinese.
B) Peasants did not adhere to the norms of the dominant patriarchal society.
C) Because of its debilitating effect, footbinding would undermine needed productivity.

Answer 2

Because of its debilitating effect, footbinding would undermine needed productivity.

Question 3

Which of the following leaders completed the Mongol takeover of China?

A) Genghis Khan
B) Khublai Khan
C) Marco Polo

Answer 3

Khublai Khan

Question 4

The term kowtow describes a practice best described as what?

A) Launching a massive maritime expedition to gain overseas territories
B) Government officials working in service of the populations they administer
C) Tribute-bearers bowing down before and submitting to Chinese emperors

Question 5

How did most Chinese view the century of Mongol rule?

A) With reverence and awe
B) With bitterness and disdain
C) With resigned ambivalence

Question 6

Which of the following figures is most closely associated with the neo-Confucianism that took root during the Song dynasty?

A) Empress Wu Zhao
B) Zhu Xi
C) Du Fu

Question 7

What significant contribution did Marco Polo make in world history?

A) He wrote a widely read book describing late thirteenth-century China.
B) He served as supervising engineer during the construction of Beijing.
C) He advised generations of rulers during the Yuan dynasty.

Question 8

Which of the following dynasties did the Mongols establish?

A) The Yuan dynasty
B) The Ming dynasty
C) The Han dynasty

Question 9

The Song dynasty ultimately ended after being conquered by which of the following groups?

A) The Berbers
B) The Jin
C) The Mongols

Question 10

After taking control of China, the Mongols established their capital in which city?

A) Chang'an
B) Hangzhou
C) Beijing

Question 11

The Ming novel titled The Water Margin , also known as All Men Are Brothers , is an example of what type of literary work?

A) Nonfiction
B) Fiction
C) Biography

Question 12

Robust trade brought peoples from afar to southern seaports such as Guangzhou and Quanzhou, which could be best described as what?

A) Insular and intolerant
B) Provincial and catholic
C) Cosmopolitan and religiously diverse

Question 13

Prior to the emergence of the Tang dynasty early in the seventh century, which of the following ruled China?

A) The Sui dynasty
B) The Han dynasty
C) The Song dynasty

Question 14

The movement of goods increased via the Grand Canal, which linked what two bodies?

A) The Yellow and Yangzi River Basins
B) The Yellow River with the South China Sea
C) The Yangzi River with Erwan Bay

Question 15

Between the first and fifteenth centuries, China led the world in what?

A) Technological and scientific innovation
B) Global maritime trade
C) Religious missionary work

Question 16

The Song made important innovations in metallurgy to become significant producers of what material?

A) Steel
B) Bronze
C) Cast iron

Question 17

Which method did Ming China primarily employ as a means of gaining territory in Eurasia?

A) Overland army expeditions
B) Maritime expeditions
C) Diplomatic missions

Question 18

Ming enhancements to the Great Wall of China were largely made for what purpose?

A) To repel the Mongols
B) To repel western Europeans
C) To repel the Vietnamese

Question 19

Which of the following years did the Tang dynasty rule China?

A) 581-618 CE
B) 618-907 CE
C) 960-1279 CE

Question 20

Which of the following statements regarding the freedom of women during the Song dynasty is most accurate?

A) Most women enjoyed a greater degree of freedom than previously known.
B) Most women enjoyed fewer opportunities than in the past.
C) Most women enjoyed the same opportunities and freedoms than their ancestors.

Question 21

Describe Tang trade networks.

Question 22

Which Chinese city numbered two million inhabitants during the Tang dynasty?

A) Beijing
B) Chang'an
C) Hong Kong

Question 23

Which of the following best describes the Chinese influence on the development of Korea?

A) Korea replicated all political and religious institutions from the Chinese but retained a wholly unique cultural and social identity.
B) Korea absorbed and copied all political, religious, cultural, and social systems from the Chinese leaving no room for unique expression in these arenas.
C) Korea borrowed some elements of Chinese political, religious, cultural, and social institutions but both retained and created distinctive Korean elements.

Question 24

Which of the following dynasties replaced the Mongol era?

A) The Han dynasty
B) The Song dynasty
C) The Ming dynasty

Question 25

What role did a shogun play in Japanese society?

A) Acted as a military dictator in control on behalf of the emperor
B) Acted as top commander of the provincial warrior class
C) Acted as political advisor to the occupying Mongol armies

Question 26

Which of the following is the most impacted Korean society during the Yi dynasty?

A) Confucianism
B) Buddhism
C) Christianity

Question 27

Which of the following accurately describes the concept and practice of Shinto?

A) Theological and moral concerns can only be determined by the emperor and his family.
B) Death and afterlife are explainable solely through the lens of Confucianism.
C) Natural phenomena such as mountains and trees are worthy of reverence and worship.

Question 28

Describe Tang expansion.

Question 29

In which country did the state of Silla defeat rival state Koguryo to emerge as the dominant force from the late seventh to early tenth century?

A) Japan
B) Korea
C) Vietnam

Question 30

Which of the following best describes the period in China spanning the years 1368-1644?

A) Orderly, stable, prosperous, and marked by substantial population growth
B) Orderly, stable, prosperous, but marked by a severe population decline
C) Disorderly, unstable, economically devastated, but marked by substantial population growth

Question 31

Which of the following best describes the outcome of the Mongol invasions of Japan?

A) The Mongols successfully invaded in 1281 leading to centuries of imperial rule.
B) The Japanese twice repelled the invading Mongols led by Khubilai Khan in the late thirteenth century.
C) The Japanese and Mongols clashed regularly for centuries, but the Mongols could never best Japan.

Question 32

Which of the following pieces of technology did Tang China alone among the rest of East Asia import from the Middle East?

A) Septic systems
B) Weaving looms
C) The chair

Question 33

How did Tang control of the Central Asian silk road benefit them?

Question 34

What thirteenth-century invention did Koreans contribute to the world of publishing?

A) A metal movable-type printing system
B) A woodblock printing system
C) An academic press for universities

Question 35

Why is Tang rule often regarded as China's "golden age"?

Question 36

Which of the following accurately describes a core tenet of Mahayana Buddhism?

A) All things are impermanent.
B) All things are eternal.
C) All things are political.

Question 37

Like Korea, Japan utilized a writing system based on whose?

A) The Persians
B) The Greeks
C) The Chinese

Question 38

Of the three major Buddhist sects, which is characterized by an emphasis on the self and deep introspection through meditation?

A) Pure Land
B) Nichiren
C) Zen

Question 39

Which of the following factors did not contribute to the rise of ronin in Japan?

A) Forced labor
B) Military conscription
C) Daoism

Question 40

Which of the following is the name for the warrior class that emerged out of Heian Japan?

A) Ronin
B) Samurai
C) Bushido

Question 41

Describe Yuan trade policy.

Question 42

Describe the reasons for and results of An Lushan's rebellion.

Question 43

Why did the Mongols not attack China, the nearest power, first?

Question 44

How did the Ming rule China?

Question 45

Describe missionary activity of multiple religions in Tang China.

Question 46

What role did the Censorate play in Chinese government?

A) It served as an active check on the workings of government.
B) It served as the primary legislative body in the government.
C) It served as the official communication organ of the government.

Question 47

Why were the Yuan eventually overthrown?

Question 48

What was Zheng He's objective and was it met?

Question 49

Describe Tang wars and their results.

Question 50

What is the significance of the reign of Empress Wu Zhao?

A) She set a precedent that several women followed to become rulers.
B) She forbade men from holding positions of power in her kingdom.
C) She proved to be the only woman to rule during the Tang dynasty.

Question 51

Describe the origins of the Ming dynasty.

Question 52

How did the Song dynasty come to power?

Question 53

Describe Tang port cities.

Question 54

Describe the rise of Song industry.

Question 55

Describe Song economic policies and their results.

Question 56

Describe the Mongol conquest of China.

Question 57

How did the Mongols rule China?

Question 58

Why was the Song military unable to resist external invasions?

Question 59

Why did the Song introduce paper money and what result did it have?

Question 60

How did the Song benefit from having many large cities in their territory?

Question 61

To what extent did the Tang expand to control trade and to what extent did they expand to gain more land and people?

Question 62

How did Ming foreign policy shift after Zheng He's expedition?

Question 63

Describe Japan's relations with China during this period.

Question 64

What were the key principles of neo-Confucianism and how did they differ from traditional Confucianism?

Question 65

Did the Song undergo an industrial revolution? Why or why not?

Question 66

What role did the Japanese aristocracy play in the Japanese state and society?

Question 67

How successful was the Tang dynasty in building a large, wealthy empire?

Question 68

Describe Korea's relations with China during this period.

Question 69

Describe the strategies the Song used to stave off disaster and their results. Why did the Song eventually face defeat?

Question 70

Describe relations between Japanese aristocrats and samurai.

Question 71

Carving texts into wooden blocks and reproducing that text on paper with ink led to the creation of the first known what in 868?

A) Marriage license
B) Paper book
C) Scientific paper

Question 72

Which was more important to Tang decline, internal or external conflicts?

Question 73

What role did Tang scholars play in encouraging missionary activity in China?

Question 74

Which of the following provided the people with a mechanism to remove members of the government that did not perform well?

A) The Censorate
B) The Mandate of Heaven doctrine
C) The teachings of Confucius

Question 75

Describe differences between Silla and Koryo.

Question 76

How did Choson differ to Silla and Koryo?

Question 77

Describe the rise of the Shogunate.

Question 78

Describe the Nara emperor's policies and their effects.

Question 79

Describe the state of Silla.

Question 80

How did the Tang use history to establish their authority?