Deck 14: The Evolution and Expansion of East Asian Societies, 220-1240 Ce

Question 1

Which of the following most accurately maps the spread of Buddhism in East Asia?

A) India to China to Korea and Japan
B) China to India to Japan and Korea
C) India to Japan to China to Korea
D) India to Korea to Japan to China

Answer 1

India to China to Korea and Japan

Question 2

Yangdi did all of the following EXCEPT

A) impose harsh taxes.
B) complete the Grand Canal.
C) launch a series of disastrous wars.
D) strengthen the Sui dynasty.

Answer 2

strengthen the Sui dynasty.

Question 3

Which dynasty most closely resembles the Qin dynasty in ending a chaotic period?

A) Han
B) Sui
C) Tang
D) Song

Answer 3

Sui

Question 4

Which of the following statements about Prince Shotoku is NOT True?

A) He adopted the Chinese calendar for use in Japan.
B) He brought Chinese artisans to Japan.
C) He actively promoted Shintoism as the state religion.
D) He is considered to be the father of Japanese culture.

Question 5

With which Chinese dynasty has the Roman Empire often been compared?

A) Han
B) Sui
C) Tang
D) Song

Question 6

The Tang era's most successful ruler was

A) Yangdi.
B) Empress Wu.
C) Wendi.
D) Li Shimin.

Question 7

Toba warriors under the Northern Wei dynasty were dissatisfied because

A) they had not been paid in three months.
B) the Mongols were taking over China.
C) the Toba made Chinese the official language.
D) they were forced to fight during the monsoon season.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about the Time of the Sixteen Kingdoms?

A) This was the time when the Xiongnu rulers took control.
B) Xiongnu rulers often warred with each other.
C) The era ended when a Mongolian tribe conquered the north.
D) The Yellow River region was the only area untouched by Xiongnu.

Question 9

The Chinese increasingly turned to Buddhism in the 300s because

A) Confucians had become targets of persecution.
B) it offered hope of salvation from suffering in a time of chaos.
C) Buddhist monks brought food and other goods during the famine.
D) Confucians and Daoists were caught up in a civil war.

Question 10

The Toba were a

A) Mongolian nomadic tribe that conquered northern China.
B) Mongolian nomadic tribe that invaded Korea.
C) Japanese royal family that tried to forge an alliance with the Mongols.
D) Chinese family that battled Xiong Nu for control.

Question 11

Which of these was achieved by the Yang Jian and his Sui dynasty?

A) a long period of peace
B) destruction of the Xiongnu
C) reunification of China
D) the end of the Warring States Era

Question 12

Who restored the Chinese civil service in the late 500s?

A) Empress Wu
B) Yangdi
C) Wendi
D) Wang Mang

Question 13

The rule of Emperor Taizong can be characterized as a period of

A) revitalization.
B) ruinous war.
C) chaos.
D) peace.

Question 14

Just as Europeans turned to Christianity after the collapse of Rome, in the Age of Disunity, East Asians turned to

A) Confucianism.
B) Daoism.
C) Shinto.
D) Buddhism

Question 15

According to Mahayana Buddhism, what were the bodhisattvas?

A) statues of the Buddha in a meditation position
B) simple truths originally advanced by the Buddha
C) structures used to house the Buddha's relics
D) former mortals who had attained nirvana but stayed on earth to help others

Question 16

Mahayana Buddhism, compared to Theravada Buddhism, was

A) more informal.
B) more structured.
C) closer to the teachings of the Buddha.
D) theologically similar to Islam.

Question 17

The letter addressed "from the ruler of the land of the sunrise to the ruler of the land of the sunset" was actually written

A) by the Chinese emperor to the Japanese emperor.
B) by the Japanese emperor to the Vietnamese emperor.
C) by Prince Shotoku to the Chinese emperor.
D) by the Roman emperor to the Han emperor.

Question 18

Faxian did all of the following EXCEPT

A) make a pilgrimage from China to India.
B) translate Indian Buddhist text into Chinese.
C) help make Buddhism popular in southern China.
D) become the Bodhisattva emperor.

Question 19

Which Chinese era can be compared with the early Middle Ages in Europe?

A) the period after the fall of the Sui
B) the period after the fall of the Han
C) the period after the fall of the Tang
D) the period after the fall of the Song

Question 20

Buddhism teaches that one can avoid life's pain and suffering by

A) strictly following one's dharma.
B) curbing desire and living righteously.
C) renouncing meditation in favor of memorization of the Eightfold Way.
D) avoiding all meat and dairy products.

Question 21

Which of the following best describes Empress Wu?

A) she was a concubine and former Buddhist nun with no claim to the throne
B) she ruled from behind the scenes through her three sons
C) she enforced Taoism as the only state religion
D) her long reign was one of stagnation and decline

Question 22

Which city was described by Marco Polo as the world's "finest and noblest city"?

A) Kaifeng
B) Canton
C) Hangzhou
D) Tokyo

Question 23

What dynasty first conquered Vietnam?

A) Qin
B) Wei
C) Sui
D) Tang

Question 24

Which of the following best describes the Song dynasty?

A) Their major focus was territorial expansion.
B) Their major focus was domestic policy.
C) They sought to replace Confucianism with Buddhism.
D) They weakened the civil service system and the power of the scholar gentry.

Question 25

Gunpowder was first used

A) in Song China for flame-throwers.
B) in Tang China for fireworks.
C) in Song China for fireworks.
D) for rudimentary cannons.

Question 26

Where did the Khitans establish their capital?

A) Hunan
B) Canton
C) Tokyo
D) Beijing

Question 27

Which of these brought the scholar gentry to prominence?

A) their knowledge of Buddhism
B) their wealth and education
C) their noble birth, regardless of talent
D) their independence from the influence of the emperor and central government

Question 28

Emperor Taizu did all of the following EXCEPT

A) ban court eunuchs from holding high state office.
B) strengthen the Confucius civil service.
C) centralize control over the army.
D) decree that his young son be crowned upon his death.

Question 29

"Inside the red gates the wine and meat go to waste; on the roadside lie the bones of men who died from cold...." is an excerpt from a poem that reflects the growing gulf between the upper and lower classes in China. Who wrote this?

A) Wu Ti
B) Du Fu
C) Li Bo
D) Mao Zedong

Question 30

How did Song era mothers attempt to guarantee a suitable husband for their daughters?

A) saving cattle for dowry
B) teaching Confucian virtues to their daughters
C) foot binding
D) buying the best land for their daughters to give as dowry

Question 31

Which type of Buddhism taught that meditation was the only path to enlightenment?

A) Mahayana
B) Pure Land
C) Chan or Zen
D) Theravada

Question 32

Xuanzong fell from power because he

A) made a disastrous alliance with the Mongols.
B) lost the territory of Tibet.
C) fell in love with a concubine and neglected his duties.
D) married the Japanese princess.

Question 33

Which of these was True of the Liao Empire?

A) It was a small, short-lived empire.
B) It rivaled the Song Empire in size.
C) It was centered in southern China.
D) It formed a strong alliance with Japan.

Question 34

Which dynasty formed a disastrous alliance with the Jurchens?

A) Sui
B) Han
C) Tang
D) Song

Question 35

Fan Kuan was a noted Song

A) painter
B) poet
C) Confucian scholar
D) Buddhist monk

Question 36

What did the Tang call paper money?

A) silver fish
B) leaves of gold
C) flying cash
D) rice in one's hand

Question 37

Chinese farmers preferred Champa rice because

A) it was cheaper than other strains of rice.
B) it matured faster than other strains.
C) it was native to China and the other strains were imports.
D) it did not require irrigation.

Question 38

Why did Song merchants favor sea trade to land-based trade?

A) The Silk Road had become too hazardous.
B) India could only be reached by sea.
C) There were fewer tariffs on shipped imports and exports.
D) The government helped supplement trading costs for sea trade.

Question 39

Which type of Buddhism preached salvation by faith in the Buddha of Infinite Light?

A) Mahayana
B) Pure Land
C) Chan
D) Theravada

Question 40

Which of the following did NOT occur during the Tang dynasty?

A) revitalization of civil service
B) conquering of Turkestan
C) subduing of Tibet
D) forced conversion to Buddhism

Question 41

The Three Kingdoms era was the most prosperous time in Chinese history.

Question 42

Vietnam's Three Religions were

A) Confucianism, Shinto, and Daoism.
B) Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism.
C) Confucianism, Islam, and Daoism.
D) Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism.

Question 43

Japanese samurai were taught to value death before dishonor.

Question 44

Japan's native nature-based religion is called

A) Shinto.
B) Nara.
C) Bushido.
D) Uji.

Question 45

Silla, Paekche, and Koguryo were early kingdoms in

A) Japan
B) Korea
C) China
D) Vietnam

Question 46

In which of these ways was Vietnam most different from China?

A) in adopting Mahayana Buddhism
B) in women's roles
C) in rejecting Daoism
D) in adopting Islam

Question 47

Vietnam differed from the rest of Southeast Asia in what respect?

A) In its adoption of Hinduism.
B) It was influenced by China rather than India.
C) In being influenced by India rather than China.
D) It successfully resisted Chinese rule.

Question 48

History's longest enduring dynasty is the

A) Han.
B) Tang.
C) Song.
D) Yamato.

Question 49

By the 1200s, the real ruler of Japan was the military leader known as the shogun.

Question 50

In what way did Korea most differ from China?

A) Buddhism had no influence in Korea.
B) Korea developed its own writing system, distinct from China's.
C) Local aristocrats rather than civil servants staffed the Korean bureaucracy.
D) Korea remained a largely rural society.

Question 51

The Japanese simplified Chinese characters to create a phonetic alphabet called

A) kami
B) kana.
C) koroyo.
D) uji.

Question 52

Which of these was the model for Prince Shotoku's reign?

A) Chinese bureaucracy
B) the Yamato clan
C) Chinese Daoism
D) Korean Buddhism

Question 53

By the twelfth century, Japan was dominated by

A) farmers.
B) Heian emperors.
C) samurai.
D) Shinto priests.

Question 54

The native warrior clans in Japan were called

A) kamikaze.
B) shikibu.
C) uji.
D) kami.

Question 55

The Toba warriors welcomed adoption of Chinese language.

Question 56

Which of the following most accurately describes the Heian Era?

A) This was a period of Japanese cultural divergence from China.
B) This was a period of Japanese decline.
C) This was China's period of greatest prosperity.
D) This was the time of Mongol rule in China.

Question 57

Which Korean city was modeled after Chang'an?

A) Seoul
B) Kaifeng
C) Kaesong
D) Kyoto

Question 58

The Japanese believed in divine spirits they called

A) genji.
B) kami.
C) kana.
D) uji.

Question 59

Emperor Kammu made Buddhism the official state religion.

Question 60

Prince Shotoku was an early example of a Japanese leader who ruled in whose name?

A) the Yamato emperor
B) the uji
C) his clan
D) the Chinese emperor

Question 61

Which groups were most actively promoted by Wang Anshi?

Question 62

What period marked Japan's divergence from China?

Question 63

Shinto is a religion indigenous to Japan.

Question 64

What was the high point of Japan's borrowing from China?

Question 65

Prince Shoruku asserted his equality with the Chinese emperor, but that assertion was not reciprocated.

Question 66

Compare and contrast the rights of women in China and Vietnam.

Question 67

Where did Korea get its name?

Question 68

Discuss the impact of China on Korea.

Question 69

Discuss Prince Shotoku's connections with China.

Question 70

Many Chinese turned to Buddhism during the disunity following the collapse of the Han.

Question 71

The Sui dynasty was short lived, but it did end the Age of Disunity.

Question 72

Where is Champa?

Question 73

Discuss Empress Wu's unlikely rise to power.

Question 74

What did Empress Wu do after her abdication?

Question 75

History's longest enduring dynasty is the Yamato.

Question 76

Which dynasty exerted its influence over Turkestan?

Question 77

Compare and contrast early Confucianism and neo-Confucianism.

Question 78

Who was the commander in chief of Japan's military?

Question 79

What were the Three Religions of Vietnam?

Question 80

Which dynasty began the Grand Canal linking north and south China?