Chapter 2 - Quiz Review

Question 1

champa rice

Answer 1

Vietnam rice that China adopted to fuel their agriculture industry and feed their growing and urbanizing population.

Question 2

Hangzhou

Answer 2

Capital of the song dynasty

Question 3

Grand Canal

Answer 3

Waterways that connected China and allowed for trade

Question 4

foot binding

Answer 4

A practice where young girls would have their feet tied up, often resulting in immense pain and broken toes. This is significant because it shows the changing perception of femininity in the Song dynasty, now valuing female weakness and fragility.

Question 5

tribute/tributary

Answer 5

Korea and Vietnam offered tribute to China in exchange for their independence and peace.

Question 6

samurai

Answer 6

Japanese warrior class, contrasts confucianism’s intellectual values

Question 7

bushido

Answer 7

”The way of the warrior”

Question 8

Seljuk Turks

Answer 8

An empire during the same time as Abbasid and Ottoman, made up of Turkish people. Its significant because it spread Islam and adopted muslim terms such as “sultar” for their leaders, showing cross-cultural connection.

Question 9

Ottoman Empire

Answer 9

United the Islamic world, North Africa, and Eastern Europe, had a Christian population as well as Muslim

Question 10

Andean societies

Answer 10

Influenced Inca culture

Question 11

Sultanate of Delhi

Answer 11

Muslim rule in india

Question 12

al-Andalus

Answer 12

Spanish word for Spain

Question 13

Silk Road

Answer 13

Elaborate trade routes connecting the West and the East

Question 14

Swahili

Answer 14

African city-states that combined African and Islmaic culture

Question 15

Constantinople

Answer 15

Capital of the Ottoman empire and the Byzantine empire

Question 16

Caesaropapism

Answer 16

When the head of the state is also the head of the church (Byzantium and Eastern Orthodox Christianity)

Question 17

Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Answer 17

Branch of Chritsianity that doesn’t follow the pope, Byzantium

Question 18

Kievan Rus

Answer 18

Ukraine and Russians, adopted Eastern Orthodox after the Byzantines to unite themselves and establish connections

Question 19

Roman Catholic Church

Answer 19

Connected the west, initiated the crusades

Question 20

Crusades

Answer 20

”Holy wars” initiated by Western catholicism

Question 21

European Renaissance

Answer 21

Europeans began to value intellectualism again, going back to greek and roman philosophers for guidance

Question 22

Maya

Answer 22

Collection of city-states in mesoamerica

Question 23

Tenochtitlan

Answer 23

Capital of the Mayan empire

Question 24

chinampas

Answer 24

Artificial islands made by the Aztecs for farming

Question 25

mita

Answer 25

Inca labor service

Question 26

What role did Confucianism play in the political development of China during the post-classical period (include the context of Tang, as well as the Song period).

Answer 26

Confusiansim created stricter patriarchal roles for women, and caused the implementation of the meritocracy (merit-based social mobility)

Question 27

Explain how China’s economic revolution was perpetuated by population growth, urbanization, and industrialization. How did this bring the Song dynasty into a golden age? Include evidence of innovations that were developed during this period.

Answer 27

China’s economic revolution was caused by population growth, urbanization, and industrialization. This is because more people allowed for more manufacturing of various products for trade, stimulating their economy and bringing the Song dynasty into the golden age. During this period innovations include gunpowder and paper. CHAMPA RICE, EDUCATION FROM PAPER BOOKS

Question 28

How was the patriarchy strengthened during the Song dynasty?

Answer 28

The patriarchy was strengthened by Confucianism’s strict roles. This can be reflected in foot binding, a practice where young girls’ feet were tightly wrapped to make them smaller and more feminine, causing intense pain and often broken bones.

Question 29

Evaluate the similarities and differences between the relationships China had with Korea and Vietnam. What did China gain, and how did they influence these neighboring regions?

Answer 29

Both Korea and Vietnam offered gifts to China in exchange for their autonomy, however Korea considered themselves as completely independent while Vietnam regarded themselves as extensions of China. Both countries did receive major influences from China, for example Chinese misogyny bled into Korean elites, and Vietnam adopted China’s meritocracy.

Question 30

Explain the “selective borrowing” that Japan employed in their relationship with China. Include evidence of what was borrowed and how it was implemented in Japan.

Answer 30

Selective borrowing in Japan occurred when Japan chose things from China to implement into their own government. For example they adopted China’s political structure

Question 31

How did Japan’s political structure and values differ from those of China?

Answer 31

Their warrior class (samurai) contrasts sharply with China’s intellectual values that stem from confucianism

Question 32

The Abbasids weren’t the only Muslim state to exist in the Middle East in this period. What role did the Seljuks and Ottomans play in the political development of the region?

Answer 32

The seljuk turks adopted many muslim words/customs, spreading Islam into larger territories. Ottomans brough greater political unity into the Islamic world.

Question 33

What was the significance of Cordoba (Spain) to the spread of Islam and interactions with Europe?

Answer 33

It facilitated cross-cultural communication and brought Islamic heritage/ knowledge to the West

Question 34

Why was the Delhi Sultanate able to control northern India politically but not culturally?

Answer 34

Because Hinduism was still at the cultural center of Indian Identity

Question 35

What role did Sufi missionaries play in integrating Islam into the Hindu and Buddhist culture of the region?

Answer 35

Hindus and Buddhists respect men of religion (separate from politics)

Question 36

How might the geography of the Byzantine Empire help explain why the empire flourished for 1000 years after the collapse of the western Roman Empire?

Answer 36

They were situated with access to sea and land routes allowing them to trade with many empires which stimulate their economy.

Question 37

Describe the relationship between the Byzantine emperor and the Eastern Christian Church.

Answer 37

Caesaropapism- the head of Byzantium was also the leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Question 38

How did cultural diffusion occur between the Byzantine Empire and Kievan Rus? (use specific examples to support)

Answer 38

Architecture, Alphabet, Religion

Question 39

Explain how feudalism functioned in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. How was this a decentralized form of government?

Answer 39

It was comprised of nobility and serfs, no central government

Question 40

How was the Roman Catholic Church the only unifying institution in Western Europe?

Answer 40

Europe was politically fragmented into separate countries ruled by their own nobility, so Roman catholicism was the only thing connecting them

Question 41

What agricultural breakthroughs did Europe experience during the Middle Ages? What was the impact of these breakthroughs on Europe’s population and urban development?

Answer 41

Technology and innovation in machinery allowed higher amounts of manufacturing

Question 42

What impact did the Crusades have on the Islamic World? On Western Europe?

Answer 42

It had little long-term impact on the Middle world, but it divided catholicism and deepened anti-semitism

Question 43

What features of the Maya civilization distinguish it from other American cultures?

Answer 43

It was a collection of city-states rather than a central ruler

Question 44

Compare and contrast the social, political, economic and cultural developments of the Aztec and Incan Empires.

Answer 44

The Incan empire had caesaropapism (their ruler of the state was also their religious ruler) while the Aztec leader also controlled their wars. Both the Aztecs and the Incas had smaller governors who paid taxes and/or work to the central government