Unit 9 Test

Question 1

Emperors who expanded China to its greatest extent.

Answer 1

The Qing Dynasty emperors, particularly Kangxi and Qianlong (Ch’ien - lung)

Question 2

This person extended the empire over most of India and maintained an efficient centralized government through policies that won the loyalty of non-Muslim subjects.

Answer 2

Akbar

Question 3

Video Question:

What did Zen Buddhism contribute to Japanese culture?

Answer 3

A focus on self-reliance, meditation, and devotion to duty

Question 4

Vocab:

Muslim ruler

Answer 4

sultan

Question 5

Term for elaborate bows foreigners had or perform to the emperor.

Answer 5

Kow Tow

Question 6

This person’s name is the Arabic word for “tiger,” and was as accomplished a poet as he was a warrior

Answer 6

Babur

Question 7

Video Question:
How did the Tokugawa shoguns end feudal warfare?
A. They imposed central government control over all of Japan and dissolved the feudal system.
B. They imposed central government control over all of Japan but maintained the feudal system.
C. They formed individual governments on each of the islands of the archipelago.
D. They imposed a harsh military rule led by the samurai.

Answer 7

B. They imposed central government control over all of Japan but maintained the feudal system.

Question 8

Vocab:

the third-largest city in India, capital of medieval India

Answer 8

Delhi

Question 9

Pastel color porcelain

Answer 9

Famille Rose

Question 10

With support from court nobles, this person won succession to become emperor upon Jahangir’s death.

Answer 10

Shah Jahan

Question 11

Video Question:

Which of the following is true about the structure of the feudal society developed in Japan?
A. The emperor was the most powerful individual.
B. The samurai controlled the daimyo, or the large landowners.
C. The artisans had high status because they made swords and armor.
D. The shogun was the true ruler.

Answer 11

D. The shogun was the true ruler.

Question 12

Vocab:

In ancient India, the elected warrior chief of an Aryan tribe

Answer 12

rajah

Question 13

Jesuit painter and his Chinese name

Answer 13

Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang - Shi-ning)

Question 14

This person’s descendants added to the Mongol empire until it became the largest empire in the world prior to the British empire.

Answer 14

Genghis Khan

Question 15

Video Question:

What can you conclude about Japanese values based on what they borrowed and did not borrow from the Chinese?

Answer 15

The Japanese valued inherited status over merit.

Question 16

Vocab:

Monotheistic religion founded in the late 1400s by Guru Nanak in the Punjab region of India

Answer 16

Sikhism

Question 17

Name of treaty in 5 languages in 1689 that protected the Northern border

Answer 17

Treaty of Nerchinsk

Question 18

This person’s wise rule helped launch a powerful Muslim dynasty that had a permanent influence on northern India.

Answer 18

Babur

Question 19

Video Question:

What feature of Japan’s geography allowed it to develop its own distinct culture?

Answer 19

The distance from the mainland of Korea and China

Question 20

Vocab:

Founder of the Mughal Dynasty in India.

Answer 20

Babur

Question 21

1st of great Qing emperors

Answer 21

Kangxi

Question 22

This person generally left Chinese life unchanged and, although religious, was known for his acceptance of various religious practices and for granting economic privileges to favored sects.

Answer 22

Kublai Khan

Question 23

Video Question:

In which directions did the Mongol empire expand the MOST?

Answer 23

west and southeast

Question 24

Vocab:

Muslim dynasty that ruled much of present-day India from 1526 to 1857

Answer 24

Mughal

Question 25

Title of great anthology

Answer 25

The complete Writings/Library of the Four Treasures

Question 26

Guided by Confucian Chinese advisors, this person undertook reforms in his territories and politically reunited China but also engaged in a series of costly and fruitless wars with neighboring kingdoms.

Answer 26

Kublai Khan

Question 27

Vocab: Considered by most to be the greatest of the Mughal emperors of India.

Answer 27

Akbar

Question 28

Meaning of Qing

Answer 28

Pure

Question 29

This person's greatness was also built on their support of scholars, artists, and musicians, who made his court a center of culture.

Answer 29

Akbar

Question 30

Vocab: A Persian widow with a small child who became the powerful wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir.

Answer 30

Nur Jahan

Question 31

Debate between the Jesuits, Franciscans, and Dominicans over allowing Chinese Christians to practice ancestor worship.

Answer 31

The Chinese Rites Controversy

Question 32

An effective and tolerant ruler, this person was also an enthusiastic builder, involving himself in every detail of the building process.

Answer 32

Shah Jahan

Question 33

Vocab: The third son of the Mughal emperor Jahangir.

Answer 33

Shah Jahan

Question 34

City/penninsula the Portuguese where allowed to trade from

Answer 34

Macao

Question 35

This person's administrative, political, economic, and cultural skills so impressed Jahangir that she had virtual control over the empire until his death in 1627.

Answer 35

Nur Jahan

Question 36

Vocab: A tomb built by Shah Jahan for his wife

Answer 36

Taj Mahal

Question 37

Jesuit who died waiting to be allowed into China

Answer 37

Francis Xavier

Question 38

This person came from Turkish and Mongol heritages, a descendent of the great Mongol leader, Genghis Khan.

Answer 38

Babur

Question 39

Vocab: Chinese dynasty from 618 to 907

Answer 39

Tang dynasty

Question 40

Great Ming admiral

Answer 40

Zheng He

Question 41

This person imposed discipline, exacted loyalty, and then proceeded to build an army that conquered the vast areas of Central Asia and China and became the Mongol empire.

Answer 41

Genghis Khan

Question 42

Vocab: An accomplished general, government reformer, historian, Confucian scholar, and artist. These qualities and skills helped him to become China’s most admired emperor.

Answer 42

Tang Taizong

Question 43

3rd Ming emperor who overthrew his nephew

Answer 43

Yongle

Question 44

Since women were not allowed to interact face to face with men in court, this person relied on trusted men to act for her.

Answer 44

Nur Jahan

Question 45

Vocab: Independent state that has to acknowledge the supremacy of another state and pay tribute to its ruler

Answer 45

tributary state

Question 46

2 regions/countries conquered by the Ming and kept as clients

Answer 46

Korea and Vietnam

Question 47

Who was the founder the Yuan dynasty

Answer 47

Kublai Khan

Question 48

Vocab: Break-up of large agricultural holdings for redistribution among peasants

Answer 48

land reform

Question 49

2 chinese products Europeans wanted

Answer 49

Silk and porcelain

Question 50

Who conquered the Song dynasty in the south to complete Mongol control of China?

Answer 50

Kublai Khan

Question 51

Vocab: Chinese dynasty from 960 to 1279

Answer 51

Song dynasty

Question 52

Jesuit who was allowed into China

Answer 52

Matteo Ricci

Question 53

The Mongol empire lasted long after this person's death during a military campaign. He was known for both their fierceness and their generosity.

Answer 53

Genghis Khan

Question 54

Vocab: Wealthy, landowning class

Answer 54

gentry

Question 55

Founder of the Ming dynasty

Answer 55

Hongwu

Question 56

When this person's beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal died, he built the famous mausoleum called the Taj Mahal in her honor.

Answer 56

Shah Jahan

Question 57

Vocab: In some societies, payment a bride’s family makes to the bridegroom and his family; payment a woman brings to a marriage

Answer 57

dowry

Question 58

City the Spanish used to trade with Chinese merchants

Answer 58

Manila

Question 59

Region from which the Portuguese were allowed to trade with China

Answer 59

Macao

Question 60

Vocab: Multi-storied Buddhist temple with eaves that curve up at the corners

Answer 60

pagoda

Question 61

Jesuit missionary who was allowed to enter China and travel to Peking

Answer 61

Matteo Ricci

Question 62

Vocab: Sparse, dry, treeless grassland

Answer 62

steppe

Question 63

Meaning of "Ming"

Answer 63

Hungwu

Question 64

Vocab: This person rose from poverty to unite the warring Mongol tribes.

Answer 64

Genghis Khan

Question 65

Country the Mongols tried but failed to conquer bc of the weather

Answer 65

Japan

Question 66

Vocab: The grandson of Genghis Khan proved a strong and intelligent ruler of the vast empire.

Answer 66

Kublai Khan

Question 67

Title for those who passed the County Exam

Answer 67

Cultivated Talents

Question 68

Vocab: Chinese dynasty ruled by the Mongols from 1279 to 1368; best-known ruler was Kublai Khan

Answer 68

Yuan dynasty

Question 69

Mongols favorite animal

Answer 69

horse

Question 70

Vocab: A traveler, merchant, and adventurer from Venice who journeyed from Europe to Asia in 1271–95, spending 17 years serving the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan.

Answer 70

Marco Polo

Question 71

Mongol Khanate in Russia

Answer 71

Golden Horde

Question 72

Vocab: Chinese dynasty in which Chinese rule was restored; held power from 1368 to 1644

Answer 72

Ming dynasty

Question 73

How many Ming naval expeditions were there?

Answer 73

seven

Question 74

Vocab: A device used for counting and calculating by sliding small balls or beads along rods or in grooves

Answer 74

abacus

Question 75

Mongol dynasty in China

Answer 75

Yuan Dynasty

Question 76

Vocab: An admiral in the Ming Chinese navy and diplomat who made his first voyage in 1405 to Vietnam, India, and Africa to both explore and trade.

Answer 76

Zheng He

Question 77

This person dictated the account of his travels to a fellow prisoner while imprisoned during a war with Genoa.

Answer 77

Marco Polo

Question 78

Vocab: Korean dynasty that ruled from 668 to 935

Answer 78

Silla dynasty

Question 79

Mongol emperor who founded a dynasty in China

Answer 79

Kublai Khan

Question 80

Vocab: Korean dynasty that ruled from 935 to 1392

Answer 80

Koryo dynasty

Question 81

This person's huge fleet of hundreds of junks (Chinese ships) and thousands of sailors carried silk, porcelain, and lacquerware to trade for pearls, spices, ivory, and timber.

Answer 81

Zheng He

Question 82

Vocab: porcelain made in Korea with an unusual blue-green glaze

Answer 82

celadon

Question 83

Mythical Chinese animal

Answer 83

Chi-lin

Question 84

Vocab: Korean dynasty that ruled from 1392 to 1910, the longest-lived of Korea’s three dynasties

Answer 84

Choson dynasty

Question 85

What was the book Marco Polo wrote about his travels?

Answer 85

The Travels of Marco Polo (originally iii Il Milione in Italian)

Question 86

Vocab: (1397–1450) Korea’s most celebrated ruler and known as the Great, in 1443 he replaced the complex Chinese system of writing with hangul.

Answer 86

King Sejong

Question 87

This person made seven voyages in all, exploring, trading successfully, and thereby motivating Chinese merchants to establish trade centers in Southeast Asia and India.

Answer 87

Zheng He

Question 88

Vocab: alphabet that uses symbols to represent the sounds of spoken Korean

Answer 88

hangul

Question 89

Man-made Chinese waterway that runs north and south

Answer 89

Grand Canal

Question 90

Vocab: chain of islands

Answer 90

archipelago

Question 91

What is nearsighted American marsupial?

Answer 91

opossum

Question 92

Vocab: a very large wave caused by an earthquake or very strong wind

Answer 92

tsunami

Question 93

This person's book proved a great success, but few readers believed it was true. Evidence outside his book that he journeyed so far to the east has not been found; however, during the centuries since his death, others have confirmed the accuracy of most of what he described.

Answer 93

Marco Polo

Question 94

Vocab: principal religion in Japan that emphasizes the worship of nature

Answer 94

Shinto

Question 95

New food introduced into China by trade with the Spanish

Answer 95

peanuts

Question 96

Vocab: adopting or adapting some cultural traits but discarding others

Answer 96

selective borrowing

Question 97

(1397–1450) His numerous cultural and intellectual accomplishments have led historians to call his reign the Korean Golden Age.

Answer 97

King Sejong

Question 98

Vocab: percentage of people who can read and write

Answer 98

literacy rate

Question 99

Valuable Chinese trade item

Answer 99

Porcelain

Question 100

Vocab: in the Japanese writing system, phonetic symbols representing syllables

Answer 100

kana

Question 101

Palace built by the Ming in Peking

Answer 101

Forbidden City

Question 102

Vocab: (c. 973–c. 1014 or 1025) A lady-in-waiting in the Heian Court.

Answer 102

Muraski Shikibu

Question 103

Jesuit missionary to Japan who failed to be allowed into China

Answer 103

Francis Xavier

Question 104

Vocab: member of the warrior class in Japanese feudal society

Answer 104

samurai

Question 105

Castrated slaves who served the royal

Answer 105

eunuchs

Question 106

Vocab: code of conduct for samurai during the feudal period in Japan

Answer 106

bushido

Question 107

Founder of the Mongol Empires

Answer 107

Genghis Khan

Question 108

Vocab: the practice of meditation; a school of Buddhism in Japan

Answer 108

Zen

Question 109

This person built the world’s largest religious structure at Angkor Wat and conquered much of what is now Thailand and Vietnam.

Answer 109

King Suryavarman II

Question 110

A great Dane puppy

Answer 110

Davout

Question 111

Vocab: large domelike Buddhist shrine

Answer 111

stupa

Question 112

Moroccan explorer who traveled farther and longer than Marco Polo

Answer 112

Ibn Battuta

Question 113

"Divine Wind"

Answer 113

Kamikaze

Question 114

Vocab: A famous king of Cambodia, who died in 1150 A.D.

Answer 114

King Suryavarman II

Question 115

Great Ming admiral

Answer 115

Zheng He

Question 116

Vocab: rice field

Answer 116

paddy

Question 117

Son of the 1st Emperor who overthrew his nephew

Answer 117

Yongle

Question 118

This person made the capital, Angkor, into one of the great cities of the world at that time.

Answer 118

King Suryavarman II

Question 119

(c. 973–c. 1014 or 1025) Historians credit this person with writing the world’s first full-length novel, The Tale of Genji, written between A.D. 1000 and 1008.

Answer 119

Muraski Shikibu

Question 120

Meaning of Ming

Answer 120

brilliant

Question 121

What were the last 3 dynasties?

Answer 121

1) Mongols/Yuan dynasty (1261sh-1368) --> conquered China 2) Ming dynasty (1368-1644) --> The last native dynasty along with the Han who drove out the Mongols 3) Manchu or Qing dynasty (1644-1911) --> Conquered China

Question 122

True/False The mongols used cruelty as a weapon of intimidation

Answer 122

True; some people never even recovered.

Question 123

What dynasty did Kublai Khan belong to?

Answer 123

Yuan dynasty

Question 124

What European explorer can be connected to around the same time as Kublai Khan?

Answer 124

Marco Polo

Question 125

True/False The 14th century China was similar to Europe because of the problems they had with plague, famine and peasants revolts?

Answer 125

True

Question 126

Around what time did China face political problems which played a part in the decline of the Yuan dynasty and caused trouble for the Mongols?

Answer 126

1330s-1360s (14th century)

Question 127

What is a Samurai?

Answer 127

A Japanese warrior aristocrats of medieval and early modern times

Question 128

What is a daimyo?

Answer 128

“Great name” or feudal Lorda of Japan

Question 129

Who wrote The Tale of Genji

Answer 129

Lady Murasaki Shikibu

Question 130

What is a kamikaze?

Answer 130

A “divine wind” that enabled the Japanese to fight off Mongol invaders

Question 131

What is a seppuku?

Answer 131

“An honorable method of ritual suicide performed by Japanese samurai; it involved disembowelment with a short sword”

Question 132

SHORT ANSWER: What were 3 accomplishments of Hongwu and did he succeed?

Answer 132

He was the founder of the Ming Dynasty and

Question 133

What was one of the political problems of China (specifically related to the incident in 1307-1333: 14th century)

Answer 133

Around 1307-1333, there was palace intrigues where China had 7 rulers whom none lived past the age of 30 compared to Kublai Khan, a Mongol who lived until 80, along with the excessive taxes and negation of water for agriculture, which led to the peasant revolts.

Question 134

True/False: Hongwu ran an autocratic government

Answer 134

True

Question 135

What were 4 ways Hongwu set his power?

Answer 135

1) There were no longer noble families to challenge his rule thanks to the ongols 2) People were used to absolute rule because mongols 3) The government was not hereditary, cuz of civil service and had educated scholars that govern each county or (scholars beaurocrats) 4) Secret police

Question 136

What two political entities brought Islam to India?

Answer 136

The Delhi Sultanate and later the Mughal Empire

Question 137

Who founded the Sikhism religion?

Answer 137

Guru Nanak