Chapter 9
What is bhakti?
A. Expanding trade across the Indian Ocean
B. Worship through personal devotion to a god or goddess
C. Creating a strict social hierarchy in India
D. Spreading Buddhism throughout East Asia
B. Worship through personal devotion to a god or goddess
Which of the following was NOT a dominant language in the Eurasian World?
A. Farsi
B. Sanskrit
C. Arabic
D. Latin
A. Farsi
Why was Genghis Khan important to world history?
A. He helped spread trade, communication, and cultural exchange across Asia through the expansion of the Mongol Empire
B. He ended all trade along the Silk Roads and isolated East Asia from the rest of the world
C. He created the first democratic government in medieval Europe and promoted feudalism
D. He focused mainly on peaceful religious missions and avoided military conquest entirely
A. He helped spread trade, communication, and cultural exchange across Asia through the expansion of the Mongol Empire
What was a shogun in feudal Japan?
A. A religious leader in charge of Buddhist temples and monasteries across Japan
B. A merchant who controlled trade between Japan and China during the medieval period
C. An emperor who ruled Japan with absolute power over all political and military decisions
D. A military ruler who held real power in Japan, controlling the samurai and governing on behalf of the emperor
D. A military ruler who held real power in Japan, controlling the samurai and governing on behalf of the emperor
What does a DBQ stand for?
Document Based Question
What made the Turkic Khanate so successful?
A. They isolated themselves from trade and outside cultures
B. New types of cavalry technology and chainmail
C. They focused only on farming and avoided warfare
D. They refused to interact with neighboring empires
B. New types of cavalry technology and chainmail
What was one important role of European universities during the Middle Ages?
A. They were mainly used to train peasants for agricultural labor and farming techniques in rural villages
B. They focused entirely on military strategy and preparing knights for warfare during the Crusades
C. They served as centers of higher learning where students studied theology, law, medicine, and philosophy
D. They existed primarily to store trade goods and collect taxes for local kings and nobles
C. They served as centers of higher learning where students studied theology, law, medicine, and philosophy
Which of the following was NOT a common Mongol war tactic?
A. Using fast-moving cavalry armies and skilled horseback archers during battles
B. Creating fear through psychological warfare and spreading rumors to intimidate enemies
C. Pretending to retreat in order to lure enemy forces into traps and ambushes
D. Building large stone castles and relying on defensive walls instead of mobility in warfare
D. Building large stone castles and relying on defensive walls instead of mobility in warfare
How did the Renaissance change European culture and society?
A. It encouraged Europeans to focus more on human potential, achievements, artistic expression, scientific inquiry, and the rediscovery of classical Greek and Roman ideas
B. It caused most Europeans to abandon education, universities, and intellectual pursuits in favor of isolated agricultural lifestyles in rural areas
C. It discouraged scientific discoveries and artistic creativity by promoting the belief that questioning traditional ideas was dangerous to society
D. It led to the collapse of trade networks and communication between European kingdoms, reducing cultural interaction and economic growth across the continent
A. It encouraged Europeans to focus more on human potential, achievements, artistic expression, scientific inquiry, and the rediscovery of classical Greek and Roman ideas
How much money do I have in my wallet? (Closest answer wins and the winners get the money)
$0
Which reform helped strengthen the Sui Dynasty?
A. The Sui rulers weakened the central government by giving local nobles complete independence over taxes, laws, and military forces
B. The dynasty stopped major infrastructure projects and reduced communication between northern and southern China to avoid conflict
C. The emperors focused mainly on expanding overseas colonies and limiting trade within China’s interior provinces
D. The Sui government constructed the Grand Canal, improved roads and infrastructure, and strengthened the central bureaucracy to unify the empire
D. The Sui government constructed the Grand Canal, improved roads and infrastructure, and strengthened the central bureaucracy to unify the empire
What was the main purpose of madrasas in the Islamic world?
A. They were military forts built to defend trade routes from invasions and attacks by rival empires
B. They served as large marketplaces where merchants exchanged goods, currency, and luxury items from across Afro-Eurasia
C. They were government buildings used mainly for collecting taxes and organizing imperial armies throughout the empire
D. They were centers of learning where students studied subjects such as Islam, law, mathematics, science, and literature
D. They were centers of learning where students studied subjects such as Islam, law, mathematics, science, and literature
Why were the Mamluks important in world history?
A. They focused mainly on building overseas colonies and controlling trade routes across the Atlantic Ocean
B. They were responsible for creating the first democratic government in the Middle East during the medieval period
C. They isolated Egypt from trade and prevented cultural exchange with surrounding regions and empires
D. They defended the Islamic world by defeating the Mongols and helped protect important trade centers
D. They defended the Islamic world by defeating the Mongols and helped protect important trade centers
Why were the voyages of Zheng He important?
A. They helped China curb foreign aggression, spread Chinese influence, and establish connections across the region
B. They led directly to the permanent colonization of the Americas by the Ming Dynasty
C. They ended maritime trade between China and the Middle East for several centuries; thus reinforcing Chinese supremacy
D. They focused mainly on conquering European kingdoms and spreading Buddhism throughout Latin Christendom
A. They helped China curb foreign aggression, spread Chinese influence, and establish connections across the region
How many Arbys restaurants are there in the world?
3,472
What are some of the key tenets of Hinduism? (List 2)
- Every person had value within the caste framework and needed to perform their duties
- Following teachings will end the cycle of reincarnation
- Balance a life of devotion and pleasure; seek righteousness and virtue
- Worship of gods such as Vishnu and Shiva
- Bhakti
What was the importance of printing?
- Mass produced religious text, literature, and helped disseminate information quicker
- Officials can spread their ideas faster and help reinforce their authority
- Produces higher literacy rates
What was a positive policy the Mongols did in the Yuan Dynasty?
- Encouraged commerce and international trade ; protected merchants
- Fully tolerated all religions
- Converted to Buddhism to gain more legitimacy
List two reasons why the Ottomans were so successful.
Janissary Corps, an elite army unites composed of enslaved soldiers
Use of massed musket fire and cannons
Come up with the most academic or Shakespeare sentence you can come up with (I choose the winner)
Why was Buddhism appealing to China?
- Model of selflessness and being compassionate
- Different alternative to all of their civil wars and bloodshed
- Blended Buddhist ideas to Confucianism and can thus still keep it family oriented
- Chinese rulers can be a chakravartin and conquer the unenlightened people (justification for warfare)
What was the purpose of the Civil Service Examinations?
- Skilled and ideologically consistent officials who are loyal to the state
- Centralize civil and military power in the emperor's hands and his ministers
List two things Rashid al-Din to helped reinforce the Ilkhanate.
- Highlighted the lineage of the Mongol rulers to the great Persian kings
- Portrayed them as devout Muslims
- Embraced the arts, science, and literature
- Portrayed them as the true defenders of Islam
- Silk Road was allowed to continue to operate
How did Europeans interpret the Black Death during the 14th century?
- Vulnerable groups like Jews causing the pandemic
How many times do they say "swamp" in the first shrek movie?
17 times