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The establishment of a Confucian civil service examination did not significantly increase social mobility under what rule?
Koryu Dynasty
100
What was the title given to the leader who had the power of military dictator in Japan?
Shogun
100
Which khanate extended the furthest north?
Khanate of the Golden Horde
100
What did European knights wear and bring into battle?
chain mail/plate armor, broadsword, lance
100
What artistic influences did each the Tang and Song Dynasties bring to China?
Tang: poetry// Song: painting-Daoist influences, black ink used//porcelain invented
200
What was the name given to nomadic people who herded animals?
Pastoralists
200
The dynasty founded by whom expanded China, promoted foreign trade, and promoted improvements in agriculture.
Tang Taizong
200
Which city of the Chagatai Khanate did Marco Polo visit on his voyage to Beijing?
Kashgar
200
Why did European knights fight for their earthy lord?
in exchange for land
200
What revolutionized agriculture in the Tang and Song Dynasties? Why/how?
A new type of rice from Vietnam. Officials distributed seedlings all over China; farmers harvested two crops a year vs one of previous times.
300
Who were loyal warriors and bodyguards for their lord?
Samurai
300
Most European readers did not believe the stories that who told about what he had seen in China.
Marco Polo
300
Which body of water did Marco Polo cross twice?
Mediterranean Sea
300
To whom was a samurai required to be loyal?
To their lord above all else
300
What were Genghis Khans' three strengths in terms of his military success?
1. organized army, 2. skill at strategic planning, 3. used terror (bad reputation) to get people to surrender
400
Who built the Angkor Wat, one of the greatest architectural achievements in the world?
Khmer Empire
400
What Mongol ruler united China for the first time in 300 years?
Kublai Khan
400
Which of the following was NOT in the Khanate of the Great Khan? China; Gobi Desert; Mien; Tibet?
Mien
400
What did Japanese samurai expect of women?
To live up to the same values of honor and courage (as men)
400
In Kublai Khan's government, who held the highest positions and why? What resentment did this cause?
Mongols and Foreigners (because they lacked local loyalties); Chinese were humiliated and angry at the Mongols-eventually rebelled
500
What was an important Chinese technological advance that revolutionized printing?
Movable type
500
Who united the Mongols and let them in conquering much of Asia?
Genghis Khan
500
What three bodies of water were entirely surrounded by the Mongol Empire?
Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Lake Balkash
500
What would a samurai rather do than face defeat or dishonor?
commit ritual suicide
500
Pick one: 1. Why was Tang and Song China the most advanced civilization of its time? 2. How were the Mongols effective conquerors and rulers?
China: inventions (movable type/gunpowder/porcelain/mechanical clock/paper money) plus sailing was better with magnetic compass=foreign trade increases)//new rice for farming, more food produced//Tang had poetry, Song had black ink naturalistic paintings//most others were a turmoil of fighting////Mongols: Genghis had strong military: organized army, strength of strategy, used bad reputation and would slaughter entire populations if people refused to surrender//Once grandsons took over, like Kublai, Eurasia united-Pax Mongolica=encouraged trade, caravans protected, wanted to exchange ideas and inventions with Europeans like Polo//gov't had Mongols and foreigners in highest positions as they had no local loyalties; mistakes made with failed invasions of Japan; used Chinese form of gov't to lend him most success