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Chapter 12 Test
Davis - SVHS - Chapter 12 Empires in East Asia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A social class of well-to-do people in China | gentry |
| Steppe nomads that traveled together in kinship groups | clan |
| A mongol ruler named Temujin who accepted title of "universal ruler" | Genghis Khan |
| Grandon of Genghis Khan who found the Yuan Dynasty | Kublai Khan |
| A Venetian trader who admired the Mongols | Marco Polo |
| A Japanese religion that means "way of the gods" | Shinto |
| Warrior bodyguards who served war lords | Samurai |
| "the way of the warrior" | Bushido |
| A supreme general of the emperor's army | shogun |
| the world's largest religious structure built by the Khmer Empire | Angkor Wat |
| The fall of the Tang Dynasty was caused in great part by | the impostion of heavy taxes |
| Inventions of both the Tang & Song dynasties | porcelain, mechanical clock, printing, gunpowder, paper money, and magnetic compass |
| In the Tang & Song dynasties how did the gentry gain social status? | through education and civil service |
| A pastoralist makes a living by | herding domestic animals |
| Immediately following the death of Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire was | peacefully divided into four Khanates |
| What helped China to become the greratest sea power in the world under Song leadership? | invention of the magnetic compass |
| What does Angkor Wat reveal about the Khmer Empire? | they were influenced by Indian traders |
| How did Genghis Khan succeed as a conqueror? | brilliant military strategy and organization |
| In what areas did the Heian court of Japan advance? | art, culture, and etiquette |
| Why was the Khmer city-and-temple complex Angkor Wat built? | as a symbolic mountain built to honor Vishnu |
| What was true of the Mongol Empire | it was the largest unified land empire in history |
| What did the kamikaze, or divine wind, do for Japan? | stopped Mongolian invasion |
| What did Japanese worshippers combine with Buddhism? | Shinto |
| What resulted from the interaction of nomads and settled peoples? | settled peoples lived in danger of raids |
| What happened during the Mongol Peace? | ideas and inventions spread with trade between Europe and Asia |
| Why did Kublai Khan favor Mongols and foreigners for government jobs? | he believed that Mongols and foreigners had no local loyalties |
| What was NOT true of womens status during the Tang & Song dynasties? | women were encouraged to become writers, poets, and painters |
| What helped both China the Khmer Empire prosper? | better rice cultivation |
| What was Japan's response to its first contact with Chinese culture? | the Japanese borrowed many Chinese practices but adapted them |
| What was an enduring characteristic of Japanese government? | an emperor who reigned as a figurehead while another power actually ruled |
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