World History B Topic 4 Flashcard: Asian Empires and Japanese Culture

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What is an advantage of Japan’s remote geographic location?

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The rocky terrain helped enhance an impressive system of communication.

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Zen Buddhism encouraged ______ as a way to reach spiritual enlightenment and free one’s self from worldly concerns.

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meditation

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Which of the following is one of the Safavid’s greatest legacies? Options: the invention of gunpowder, the spreading of Catholicism in Persia, Caucasus, and South and Central Asia, the establishment of an efficient state and bureaucracy based on checks and balances, the invention of a domed-roof architectural style

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the establishment of an efficient state and bureaucracy based on checks and balances

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The influence of Buddhist teachings of impermanence (that nothing lasts forever) and emptiness (that nothing really has its own substance) can be seen in Japanese:

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philosophy, art, literature

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What led to a sense of regionalism in feudal Japan? Options: an influx of Korean immigrants, shared concern over the volcanic Ring of Fire, rocky terrain that impeded smooth transportation and easy communication among different parts of the land

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rocky terrain that impeded smooth transportation and easy communication among different parts of the land

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By the end of Süleyman the Magnificent’s reign, the Ottoman Empire’s population totaled about 15 million people dispersed across _____ continents.

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four

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A warrior class known as the ______ fought to protect the interests and power of his lord, a daimyo.

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Samurai

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Under Akbar the Great, the Mughal Empire granted a degree of religious toleration to the ______ religion.

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Hindu