Topic 12 (China/Japan/Korea)

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How did Southeast Asia’s geography contribute to the region’s economic development?

Back

Some Southeast Asian countries commanded important waterways and controlled rich trade routes.

Front

What features are associated with the dynasties of the Tang and Song?

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prosperity, stable government, and advances in farming

Front

Which of the following groups had the higher social status under the Yuan dynasty?
Song scholar-officials, southern Chinese merchants, northern Chinese nobles, Turks and other Muslims

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Turks and other Muslims

Front

When the Mongols came to power, what did they do?

Back

reopened the silk road

Front

What did the Mongol empire provide for Marco Polo's Journey?

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The Mongol empire must have provided safety for travelers.

Front

Which of the following statements BEST describes Emperor Hongwu's actions in the 1300s? He drove out the Mongols but kept their traditions in place. He drove out the Mongols and shared power under the merit system. He drove out the Mongols and made himself the absolute ruler of China. He drove out the Mongols and then stepped down to let others rule.

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He drove out the Mongols and made himself the absolute ruler of China.

Front

Which of the following inventions proved to be of great value to European sailors?
tea,
compass,
gunpowder,
paper

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compass

Front

What effect did the law code of 702 have on Japan?

Back

It made the leader of the Yamato clan emperor of the entire country.

Front

For three hundred years after 860, the real power in Japan was in the hands of...

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the Fujiwara family.

Front

What central part of Buddhism expressed in the quote "Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood; wise people master themselves" appealed to samurai who practiced Zen? Options: patience, purity, loyalty and obedience.

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self-control and discipline