Topic Test: Civilizations of East Asia and Southeast Asia

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Look at the bowl from the Koryo dynasty. What does it reveal about Korean culture?

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It was influenced by China but developed its own unique style.

Front

Prince Shotoku believed that both Buddhism and ________ could unify Japan.

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Confucianism

Front

What features are associated with the dynasties of the Tang (618–907) and Song (960–1279)?

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prosperity, stable government, and advances in farming

Front

When the Mongols came to power, they

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reopened the Silk Road to trade.

Front

Which of the following statements BEST describes Emperor Hongwu’s actions in the 1300s? He drove out the Mongols and made himself the absolute ruler of China.

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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, the compass, gunpowder, paper

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the compass

Front

During what time period and under whose rule did Chinese monks spread Buddhist influence in Korea? Options: c. 100 BCE–c. 676 CE: Three kingdoms, c. 100 BCE–c. 676 CE: Silla dynasty, c. 918–1392: Koryo dynasty, c. 1392–1910: Choson dynasty

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c. 100 BCE–c. 676 CE: Three kingdoms

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

What central part of Buddhism expressed in the quote from Dhammapada appealed to samurai who practiced Zen? “Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood; wise people master themselves.”

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self-control and discipline

Front

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

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the Fujiwara family.