Unit 1: Global Tapestry Review

What impacts did Siddhartha's awakening have on the societies that adopted Buddhism?

• Buddhism merged with Confucianism in China and adopted and promoted notions of filial piety.

• Buddhism encouraged more gender equality and both men and women could lead monastic lives within Buddhism.

• Buddhism, when adopted by war like emperors, stoked the fires of war

• Buddhism perpetuated class distinctions and caste differences.

Buddhism was spread to China by

• Indian Holy Men

• Foreign Merchants

• The Mauryan emperor Ashoka

• The Buddha

In 1279, the Song dynasty finally fell to the

• Mongols

• Manchus

• Khitan

• Japanese

The Islamic holy law is known as the

• Umma

• Sharia

• Ulama

• Qadis

The kingdoms of southern India were mainly

• Islamic

• Buddhist

• Hindu

• Jain

The early postclassical era in Europe witnessed

• a resurgence of urbanization

• a decline in urbanization

• a marked decline in trade

• the return of unified imperial rule in Europe.

Mexica

• was the region that originally gave rise to the first Aztecs.

• was the name of the lake where the Aztecs established their capital.

• were the people who were later called Aztecs.

• was the principal god of early Aztecs.

The introduction of a new food crop about 400 CE encouraged a fresh migratory surge in Africa. What the crop?

• Bananas

• Wheat

• Beans

• Potatoes

Just as the kingdoms of west Africa were linked to the wider world by trans Saharan trade, the kingdoms of east Africa were linked mainly by

• Egyptian trade.

• Indian Ocean trade

• trans-Atlantic trade

• south African trade.

The Chinese concept of the "Mandate of Heaven" was sometimes used to justify

• Widow sacrifice

• Foot binding

• Rebellion

• Reincarnation