Silk Roads: East Asia

Silk Roads were trade networks linking Asia to the Middle East and Europe during Classical antiquity and the European Middle Ages.

• True

• False

Which of the following were NOT traded along the Silk Roads?

• Silk

• Spices

• Gold and Silver

• Plastics

The Chinese thinker who emphasized ritual, order, and filial piety as the path to a harmonious and unified society was

• Lao Tzu

• Sun Tzu

• Confucius

• Buddha

Lao Tzu believed that social harmony was created by living in accord with the Tao, the creative force that filled the entire universe.

• True

• False

Shih Huangdi is remember as an emperor who unified China, but also as very

• kind

• fair

• beautiful

• cruel

The Great Wall of China was built to prevent the people of China from migrating further to the north.

• True

• False

The invaders of China from the north, such as Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan, who established the Yuan dynasty in China, are better known as the

• Ming

• Tang

• Huang

• Mongols

Porcelain, a thin, hard ceramic ware, never really caught on as a trade item in Europe.

• True

• False

Kublai Khan's failed attempt to invade Japan was attributed to the protection of gods called

• Bushido

• Kamikaze

• Shinto

• Shoguns

The native animistic religion of Japan is called

• Taoism

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Shinto