Review for Unit #5 Exam: The Ottomans and Medieval China

• Block printing, gunpowder, and the abacus were developed.
• Porcelain making and black-ink painting on silk paper were perfected.
• The compass was discovered and used to improve the determination of direction when sailing.

These advances are associated with the __.

• Gupta Empire in India

• Tang and Song dynasties in China

• Byzantine Empire in the Middle East

• The Han dynasty in China

The Age of Pericles in Athens and the Tang and Song dynasties in China all experienced a golden age with __.

• advancements in the principles of democratic governments

• 
  outstanding contributions in the arts and sciences

• the furthest expansion of their borders

• the end of foreign domination

The Silk Road was important to China because it provided ___.

• contact with other cultures through trade

• 
  a means of administering civil service examinations

• a military route for the defense of the northern border

• none of the above

Which statement about the Tang dynasty is best supported by the information on this map?

• Its boundaries extended into India.

• It gained territory in Tibet and Korea.

• 
  It exchanged goods using overland routes.

• 
  It experienced conflict in coastal areas.

Technological achievements made during the Tang and Song dynasties were important because they __.

• contributed to economic growth and cultural achievement

• increased contact with the Americas

• led to social equality between men and women

• were used to defeat Ulysses S. Grant

• Use of cannons, foot soldiers, and muskets

• Capture of Constantinople in 1453

• Formation of the Janissaries as an effective fighting force

Which empire is associated with these characteristics?

• Roman

• Egyptian

• Ottoman

• Spanish

This map shows that at the height of the Ottoman Empire, the empire ___.

• completely surrounded the Red Sea

• governed the Persian empire

• included territory in Asia, Africa, and Europe

• controlled the port cities of Barcelona and Marseille

The 1453 conquest of Constantinople is an important turning point in global history because it ___.

• ushered in the Pax Romana

• began the Middle Ages

• signified the end of the Napoleonic Wars

• contributed to the rise of the Ottoman Empire

Which technology, first developed by the Chinese, enabled the Ottoman Empire to expand into western Asia, Europe, and northern Africa?

• woodblock printing

• gunpowder

• magnetic compass

• paper money

The Ottoman Empire reached its 1453 boundaries by conquering territory from which of the following?

• The Habsburg Empire

• China

• The Byzantine Empire

• The Safavid Empire