East Asia's Early Empires Test

What was the name of the network of trading cities that stretched from East Asia to Europe?

• The Porcelain Roads

• The Spice Roads

• The Silk Roads

• The Religious Roads

What two geographic features did the Silk Roads have to split around?

• Taklimakan Desert

• The Alps

• Hindu Kush Mountains

• Indian Ocean

What Chinese Dynasty was in power when the Silk Roads began?

• Shang

• Zhou

• Qin

• Han

What else spread on the Silk Roads other than goods, technology, and diseases?

• Spices

• Religion

• Ships

• Trees

What is the name for a series of rulers from the same family?

• Empire

• Clan

• Zhou

• Dynasty

Match the following Chinese Inventions.

• First used for fireworks, and later for weapons.

• Porcelain

• Not trusted at first, but expanded the Chinese Economy.

• Gunpowder

• First used to organize furniture and later for navigation.

• Paper Money

• Sped up the printing process. Made books and printed material more accessible for the common person.

• Magnetic Compass

• Strong ceramic pottery that was a highly prized trade good. Eventually becomes known as "china".

• Moveable Type

Match the following Japanese Feudal classes.

• Provided food and labor. Well respected in Feudal Japan.

• Emperor

• Warriors of Feudal Japan.

• Daimyo

• Lords who received and controlled land.

• Samurai

• Military leader who held all the power in society.

• Shogun

• Was a figurehead, didnt really have any power.

• Peasants

Who was seen as more valuable to society in Feudal Japan?

• Artisans

• Peasants

• Merchants

This class was seen in Feudal Japan as parasites to society.

• Peasants

• Merchants

• Samurai

• Artisans

What civilization greatly influenced early Korea?

• Japan

• China

• Vietnam

• Mongolia