Medieval Asia Test Review

How did the Mandate of Heaven affect the government in China?

• The Mandate of Heaven led to long periods of war among families.
• Religious leaders read oracle bones to select new rulers
• It allowed new rulers to justify the overthrow of a declining dynasty.
• The ruler received a direct mandate from heaven that he should resign

What became a closely guarded secret in China?

• the forging of iron
• paper production
• silk production
• Records of the Grand Historia

What did Japanese worshippers combine with Buddhism?

• The Tale of Genji
• kamikaze
• Shinto
• Amaterasu

What was an enduring characteristic of Japanese government?

• a strong emperor who was supported by shoguns and samurai
• Shinto teachers as the power behind the throne
• an equal balance of power between the feudal lords and the emperor
• an emperor who reigned as a figurehead while another power ruled

What did the civil service exams of the Han dynasty dictate?

• Every man should service in the Chinese military
• Women could participate in public life
• Officials should win positions based on merit and intelligence rather than family connections
• A literary test would be required to participate in political life

When dynasties change, what specific concept is claimed by the incoming dynasty?

• Taxation
• The lust of Chin
• Mandate of heaven
• Rule of power

Who is this person? The only woman in China to assume title of emperor Expanded the empire further and strengthened the government

• Li Shimin
• Qin Shi Huang
• Su Song
• Wu Zetian

Which indigenous religion of Japan placed an emphasis on nature?

• Shinto
• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Judaism

Japan’s warrior class pictured below were known as -

• Shogun
• Daimuo
• Samurai
• Japanese Knights

Rest stops along the Silk Road like those pictured below were known as

• Caravanserai
• Refueling Center
• Maktaba
• Jiayou zhan