SOL Review: Post-Classical South and East Asia

The political organization of South Asia (the Indian subcontinent) and Western Europe were similar because:

• Both regions had a single, unified centralized gov't led by an emperor

• Both regions were decentralized politically with different kingdoms emerging

• Both regions had governments that supported polytheistic religions

• Both regions benefitted from having the Himalayas as a natural barrier

Unlike the regional governments that developed in South Asia in the Post-Classical Period, China had this kind of government:

• An oligarchy where a group of military leaders ruled

• A democratic republic where representatives were elected by citizens

• A direct democracy in which all male citizens voted

• An imperial bureaucracy headed by an emperor

What trade network had its easternmost end point in China during the Post-Classical Period?

• The Silk Road routes

• The routes of the Hanseatic League

• The Indian Ocean maritime trade network

• The Trans-Saharan routes

The Black Death originated in which region: South Asia or East Asia?

• South Asia

• East Asia

TRUE OR FALSE: Many of the important innovations of the Post-Classical Era (compass, gunpowder, printing press tech., paper money) developed in South Asia & East Asia.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What crop was brought into China (it is originally from modern-day Vietnam) that helped China sustain its growing population in the Post-Classical Era?

• Wheat

• Maize (corn)

• Champa rice

• Potato

Which religion originated in South Asia but was popular in China in the Post-Classical Era (especially during the Tang period before Confucianism's revival)?

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Jainism

• Islam

Which is NOT a region influenced by China during the process of "sinification" during the Post-Classical Period?

• Japan

• Korea

• Vietnam

• Kievan Rus

Which Chinese philosophy was dominant during the late Tang period and throughout the Song period in Post-Classical China?

• Daoism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Legalism

Which of the following is most related to Confucianism?

• Following the natural balance of nature (yin/yang)

• Following the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path

• The building of the Grand Canal

• Footbinding (especially among upper-class women)