Unit 4 Review

In the Islamic faith, there are 5 Pillars – Shahada, Salah, Zakat, Sawn and Hajj. They refer to which of the following ideas/practices?

• Leadership, Fellowship, Community, Faith, Poor

• Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, Pilgrimage

• Reincarnation, Soul, Prayer, Karma, Dharma

• Right speech, Right action, Right thoughts, Right Effort, Right Livelihood

A ___        society is when land is owned by the nobility, and less powerful nobles are required to swear loyalty to the more powerful. In Japan, the ___        awarded the land to the nobility.

• Agricultural/Daimyo

• Egalitarian/Samurai

• Feudal/Shogun

• Noble/King

How did the feudal system contribute to so many private armies in Japan?

• Because the king had family members that were against him and started their own armies to overthrow him.

• Because several noble families hated the emperor and had allied with Korea, Philippines, Russia and China.

• Because the Shogun gave lands to the Daimyos who provided the soldiers.

• Because the emperor gave the Shogun the power to create as many armies as he wanted.

Who were the Samurai and what code did they follow?

• Elite nobility/Buddhism

• Trained farmers/Chivalry

• Elite soldiers/Bushido

• Shogun's family/Shinto

Why is the Tang Dynasty significant in China?

• They expanded the empire, took control of central Asia and developed the meritocracy.

• They closed the Silk Road, only traded with Japan and Korea and fought a major war with the Kievan Rus.

• They expanded the Silk Road, built a navy and sailed to Africa, expanded Buddhism and Confucianism.

• They discovered 7 planets, invented paper, glass and fireworks, expanded into Korea.

After several weak Chinese emperors had failed at governing during the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty enjoyed a golden age but eventually collapsed because their bureaucrats did not have military experience.

What was a bureaucrat?

• An administrative government worker

• A farmer loyal to his "noble" land-owner

• A low ranking soldier

• A follower of Confucius

Between 1185 – 1603, Japan created a relationship between lords and the people who owned and/or worked the land. This relationship is known as . . .

• Communism

• Totalitarianism

• Feudalism

• Capitalism

How were the Silk Road and the Gold-Salt Trade similar?

• They were both in the southwestern hemisphere.

• They both helped their empires/dynasties become very wealthy.

• New products and ideas were exchanged as merchants interacted with each other.

• They both endured for 5,000 years or more.

• Both B and C.

How are Hinduism and Islam different?

• Hinduism is polytheistic and has no founder; Islam is monotheistic and was founded by Muhammed.

• Hinduism has one major holy book; Islam has 5 major holy books.

• Hinduism was contained in India for thousands of years; Islam traveled as far west as Spain and as far east as Japan.

• Hinduism believes in a yearly pilgrimage to Mecca; Islam believes in a daily pilgrimage to a local shrine.

The leader of Muslim civil and religious matters; regarded as the successor of Muhammad

• 
  Sunni

• Shi'a

• Caliph

• 
  Sharia