World History B Topic 4 Quiz: Asian Empires and Japanese Culture

What is an advantage of Japan’s remote geographic location?

• The rocky terrain helped enhance an impressive system of communication.

• It is situated close enough to China and Korea to benefit from their technological innovations.

• The surrounding Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean make foreign invasion likely.

Zen Buddhism encouraged ______ as a way to reach spiritual enlightenment and free one’s self from worldly concerns.

• meditation
• fasting

• tithing

• chanting

Which of the following is one of the Safavid’s greatest legacies?

• the invention of gunpowder

• the spreading of Catholicism in Persia, Caucasus, and South and Central Asia

• the establishment of an efficient state and bureaucracy based on checks and balances

• the invention of a domed-roof architectural style

The influence of Buddhist teachings of impermanence (that nothing lasts forever) and emptiness (that nothing really has its own substance) can be seen in Japanese:

• art, music, and science

• philosophy, art, literature

• music, literature, gardening

• literature, science, and philosophy

What led to a sense of regionalism in feudal Japan?

• an influx of Korean immigrants

• shared concern over the volcanic Ring of Fire

• rocky terrain that impeded smooth transportation and easy communication among different parts of the land

Which of the following are characteristics of the warrior class in the shogunate system?

• nomadic

• use of technologically advanced weapons

• live by a rigid value system of discipline and honor

By the end of Süleyman the Magnificent’s reign, the Ottoman Empire’s population totaled about 15 million people dispersed across _____ continents.

• four
• two

• three

• five

A warrior class known as the ______ fought to protect the interests and power of his lord, a daimyo.

• Samurai

• Mongols

• Buddhists

• none of the above

Under Akbar the Great, the Mughal Empire granted a degree of religious toleration to the ______ religion.

• Catholic

• Christian

• Islam

• Hindu