Chapter 12 Review

Which of the following did NOT happen during the Mongol Peace?

• The irrigation systems in the Tigris and Euphrates valleys were rebuilt.

• A cure for the bubonic plague was developed in China.

• Ideas and inventions spread with trade between Europe and Asia.

• Moveable type, gunpowder, and the magnetic compass were invented.

In ​ (a)   , Angkor Wat was built as a symbolic ​ (b)   to honor ​ (c)   .

• mountain
• the Hindu god Vishnu
• river
• valley
• the kamikaze
• the Buddha
• Khmer
• Vietnam
• Japan
• India

Japanese worshippers combined Buddhism with ___.

Which of the following is NOT true of the Mongol Empire?

• The Mongol Empire treated all conquered peoples humanely.

• Mongols refused to adopt aspects of the cultures they conquered.

• The Mongol Empire was the largest unified land empire in history.

• Mongols forced conquered peoples to convert to their religion.

The Heian court of Japan advanced which of the following?

• etiquette

• art

• technology

• culture

• military conquest

Which of the following was NOT a reason Kublai Khan favored Mongols and foreigners for government posts?

• He did not believe in Confucian teachings.

• He feared that Chinese officials would support Japan.

• Genghis Khan wanted him to removed all Chinese officials from power.

• He believed that Mongols and foreigners had no local loyalties.

An intelligent, capable governing class in China was created by ​ ​ (a)   .

• the civil service examination system
• wise agricultural advisors
• a highly refined court society that valued art
• the inclusion of women in leadership roles

What was true of women's status during the Tang and Song periods?

• A woman declared herself emperor for the first time in Chinese history.

• Foot-binding crippled women, but enhanced their husbands' status.

• Women were encouraged to become writers, poets, and scientists.

• Women were considered less important than men.

The kamikaze, or ​ (a)   , stopped the ​ (b)   from invading ​ (c)   .

• divine wind
• Mongols
• Japan
• Chinese
• Koreans
• Khmer
• Vietnam
• tidal wave

Angkor Wat reveals that the ​ (a)   Empire was very heavily influenced by ​ (b)   culture.

• Khmer
• Indian
• Mongol
• Chinese
• Silla
• Koryu