QUIZ: Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming & Early/Feudal Japan

What is a dynasty?

• something nasty

• family or group that rules for generations

• patriots

• natural disaster

What was the Dynastic Cycle?

• Process by which scholars were chosen for civil service.
• The process where a Dynasty rises, becomes corrupt, and this is a reason for a new dynasty to rise up and overthrow the previous Dynasty.  
• The process of God choosing the ruler.
• The process of children gaining education.

After a dynasty was overthrown, a new dynasty would bring _______________ and ________________ back to the kingdom.

• Pizza and soda

• Freedom and rights

• Famines and floods

• Peace and order

Accomplishments of a successful Mandate of Heaven

• Bring peace and order

• Build roads, defensive walls and irrigation systems

• support education and arts

• allow corruption

The Silk Road was important because

• it helped the Han empire control the Mediterranean region

• it extended a thousand miles across Asia

• it linked Asian and western cultures for more a thousand years

• it connected the Han and Egyptian empires

The Tang and Song is known as the 

• end of Chinese Civilization
• Dynastic Cycle
• Golden Age of China
• a and c

To become a scholar official in ancient China...

• students had to know Buddhism
• Students had to be from noble families
• students had to make inventions
• students had to pass a difficult Confucian test 

Marco Polo's account of his travels to Asia led to what?

• increased trade between Europe and India/China

• a trade agreement with China

• Europeans learning how to make silk

• Europeans going on vacation to Asia

The mongols are from where?

• Mongolia
• China
• Japan
• Korea

What animal was greatly valued by the Mongol culture and helped them be successful on the battlefield?

• Cow
• Pig
• Horse
• Elephant