Mr. T Medieval Asia Interactive Video

Name two technological achievements of the Tang dynasty?

• Woodblock printing and gunpowder

• Woodblock printing and brick masonry

• Gunpowder and roadways

• Roadways and brick masonry

What was revolutionary about the Chinese civil service examination system?

• The system recruited applicants based on family connections

• The system recruited applicants based on merit

• The system recruited applicants based on age

• The system applicants based on gender

What was the purpose of the Chinese Tributary system?

• Chinese used military superiority and trade opportunities to influence other countries' behavior

• China use economic incentives and military superiority to influence other countries' behavior

• Chinese used economic incentives, and trade opportunities to influence other countries' behavior

• China did not use economic incentives or trade opportunities to influence other countries' behavior.

Japan's Heian era saw weakened political power but flourishing:

• Culture

• Trade

• Education

• War

The decline of imperial power in the Heian era led to arise of the _______ elite.

• Educated

• Cultural

• Social

• Warrior

What was a technological advancements of the Song dynasty?

• Stationary printing

• Printing

• Wood block type printing

• Movable type printing

What was the major accomplishment of The Silk Road?

• It made the exchange of good ideas and technologies between the east and the west easier

• It's spread Hinduism to the western culture

• It united China with Japan and Korea

• It was both an economic and a military route

The Silk Road improved the transmission of silk production techniques and ________

• Roadways

• Gunpowder

• Papermaking

• Shipping

What was a major achievement of other trade routes besides the Silk Road?

• A transfer of military weapons, and precious metals

• A transfer spices, textiles and precious metals

• A transfer of shipbuilding methods

• A transfer of roadway technology

The effective use of _________ in warfare were a major factor in the Mongolian empire's military successes.

• calvary, archery and cannons

• archery in cannons

• calvary and cannons

• calvary and archery