The Asian World, Crusades, and Black Death

Which of the following rivers in China allowed for abundant rice farming in the river valleys?

• Tigris & Euphrates
• Yellow & Yangzte
• Nile
• Danube

Which of the following was at the heart of the Chinese state government?

• Shintoism
• Hinduism
• Confucianism
• Tengriism

During which dynasty did China implement a civil service examination to ensure government employees were chosen from capable and qualified candidates?

• Sui
• Yuan
• Tang
• Song

Between the Tang and Song dynasties, Chinese literature flourished because

• block printing was invented
• the internet wasn't invented yet
• the government paid writers
• gunpowder was invented

In the Tang and Song Eras, the old landed aristocracy was replaced by the _______________ as the educated and political, economic elite of Chinese society

• Moghuls
• Rajputs
• scholar-gentry
• samurai

In 1206 Temujin was elected Genghis Khan, after which he

• converted to Islam
• made an alliance with the Tang rulers
• devoted himself to conquest, eventually establishing the Mongol Empire
• devoted himself to the Christian monastic tradition

The Mongols, led by Genghis Khan,

• brought much of the Eurasian landmass under a single rule, creating the largest land empire in history
• conquered every area they invaded, including Japan and Southeast Asia
• successfully invaded Hawaii, but could not hold it for long
• had the most successful naval in global history

The samurai of Japan were a new class of military servants whose purpose was to

• protect the security and property of their employers, the daimyo
• remain ever vigilant and ready to defend Japan from invaders and ninjas
• protect the emperor and his government from all threats
• create anime

The samurai lived by a strict code known as Bushido, which

• was based on loyalty to the samurai's emperor only
• was based on finding peaceful resolutions to conflicts, using violence strictly as a last resort
• was a code of ethics, duty and loyalty similar to that which medieval European knights lived by
• meant that they pledged allegiance to Genghis Khan

Korean society was greatly influenced by

• Greek and Roman colonists
• western literature
• the Chinese model of society
• Anishinaabe culture