1.1: East Asia and 1.2: Dar-al Islam Quiz

What were the three main inventions the Chinese made during the Song Dynasty?

• Magnetic compass, paper, gunpowder

• Silk, tea, iron casting

• Porcelain, kites, eye-glasses

• Telescope, lacquer, paper

Which Sunni Muslim scholar is BEST known for traveling throughout most of the Islamic world in the 14th century, keeping detailed records of his observations?

• Abu Bakr
• Marco Polo
• Ibn Battuta
• Ibn al-Haytham

This caliphate was founded in 1055 by a group of nomadic Turkish warriors from Central Asia

• The Abbasid Dynasty

• The Mamluk Sultanate

• The Seljuks

• The Delhi Sultanate

What was Champa rice?

• This variety of rice from Vietnam was more drought resistant & could grow in parts of China where previous rice production had failed

• This variety of rice came from Persia and became a staple in China due to its higher level of nutrition

• This variety of rice was grown in Thailand and became the number one trade commodity between the various nations of Asia

• This variety of rice was grown in the Americas and was the main form of tribute given to the Aztecs by the people they conquered

What was the House of Wisdom?

• The great archive where all original Confucian documents were held in China

• A great library in Baghdad with a collection of classical and contemporary books

• The great temple of the Inca that contained all their scrolls

• Located in Spain it was the Islamic collection of manuscripts devoted to science and the lessons of the Qur'an

Match the following

• Basic acts of worship Muslims must follow

• Monotheistic

• Great religious and political leader

• Qur'an

• Belief in 1 God - Islam and Christianity

• Muslim

• Sacred book of Islam

• 5 Pillars of Islam

• Follower of the Islam religion

• Muhammad

Where was Islam located in the 1500s?

Like Christians and Jews, the Islamic religion is -

• monotheistic
• polytheistic
• nontheistic 

Which philosophy did the Song Dynasty revive to maintain and justify their rule?

• Daosim

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Shintoism

What was a practice that symbolized female’s subordinate position according to Confucianism, during the Song Dynasty?

• Wearing veils

• Arranged marriages

• Seclusion in the home

• Foot binding