Period 1 (1200-1450) Reteach Questions

Which statement best summarizes the influence of the bureaucracy during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE)?

• It promoted foreign trade, but made tax collection difficult

• It made managing the empire more efficient, but it was very expensive

• It ended corruption, but it weakened the scholar gentry class

• It strengthened Buddhism, but it undermined Confucianism

Which statement best summarizes the influence of the bureaucracy during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE)?

• It promoted foreign trade, but made tax collection difficult

• It made managing the empire more efficient, but it was very expensive

• It ended corruption, but it weakened the scholar gentry class

• It strengthened Buddhism, but it undermined Confucianism

What would be most responsible for the spike in population in China in the postclassical era?

• the perfecting the manufacturing of Porcelain

• the prolific trade on the Silk Road

• the introduction of Champa rice to the Chinese diet

• the high demand for Chinese silk

Japan was influenced and gain knowledge of things like Confuciaism from where?

• Korea

• China

• It didn't

• Silk Road

Who was Ibn Battuta?

• Religious Leader

• Merchant

• Christian Travler

• Islamic traveler

Select ALL the technology that was developed in the Song Dynasty.

• Increased stability of the compass

• Gunpowder being used in warfare

• Developed drought-resistant rice

• Continuation of the woodblock printing

“The evil-disposed in these districts [of England] began to rise, saying, they were too severely oppressed; that at the beginning of the world there were no slaves, and that no one ought to be treated as such. . . . This they would not longer bear, but had determined to be free, and if they labored for their lords, they wanted to be paid for it. A crazy priest in the county of Kent, called John Ball, who for his absurd preaching, had been thrice confined in prison, inflamed those ideas. He would say: ‘Are we not all descended from the same parents, Adam and Eve? and what can the lords show, or what reasons give, why they should be more the masters than ourselves?’ ”

The point of view of the author can best be described as

• sympathetic to the peasants

• • hostile to the peasants

• • indifferent to the peasants’ grievances

• • sympathetic to the leaders of the revolt

What civilization was located in the Andes Mountains?

• Aztecs

• Mayans

• Incas

• Mexicas

“I, Edward, by the grace of God king of England, sent this decree to the reverend father in Christ William, by the grace of God archbishop of Canterbury, supreme Church leader of all England:

Know that, because of the great number of people who died in the recent pestilence, those who survive see that masters need servants, which have become scarce, and so they now refuse to serve as workmen unless they receive excessive wages.

That is why, I, considering the grave inconveniences that might come from the lack of such workmen, especially plowmen, and after consultations with the nobles and clergy of the realm, have decided that every man and woman of our realm of England shall be required to serve his or her lord at the wages that were provided five years ago, in the year 1346.

The lords are entitled to keep their serfs. If any such serf, man or woman, who is required to serve their lord will not do so, they shall be immediately committed to jail.”

King Edward III of England, the Statute of Laborers, royal decree, 1351

The terminology used in the opening sentence of the decree was most directly influenced by which of the following?

• The notion that the Pope is the supreme leader of the Church

• The medieval rules of chivalry and courtly etiquette

• The deep influence of Christianity on medieval society and culture

• The slow and uncertain nature of communications in medieval Europe

What products would Indians and other non-Chinese merchants be most likely to purchase in a market such as the one described in the passage?

• (A) silk, porcelain, and tea

• (B) pepper, nutmeg, and cinnamon

• (C) cow, pigs, and oxen

• (D) rugs, parchment, and horses