WorksheetsUnit 3A
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Spreading stories to increase panic in the local populace (people) is another example of
a)
Torture
b)
Psychological Warfare
c)
Self Actualization
d)
Individuality
2.
What is true about the boundaries of the Mongol Empire?
a)
It included North and South America
b)
It was very small compared to other empires.
c)
It stretched across Europe and Asia.
d)
It was never peaceful or stable.
3.
Trade increased between Europe and Asia and there was a period of regional stability and safe trade along the Silk Road. This characterizes
a)
Chaos and mayhem of battle
b)
Results of Pax Mongolica
c)
A period of good luck.
d)
Development of canal system.
4.
What factors contributed to the rise of the Mongol Empire?
a)
Leadership of Genghis Khan
b)
Use of the Stirrup
c)
Excellent horsemanship
d)
All of the above
5.
What was the effect of the extensive Mongol Empire on the people who lived in Europe and Asia in the 1200's?
a)
There was significant increases in trade and travel.
b)
Many tribes and peoples had to change their religions.
c)
Trade was very dangerous along the Silk Road.
d)
The Feudal System became stronger.
6.
What was the purpose of the Great Wall of China?
a)
It became a tourist attraction for modern man.
b)
It was built to protect the Chinese from the nomadic tribes of northern and central Asia.
c)
It acted as an aqueduct and was not truly a wall.
d)
The building of the wall helped decimate the Chinese population.
7.
How was Kublai Khan related to Genghis?
a)
his son
b)
his grandson
c)
his brother
d)
his wife
8.
Where was Mongolia in relation to China?
a)
north of China
b)
south of China
c)
near Tibet
d)
on the islands
9.
Overall, how did the Mongols affect China?
a)
China prospered
b)
China withered
c)
China experienced hardships, but endured
d)
China lost all its influence to the Mongols who replaced Chinese culture
10.
What did the Mongols do to improve economics?
a)
opened many jobs to the peasants in China
b)
they lowered taxes
c)
they used only paper money, creating an easy standard
d)
the continued to build the great wall
11.
How did the Mongols affect population?
a)
population expanded
b)
population remained unchanged
c)
population decreased slightly
d)
population saw a dramatic decrease due to all the killings
12.
This map shows the _________ empire
a)
Mongol
b)
Tong
c)
Khan
d)
Byzantine
13.
The Tang and Song is known as the
a)
end of Chinese Civilization
b)
Dynastic Cycle
c)
Golden Age of China
d)
a and c
14.
To become a scholar official
a)
students had to know Buddhism
b)
Students had to be from noble families
c)
students had to make inventions
d)
students had to pass a difficult Confucian test
15.
Fast ripening rice
a)
caused new wealth in China
b)
allowed Song leaders to rebuild the Great Wall
c)
increased the population greatly
d)
a and c
16.
Neo Confucianism
a)
ended Buddhism in China
b)
ended scholar officials running China
c)
combined Confucian ideas with Buddhism and Taoism
d)
b and c
17.
This Italian traveled to the court of Kublai Khan and wrote of his journeys.
a)
Emperor Yongle
b)
Kublai Khan
c)
Marco Polo
d)
Genghis Khan
18.
Inventions sparked population growth and more trade during these two dynasties in Chinese history
a)
Yuan/Song
b)
Tang/Song
c)
Song/Ming
d)
Tang/Sui
19.
Who led ships that went out and explored parts of Africa and Asia during the Ming Dynasty?
a)
Yang Jian
b)
Zheng He
c)
Kublai Khan
d)
Genghis Khan
20.
Kublai Khan united with the Chinese to create the ________ Dynasty.
a)
Ming
b)
Song
c)
Qin
d)
Yuan
21.
What two routes did China use to increase trade?
a)
Silk Road and Indian Ocean
b)
Himalaya route and Pacific Ocean
c)
Mediterranean trade and Persian road
d)
Mongol road and Southeast Asia
22.
Why did the Tang decline?
a)
Military commanders take territory and pirating
b)
Nomadic invasions and internal rebellion
c)
The bureaucracy failed
d)
A series of corrupt emperors
23.
Why was a famine considered bad news for a dynasty?
a)
Killed thousands of people
b)
The gods had removed the Mandate of Heaven
c)
Allowed nomads to take farm land
d)
Created a rebellious peasantry
24.
What symbolized the status of women in the Song dynasty?
a)
Foot-binding
b)
Empress Wu
c)
The civil service exam
d)
The return of Confucianism
25.
What is globalization?
a)
The trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between people, businesses, and organizations throughout the world.
b)
The attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
c)
The ways in which phenomena, such as technological innovations, cultural trends, or outbreaks of disease, travel over space.
d)
The unbroken and consistent existence or operation of something over a period of time.
26.
Why does the text describe the Silk Road trade system as "relay trade"?
a)
Different regions raced to acquire the greatest amount of goods and use this wealth to vanquish their enemies
b)
Goods were transferred from one merchant to another. Very few merchants traveled the whole length of the Silk Road system.
c)
It was a system that allowed for the transmission of information and ideas across a long distance
27.
What helped Silk Road trade network prosper for so many years?
a)
Large, powerful, and stable states
b)
Religious freedom throughout the regions along the road system
c)
Inventions such as a the compass and caravel
d)
Long stretches of time when the climate was ideal for agricultural production
28.
What role did nomadic pastoral people play in trade networks such as the Silk Roads?
a)
They only worked to disrupt trade and steal products being traded along the Silk Roads
b)
They helped diffuse ideas and products along the Silk Roads
c)
They served as mediators between opposing groups trying to trade along the Silk Roads
29.
Why were most goods exchanged along the Silk Road luxury goods destined for the wealthy elite?
a)
There was a black market for goods that were not luxury goods
b)
States were eager to collect money from import taxes and only allowed luxury goods to be imported
c)
Wealthy merchants only wanted to trade goods that they could use
d)
Goods traveled long distances, therefore they had a high cost
30.
All of the following were major diseases that were spread across the Silk Roads at various times throughout history EXCEPT:
a)
Smallpox
b)
Measles
c)
Bubonic plague
d)
Cardiovascular disease
31.
What was one POSITIVE effect of the spread of disease on the populations receiving and interacting with them?
a)
Wealthy landowners lost power and money as peasants demanded high wages
b)
It strengthened the appeal of compassionate religions such as Christianity and Buddhism
c)
It caused states to start funding scientific research into cures and vaccines for these diseases
d)
It allowed for European domination of the Americas during the period of Columbian Exchange
32.
How did exposure to diseases from trade along the Silk Roads actually give the Europeans an advantage in the long-run?
a)
Wealthy landowners lost power and money as peasants demanded high wages
b)
It strengthened the appeal of Christianity and led its dominance across the world
c)
It inspired an international interest in researching cures and creating vaccines for these diseases
d)
European and African diseases weakened the resistance of the Americans during the Columbian Exchange
33.
Which of the following was the most decisive change Mongol rule brought to Russia?
a)
emancipation of the serfs
b)
migration of the center of power from Kiev to Moscow
c)
permanent separation of Russian culture from that of the West
d)
adoption of Buddhism among Russia's elite
34.
Which group benefited from newfound higher status in the period of Mongol rule in China.
a)
merchants
b)
scholar-gentry
c)
peasants
d)
aristocracy
35.
Which of the following trade networks is limited to the confines of the African continent?
a)
Silk Roads
b)
Trans-Saharan
c)
East Asian
d)
Triangular Trade
36.
This ship would have been representative of ships sailing in the
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Mediterranean Sea
37.
In the 9th century, the Tang Dynasty was weakened by considerable conflict between
a)
Buddhism and Shintoism
b)
Shintoism and Hinduism
c)
Confucianism and Hinduism
d)
Buddhism and Confucianism
38.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
a)
Syncretism of Confucianism with some Buddhism
b)
Syncretism of Confucianism with some Doaism
c)
Syncretism of Buddhism and Shintoism
d)
Syncretism of Buddhism and Hinduism
39.
Which of the following best justifies the claim that the early 600s CE mark the beginning of a new period in world history?
a)
Religions became important unifying forces in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East
b)
Empires became the dominant political form for the first time in world history
c)
The natural environment was altered more significantly than in previous eras
d)
Most societies abandoned patriarchal gender relations for more egalitarian gender relations
40.
Which sentence is true?
a)
Peasants are lords and Samurai are vassals
b)
Shogun are lords and Samurai are vassals
c)
Samurai are lords and Daimyo are vassals
d)
Peasants are lords and Daimyo are vassals
41.
The system of lords and vassals in Japan is known as...
a)
Functionalism
b)
The Social Pyramid
c)
Federalism
d)
Feudalism
42.
How were women influential at the men gain influence with the emperor at the Japanese court?
a)
through their female relatives as concubines of the emperors
b)
through taking over the government with coups
c)
through control of the shoguns
d)
through ninjas and samurai who control the military
43.
A leader with the title of _____ had the power of military dictator in Japan.
a)
Shogun
b)
Emperor
c)
Samurai
d)
War lord
44.
What did the Tang/Song dynasties do that allowed them to DOUBLE the population of China to over 100 million?
a)
Civil service exam system
b)
flourishing arts
c)
conquered Korea
d)
New strain of rice with 2 growing seasons
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