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WorksheetsWH Unit 3 Test: Civilizations of Asia 500-1650
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which of the following was NOT a reason that the Muslims were able to defeat the Hindu princes in northern India?
Hindu princes were not unified in battle
Muslim camels and horses were more nimble than Hindu war elephants.
Lower caste Hindus converted to Islam so they could move up in the world.
Muslims had cannons.
Which of the following is NOT true of Islam.
Pray to many gods.
Dancing is forbidden.
Equality of all Muslims.
One sacred text.
Which of the following IS TRUE of Hinduism?
Pray to one god.
Equality of all Hindus.
Dancing is forbidden.
Many sacred texts.
What is one way that Hindus in India eventually merged with Muslim conquerors?
All Hindus eventually converted to Islam during this time.
Hindus adopted the practice of secluding women.
Hindus adopted the practice of the five pillars of faith in addition to the Hindu five ks.
Hindus included the Quran among their sacred texts.
The founder of Sikhism.
Guru Nanak
Guru Muhammed
Mahatma Gandhi
Tamerlane
What is the most significant difference between Sikhism and Hinduism or Islam?
They demanded that only men could be Sikh.
Equality of all believers regardless of race or gender; caste system not recognized.
Caste system is completely different, with women recognized as superior to men.
Men are secluded instead of women.
Which of these applies to Sikhism
The Ten Commandments
The Five Pillars of Faith
The Four Tops
The Five K's
The most important and well known monument of Mughal India; Shah Jahan built this in remembrance of his deceased wife.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Colosseum
The Taj Mahal
Ankor Wat
Under the Tang Dynasty, Vietnam, Tibet, and Korea were forced to become __________, which meant that they had to pay a fee to China.
fiefs
tributary states
part of China
Muslim
The Song Dynasty ruled for 319 years, but eventually was conquered by _________ in the 1200s.
Russia
China
The Mongols
Japan
First used for fireworks, ____________ was invented during the Song Dynasty.
Paper
Wicks
Paint
Gunpowder
How could a person become part of the Chinese bureaucracy during the Song Dynasty?
They had to be born into the family of the emperor.
They had to be born into a noble family and be a male.
They would have to pass the civil service exam to be hired on as a civil servant.
They had to apply for the job online using an abacus and an extension cord and wait for a response.
Which class produced most of the civil servants during the Song Dynasty?
The Merchants
The Peasants
The Samauri
The Gentry
In China, being a merchant was considered a lower status than being a peasant.
True
False
Which is true of women in China during the dynastic period?
They could remarry if they were widowed.
They could keep their dowry.
Women who were not peasant field workers were forced to bind their feet.
Women could run businesses in the spice trade.
Why was there a long period of peace under Mongolian rule in China during the 1200s-1300s, allowing trade to thrive?
Mongols had killed everyone who would have started a war.
Mongols ruled so harshly that there was no way an unprising could occur.
Mongols banned the sale of weapons to any non-Mongols.
Mongols were tolerant of non-Mongols, so there was no need to rise against them.
Marco Polo visited China during the reign of ___________.
Genghis Khan and the Yuan Dynasty
Kublai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty
Attila the Hun
Jabba the Hutt
After the death of Kublai Khan, this dynasty, known for their valuable vases, took over. It means "brilliant."
Tang
Song
Yuan
Ming
This early calculator was invented during the Ming Dynasty.
Astrolabe
Abacus
Texas Instruments TI-85
Sundial
What was the reasoning behind the emperor's decision to ban Zheng He's large ships with over two masts in 1435?
They were too large and were always sinking.
They disrupted the fishing industry.
He wanted to limit trade and preserve Chinese tradition, and they were very expensive.
He wanted to increase trade and explore more remote areas with smaller ships, hoping to change Chinese culture.
The Chinese began accepting only ________ during the Ming Dynasty to preserve Chinese culture and tradition.
gold
silver
gold & silver
bartered goods
Due to having 5400 miles of coastline and hundreds of good harbors, Koreans depend on _____________ for most of their diet.
steak
seafood
farming
taters
Which Korean kingdom defeated the other two and went on to dominate the peninsula until 935?
Silla
Paechke
Koguryo
Ming
Which is NOT true of Korea under the Koryo Dynasty?
Buddhism reached its greatest influence.
Farming surpassed fishing.
Movable metal type was invented.
Celadon porcelain was made.
What was the result of replacing the Chinese alphabet with hangul in Korea during the Choson Dynasty?
reduced literacy
a high literacy rate
war with China
China adopted hangul as well
Korean ironclad warships were called ____________.
Monitors
Merrimacs
Turtle-Ships
Ankylosaurs
The "Ring of Fire" refers to what pattern of natural disasters in Japan and the surrounding islands?
Johnny Cash
earthquakes
tsunamis
volcanos
What geographic feature limited the amount of available farmland in Korea and Japan?
Volcanos
Mountains
Lakes
Rivers
Why is Japan known as "the land of the rising sun."
Because the song "The House of the Rising Sun" was written there.
Their flag has a picture of a rising sun on it.
The Yamato clan claims to descend from the sun goddess.
The sun shines in Japan more than most places.
Religion unique to Japan; not a universalizing religion.
Buddhism
Sikhism
Hinduism
Shintoism
Japan adopted some aspects of Chinese culture like pagoda architecture, but held onto parts of their own culture, such as inherited status by family position rather than civil service exams. This is an example of:
cultural assimilation
cultural de-evolution
selective borrowing
cultural cleansing
Period of time in Japan where noble families had great influence, the capital was in Kyoto, and The Tale of Genjii was written.
Ming
Tang
Heiian
Kokumura
Who held the most power in feudal Japan?
The emperor
The shogun
Daimyo
Samurai
Code of values that samurai lived by.
bushido
seppuku
daimyo
chivalry
Ritual suicide of samurai for breaking their code.
bushido
seppuku
daimyo
kamikaze
Merchants were the lowest class in China and Japan.
True
False
Why were the Mongols never able to conquer Japan.
Both times they tried, Japan was able to fend them off with ironclad warships.
Both times they tried, they were wiped out by volcanic eruptions, which the Japanese called kamikaze (divine fire).
Both times they tried, they were defeated in hand to had combat by skilled samurai.
Both times they tried, they were wiped out by typhoons (hurricanes), which the Japanese called kamikaze (divine winds).
Sect of Buddhism popular among the samurai that emphasized self-reliance, meditation, and devotion to duty.
Shinto
Zen
Tao
Seppuku
Staged plays involving colorful costumes, originated in 1600s Japan.
Kabuki
Bushido
Bunraku
Calamari
What makes the Malacca & Sundra straits significant.
Whoever controls them controls trade in Southeast Asia.
Whoever controls them controls trade in the Middle East.
Whoever controls them is at a trading disadvantage in the area.
It is the one area of the world Tamerlane could never conquer.
What could women do in Southeast Asia that they could not in the other Asian regions we have discussed? Check all that apply:
Choose & divorce husbands.
Own their own spice trading business.
Order the binding of their husbands' feet.
Inheritance could be passed down matrilineally.
Could serve as emperor.
What is this structure?
The Taj Mahal
A pagoda
Angkor Wat
The Colosseum
What is this structure?
Taj Mahal
Ankor Wat
The Colosseum
Pagoda
What is this structure?
Taj Mahl
Angkor Wat
Pagoda
Parthenon
Which did geography most affect early Japan?
Much of Japan was too mountainous to farm, so people settled in river valleys and along the coast
Frequent tsunamis forced the early Japanese to stay away from the sea
a cold climate made farming difficult, so most early Japanese turned to fishing for food
proximity to China meant that Chinese invaders frequently conquered parts of Japan
"When Genji beheld this beautiful scene from his carriage, he at once rememered it was a place he had seen before. He stopped his carriage, and said to Koremitz, who was with him as usual . . ." - Murasaki Shibuku, Tale of Genji Which statement is true of the work from which this excerpt has been taken?
It describes the wealth and splendor of China
it describes how Buddhism frew to be a powerful force in Korea
It was the world's first full-length novel
it discusses matrilineal descent in Southeast Asia
Which area served as a cultural bridge between early China and Japan?
Russia
Persia
Korea
India
What did Zen Buddhism contribute to Japanese culture?
a focus on self-reliance, meditation, and devotion to duty
a focus on increasing military power
a decrease in the development of art and drama
a dependence on the customs and traditions of China
In feudal Japan, what group was like a "lord" in Europe?
Shogun
Peasant Farmers
Daimyo
Emperor
