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APWH 1.1 & 1.2 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The responsibility of children to respect, obey, and care for their parents...

a)

Mandate of Heaven

b)

filial piety

c)

Legalism

d)

Dao

2.

Which of the following countries were tributary states during the period 1200-1450?

a)

Vietnam

b)

Korea

c)

Tibet

d)

Japan

3.

What do Vietnam, Japan, and Korea have in common?

a)

They all have languages that stem from the same linguistic family.

b)

China left a lasting cultural and religious imprint on them.

c)

All were once colonies of the Mongols.

d)

All were conquered by the Song dynasty and ruled by the imperial bureaucracy.

4.

A canal linking northern and southern China improved during the song dynasty

a)

Suez Canal

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Grand Canal

d)

Suzhou Canal

5.

Which of the following belief systems has shaped the Chinese political system since the 6th century, emphasized the importance of order and harmony, reinforced the citizens to submit to the emperor's power, reinforced emperor's responsibility to fulfill his duties, contradicts egalitarian ideology with its central belief in unequal relationships?

a)

Confucianism

b)

Taoism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Falun Gong

6.

What Eastern religion was threatened by the rising power of the Confucian inspired Bureaucracy in the Tang and Song Dynasties?

a)

Daoism

b)

Legalism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Islam

7.

What was an example of male dominance (as dictated by Confucian thought) practiced and emphasized in China by the upper class?

a)

High heel shoes

b)

foot binding

c)

body shaper

d)

Neck rings

8.

During the Song period, entry into the government bureaucracy was based on

a)

social status

b)

the merit system (performance on a civil service exam)

c)

family wealth

d)

success in trade

9.

Which of the following best explains an advantage of shifting to paper currency?

a)

Paper currency was cheaper to manufacture.

b)

Paper currency was harder to counterfeit.

c)

Paper currency was more durable.

d)

Paper currency was easier to use during traveling.

10.

The Tang and Song Dynasties are often known as the

a)

end of Chinese Civilization

b)

Dynastic Cycle

c)

Golden Age of China

d)

Warring States Period

11.

At the House of Wisdom, Islamic scholars translated and built upon the works of -

a)

Persian astrologers

b)

Greek and Roman scholars

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Gandhi

12.

Why did the believers of Islam split into two factions after the death of Muhammad?

a)

Conflict over trade relations

b)

Muslim women wanted more rights

c)

Some Muslims wanted to change the Holy Book

d)

Conflict over the rightful caliph

13.
A series of rulers all from the same family is referred to as 
a)
a kingdom
b)
an empire
c)
a dynasty
d)
the king's list
14.

Between the years 1200 to 1450, what three religions most influenced Europe, Africa and the Middle East?

a)

Judaism, Buddhism, Islam

b)

Buddhism. Judaism, Christianity

c)

Islam, Buddhism, Judaism

d)

Christianity, Judaism, Islam

15.

Under the Abbasid Caliphate, what city became their center of politics, trade, and learning?

a)

Istanbul

b)

Mecca

c)

Baghdad

d)

Cairo

16.

What is Dar-al-Islam ?

a)

Conquered people who adopt both Arab and Muslim culture

b)

A term used to describe all states controlled by an Islamic government

c)

A term used to describe the Mongol conquests of Islamic lands

d)

People in West Africa who went on the caravan with Mansa Musa

17.

What was the "House of Wisdom"?

a)

A holding place for knowledge in Baghdad for the Delhi Sultanate until its destruction by the Hindus in 1258 CE.

b)

A holding place for knowledge in Baghdad for the West Africans until its destruction by the Mongols in 1258 CE.

c)

A holding place for knowledge in Timbuktu for the West Africans until its destruction by the Mongols in 1258 CE.

d)

A holding place for knowledge in Baghdad for the Abbasids until its destruction by the Mongols in 1258 CE.

18.

Which of the following groups invaded the Abbasid Empire at the "Siege of Baghdad?"

a)

Mamluks

b)

Crusaders

c)

Seljuk Turks

d)

Mongols

19.

Check all of the intellectual innovations and advancements made during the Islamic Golden Age.

a)

Map Making (Cartography)

b)

Compass

c)

Astronomy

d)

Algebra

e)

Trigonometry

20.

When Muhammad died, there was a crisis of succession which caused Islam to split into two distinct sects. What are these sects called?

a)

Umayyads & Abbasids

b)

Arabic & Turkish

c)

Sunni & Shia

d)

Mecca & Medina