Exam 3 Study Cards, World Civilizations Chapters 9 - 12
Where was the capital of the Kushan Kingdom located?
Bactria
Nara and Heian were modeled on the city of
Chang'an
In addition to Roman and Christian traditions, which other cultural influence was most important in shaping early medieval Europe?
Germanic tribes
What was the last of the Muslim kingdoms in medieval Spain?
Granada
The earliest known Neolithic inhabitants of Japan are known as the
Jomon
Because of the threat of the Khitan nomads, the first capital of the Song dynasty was _____, and additional threats from the north later forced the Song to move the capital to _____.
Kaifeng / Hangzhou
Who was the greatest of the Kushan rulers?
Kanishka
The Turkish-speaking tribal group that ultimately overthrew the Tang were the
Kirghiz
The Buddhists who applied the term "lesser vehicle" to their rivals were eventually known as
Mahayana
Islam was spread through parts of India by the military advances of
Mahmud of Ghazni
In 800, Charlemagne was crowned
Roman Emperor
The four Japanese islands are
Shikoku, Kyushu, Hokkaido, and Honshu
Most Indian Hindus
adopted the Muslim custom of purdah
The Sui Dynasty
completed the new Grand Canal system linking the Yellow and the Yangtze river valleys
All of the following contributed to the fall of the Tang except
invasion by the Mongols
Medieval European cities ended to rely on _____ for drinking water
wells
Indian religious groups
were strikingly different
The incursions of the Scandinavian Vikings into other parts of Europe
were successful because their ships had a shallow draft, allowing them to sail far up rivers
Vassals
were supported by the income from a fief of land
The transformation of Brahmanism into Hinduism was complete by the end of the
1st millennium CE
Over the course of the three centuries after the fall of the Han and before the rise of the Sui Dynasty,
Buddhism developed a much wider following among the Chinese people
Which of the following was not a factor in the decline of Buddhism in India?
Buddhism's reinforcement of the Indian caste system
As a result of early Tang rule,
Buddhist influence helped to produce a blossoming of Chinese culture
Known as "the way of the warrior," the strict code of the Japanese retainer was called
Bushido
The early Frankish king and representative of the Merovingian dynasty was
Clovis
India's "golden age" is traditionally associated with the
Gupta dynasty
The "shogunate system" was established by
Minamoto Yoritomo
Of the following Chinese dynasties, which one was the most recent?
Ming
When Marco Polo visited China the country was under the control of the
Mongols
Which of the following did not invade Europe during the 9th and 10th centuries?
Mongols
The two early Japanese capitals were _____ and _____.
Nara, Heian
In reaction to the Tang infiltration into the Korean Peninsula,
Shotoku Taishi made contacts with Tang rulers in order to adopt Chinese governing methods
Rice became the main food crop in china during which dynasty?
Song
The Mongol khan from Samarkand who attacked the Islamic state of the Tughluq Dynasty was
Tamerlane
One of the main reasons for the demise of the Tang Dynasty was its inability to effectively solve the problem of land distribution. Which of the following statements can serve as a valid explanation for this policy failure?
The increasing concentration of land in the hands of the rich and politically influential, coupled with rising food production, led to increasing pressure on the land distribution system
Islam was introduced to north-western India by _____ peoples
Turkic
The name given to the Asian region northwest of traditional China that was pacified by the Tang was
Xinjiang
The so-called "seventeen-article constitution" involved
a centralized government under a supreme ruler and a merit system
In rural India,
a great deal of cotton was grown; more, indeed than anywhere else
With the increase in trade and urban activities during the Tang and Song eras,
a landed gentry class assumed a position of social and economic dominance
During the Middle Ages, the Slavic peoples of Eastern Europe
adopted either Catholic or Orthodox Christianity, depending on their geographic settlement
The practice of 'sati'
affected only upper-class women
Wu Zhao
became empress of China
Most historians tend to agree that the term 'feudalism'
can be a useful tool for the comparative study of societies
Japanese creation stories
connected the physical creation of Japan with the emergence of the imperial line
The early medieval church in the West
developed a more organized monastic structure under Saint Benedict
The 7th century Japanese constitution
exhibits important Confucian influences
State Confucianism
expressed a traditional, activist element in Chinese philosophy
The piece of land that provided the feudal vassal's economic support was the
fief
Nanak
founded a new religious movement, although he had originally tried to integrate Hindu and Muslim ideas and practices
The essence of the "shogunate system" was that
governmental power became centralized under shogun, while the emperor ruled in name only
Civil service examinations
heavily favored aristocrats during the Tang dynasty
In the Chinese civil service examination system,
in comparison to other civilizations, the process provided a means for upward social mobility
Aristocratic medieval women
in unusual circumstances, could play a major role, as did Eleanor of Aquitaine
Monasticism in medieval Europe
included women, many of whom belonged to royal families
Which of the following statements is not a valid observation about the Sui Dynasty
it permanently incorporated Korea into the Chinese domain
Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire accomplished all of the following except
it restored an urban economy based upon the use of money
Which of the following describes the Kushan kingdom?
it was an important intermediary in the Rome-China trade along the Silk Road
The Japanese word that refers to the "divine wind" of the massive typhoon that destroyed the invading Mongol fleet of Khubilai Khan is
kamikaze
The personal element of Feudalism was most symbolized in the relationships involving
lords and vassals
In the Chinese civil service examination system
many candidates who passed the first examination did not go on to a higher level
Feudalism refers to a
medieval trade of land use for military service
Which of the following was not a characteristic of Japanese samurai?
member of one of the three classes of commoners
Medieval town populations were primarily comprised of
merchants and artisans
In terms of its relations with neighboring powers, the Song
met their ultimate demise at the hands of the Mongols
The new class of Japanese military officials and retainers whose purpose was to protect their patrons and their property was the
samurai
Who were the Asian people, defeated at the Battle of Lechfeld, who became Christians and went on to establish the Kingdom of Hungary?
the Magyars
In the divisions within Buddhism, those who followed the school of Theravada believed in
the importance of strict attention to personal behavior as a means to escape the 'wheel of life.'
Which of the following is true of the Japanese islands
the nearness to the Asian and Pacific tectonic plates causes it to be subject to violent earthquakes
Where did the dominant power in Medieval European society come from?
the nobility
After the death of Shotuku Taishi,
the unequal availability of the civil service examinations enabled the aristocracy to dominate the government
Which of the following was accomplished by medieval Christian monasteries?
they served as centers of learning
Sikhism
tried to blend Islam and Hinduism
All of the following were true of the Kushan Kingdom except
under King Kanishka, Buddhism was outlawed and destroyed
Shotuku Taishi
used Chinese political procedures to strengthen Japanese unity to resist Chinese power
Mahayana Buddhism
was a reinterpretation of Buddhism as a religion rather than a philosophy
All of the following are correct regarding the development of fief-holding except it
was a result of the Church's attempt to give serfs and peasants more social mobility
The Kushan kingdom
was an important conduit for Buddhism from India to China
Agriculture in Japan
was fundamentally changed by the introduction of rice cultivation about 400 B.C.E.
The Chinese civil service examination system
was unable to solve the problem of officials using their positions to help their relatives