History Exam

Consider this passage from Primary Source 9.3, Analects for Women. Select the part of the passage that shows that external ideas were melded with Confucian ideas about relationships.

"In case misfortune should occur or death take them, let pain penetrate to the marrow of your bones, wail and lament, never forgetting the three years of suckling."

Match the empire to the types of foreign troops it employed to fill the ranks of its army and to patrol its borders.

Abbasid Empire: Amazigh (Berbers), Turkic-speaking people from central Asia. Tang Empire: Uighurs

In order to serve the Tang dynasty, what would candidates for office be required to do?

Demonstrate understanding of Chinese classical literature, as well as Confucian and Daoist teachings

Match each concept to the map whose circled region best illustrates the concept.

Egypt- While there was evidence of religious diversity, the imported religion was promoted here as the state religion. Japan - Christian monastic tradition originated here. North Africa & Southwest Asia - Polities disagreed about a fundamental question: Should our leader be descended from the founder of our religion?

Which of the following measures were directed against the economic impact of Buddhism in Tang China?

Emperor Wuzong closed more than 4,600 monasteries and destroyed 40,000 temples and shrines.

Drag the correct descriptions of the Vikings to the image of the Oseberg ship.

Established commercial ties linking Scandinavia to Constantinople, Crossed the open waters of the Atlantic in ships such as the Oseberg, Colonized the Labrador coast of North America by 982 CE

Match the correct descriptions to this image of an individual representing a powerful military and political force in Tang China.

Eventually a third pillar of Tang imperial rule Formed an all-encompassing network throughout Tang China . Eunuchs who wielded significant power in the imperial household.

During the early days of the Tang dynasty, government efforts to stamp out religious diversity and enforce strict adherence to Confucian teachings intensified.

False

In 754 CE the ruler of the Abbasid Dynasty, al-Mansur, relocated his capital from Baghdad to Damascus in order to be closer to the former glory of the Egyptian pharaohs. True or False?

False

The Grand Canal was built by the Tang following a disastrous civil war between northern Buddhist monks and southern Confucian scholars.

False

The evolution of the Swahili language clearly demonstrated the strict and distinct cultural separation between Arabs and Africans living and working along the East African coast. True or False?

False

Identify the valid statements about Muhammad's interaction with the angel Gabriel in a cave outside of Mecca.

Gabriel spoke to Muhammad in Arabic. Gabriel brought Muhammad a message from God.

Compare these rulers by matching the description label with the correct man.

Harun al-Rashid: Once sent the gift of an elephant to another ruler capital city of his domain was almost forty square miles. Abbasid dynasty, once sent the gift of an elephant to another ruler, capital city of his domain was almost forty square miles. Charlemagne - Holy Roman Emperor, Expanded his western European kingdom through war and plunder, viewed as a "political lightweight" by Islamic rulers

Consider Primary Source 9.4, an excerpt from the Laxdale Saga. Review the reading here. Where did the events in the life of Unn the Deep-Minded take place?

Iceland

In what ways did western Christianity (Roman Catholicism) differ from Judaism, Islam, and eastern Orthodoxy?

In Christianity, only celibate men were allowed to lead prayers. In Christianity, clergymen shaved their beards and heads.

What was the truly distinct theological message that separated eastern Greek Orthodoxy from Roman Catholicism in the west?

Jesus facilitated theosis rather than simply atoning for mankind's sins.

Match the name of each early Muslim woman to the achievement(s) associated with her.

Khadija - showed that Arabian women could inherit property, Muhammad's first follower Aisha- a major source for the sayings of Muhammad, led Muslim armies on camelback Zubaidah - well-educated, made pilgrimages to Mecca, may have been the inspiration for Scheherazade

Drag the correct statements about early Japan to the image of a famous temple.

Like Korea, early Japan engaged in cultural borrowing from China. The promotion of Buddhism as a state religion gave Japan status and prestige. Known for its elevated burial sites, the Tomb Culture helped unify Japan. The introduction of Buddhism and Confucianism in Japan motivated Shinto adherents to organize their beliefs.

Which of the following best explains why Tang Chinese merchants exchanged silk and porcelain in South China port cities with foreign merchants?

Rebellions in the northwest and the rise of Islam in central Asia jeopardized land routes.

After his journey from Mecca, Muhammad put forth a declaration requiring all community disputes to be referred to God and his truest Prophet. What is the name of this declaration?

Constitution of Medina

Refer to the map below, and to the text, to put these events related to the spread of Islam into chronological order.

The Christian Byzantine Empire controlled the cities of Carthage, Alexandria, and Damascus. Muslim soldiers, under leadership of the "rightly guided caliphs," gained control of Alexandria, Damascus, and most of the Sasanian Empire. The Muslim Umayyad caliphate took control of western Mediterranean cities like Carthage, Cordoba, and Toledo. The Abbasid caliphate replaced the Umayyad caliphate and shifted the center of Islamic leadership east to Baghdad.

Western European Christians looked to the Roman Catholic Church to replace the lost political unity after the fall of the Roman Empire. True or False?

True

Which statement best describes the career of Empress Wu?

Wu was a prominent example of the power of royal wives and mothers

Complete the following passage comparing the Primary Sources 9.1 and 9.2 with regard to how they relate to women.

The Sura 4 of the Quran, An-Nisa, largely addresses property and marriage rights of women. In combination with various hadith, religious scholars used it to formulate sharia. By contrast, the Law of Adamnan restricts armies from harming women and children during warfare. It was signed by kings, nobles, and religious authorities, but it is not clear if it was successfully enforced.

Match these examples of Muslim cultural borrowing and diffusion with their source regions to illustrate the blossoming of Abbasid culture.

China: Siege warfare, Development and use of paper Ancient Greece: Translations of Aristotle and Hippocrates, Knowledge of plants India: numbering system based upon concept of zero

Between 600 and 1000 CE, the newest and most powerful force that split and divided the peoples of Afro-Eurasia was religion. True or False?

True

Identify one significant turning point that ultimately led to decline of the Tang Empire.

Muslim forces drove the Tang from Turkistan at the Battle of Talas River

Drag the correct descriptions of the five pillars of Islam to the image of this city, in which you see thousands of Muslims practicing their faith.

Prayer throughout the day, Religious travel during one's lifetime, Alleviate the plight of the poor, Religious fasting that lasts a lunar month, Belief in monotheism.

At its height, the Tang dynasty maintained both a huge cavalry and a large army in order to defend its far-flung borders and contain rebellion. True or False ?

True

The Quran outlines very clear rules about property for women. Select the parts of this passage from Sura 4 of the Quran that establish specific quantitative rules about women inheriting property.

The male shall have the equal of the portion of two females; then if there are more than two females, they shall have two-thirds of what the deceased has left, and if there is one, she shall have the half; and as for his parents, each of them shall have the sixth of what he has left if he has a child, but if he has no child and (only) his two parents inherit him, then his mother shall have the third; but if he has brothers, then his mother shall have the sixth after (the payment of) a bequest he may have bequeathed or a debt.

Why were the "rightly guided caliphs" successful after the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 CE?

They linked correct religious practice with universal appeal, in addition to empire building and territorial expansion.

Identify the correct statements regarding the role of monasticism in the spread of Christianity throughout Europe, and drag them to this photograph of the St. Gallen Monastery.

This monastic tradition did not originate in Europe. Copies of the Bible were produced in monasteries by hand and in Latin, a sacred language for Roman Catholics.

According to Japanese sources and claims, Prince Shotoku introduced Buddhism to Japan in addition to promoting Confucianism during his reign.

True

Art collectors throughout Afro-Eurasia desired Tang textiles, such as brocade and tricolor pottery with brilliant hues produced in workshops in the Yangzi delta.

True

The realm of European Christendom was unified and constituted by two institutions of the faith known as which of the following?

the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches