Unit 5 History Test Review

What was established as a trade route to as far west as Europe?

The Silk Road

Legalism is based on the idea that people are inherently what?

Selfish and immoral

Alter Mongol conquest, there was a time of peace that lasted about 100 years known as what?

Pax Mongolica

In China, who was responsible for reeling and spinning silk?

Women

What was the long state of constant warfare in China called?

The Warring State Period

After the Gupta Empire, how many years passed until India saw another empire?

1000

The expansion of the Mongol Empire became known as what due to the color of their tents?

Golden Horde

Who is the founder of Daoism (Taoism)?

Loa Tzu

Why did China make a market out of silk?

It was highly coveted and valuable

What was arguably the biggest success of the Han Dynasty?

Unifying China

What did the Chinese trade silk for with the nomads?

Horses

What animal was used primarily for transportation along the Silk Roads?

Camels

Which of the following did NOT occur while Asoka was king in India?

Trade went down

Which dyisty took over afterthe Qin Dynasty?

Han

Stability from governments provided what for traders?

Safety

The Song Dynasty was the first known empire to use what?

Gunpowder

Which of the following was NOT a contribution from the Middle East because of the Silk Roads?

The development of the decimal system

Chandragupta was very _____which caused him to hire a secret police, create secret tunnels through his castle, and have his serv (couldn’t get the rest)

Paranoid

Which of the following was not o good traded from China to the East along the Silk Roads?

Tobacco

Who started Confucianism?

Confucius

Who proclaimed himself Emperor of China and established the Yuan dynasty?

Kublai Khan

Winch of the following was NOT a contribution from india because of the Silk Roads?

Advanced medicine and surgery

Japan is Nippon or Nihon which translates to what?

Land on the rising sun

How many provinces did Chandragupta Mauyra divide India into?

4

Which religion soread through China during the Song Dynasty?

Buddhism

What is Filial Piety?

Respect for your parents and elders

What was the most important profession during the Han Dynasty despite trade doing well?

Agriculture

Oin Shi Huang established what type of government that has unlimited power?

Autocracy

Who declared himself to be the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty?

Ying Zheng

We had a fire drill today

True or false

Which king was responsible for spreading Buddhism into China?

Asoka

What does an emperor receive from God that says he has a divine right to rule?

The Mandate of Heaven

How did the forced labor and high taxes to build the Great Wall of China make the people of China feel?

Upset

Which of the following was NOT a contribution from the Byzantine Empire because of the Silk Roads?

Advanced medicine and surgery

An achievement of India was that they created a vaccine for what disease?

Smallpox

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the decline of the Tang Dynasty?

A disagreement of who should be emperor leading to a civil war

During the Song Dynasty, which of the following is not considered to be part of its golden age?

Education

Which of the following was NOT a contribution from China to the world because of the Silk Roads?

Sail boats

Which dynasty started the Golden Age of China?

Tang

What is the name of the cycle that continues dynasties throughout China?

Dynastic cycle

Kautilya, who wrote guidelines for rulers that outlined strict policies designed to hold the vast territory together called

Arthasatra

What system was created to where officials would win positions by merit rather than through family connections?

civil service exams

What was the primary reason behind building the Great Wall of China?

To keep out northern invaders

Japan was a feudal society that practice which form of government?

Aristocracy

Which of the following is a system of departments and agencies that carry out the work of the government.

Bureaucracy