AP World History: Unit 1 - Developments in East Asia

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards testing key historical facts, figures, and concepts from AP World History Unit 1 (c. 1200 to c. 1450).

Between 1200 and 1450, the wealthiest and most innovative empire in the world was the __________ in China.

Song Dynasty

In 1215, King John of England signed the __________.

Magna Carta

In 1258, the Mongols conquered the __________ Empire.

Abbasid

In 1324, Mansa Musa of Mali made his pilgrimage to __________.

Mecca

In 1325, the Aztecs founded the city of __________.

Tenochtitlán

The Song Dynasty began in 960 and lasted until __________.

1279

Pastoralists from Manchuria invaded northern Song lands and established the __________ Dynasty with its capital in Beijing.

Jin

The Chinese imperial bureaucracy had been an ongoing feature of Chinese government since the __________ Dynasty.

Qin

Emperor __________ made special efforts to expand educational opportunities to lower-class men so they could pass the civil service exams.

Song Taizu

The __________ Canal was an inexpensive and efficient internal waterway transportation system that extended over 30,000 miles.

Grand

Innovators in the Song Dynasty used gunpowder to create the first __________.

guns

A fast-ripening and drought-resistant strain of rice from present-day Vietnam that greatly expanded agricultural production was __________ rice.

Champa

The Chinese discovery of coal, referred to as __________ in the 4th century B.C.E., led to the mass production of cast iron goods.

black earth

Under the Song, China experienced __________, a set of economic changes in which rural people made more goods than they could sell.

proto-industrialization

Foreign states paid money or provided goods to honor the Chinese emperor under the __________ system.

tributary

Representatives from tributary states performed a ritual bow called a __________ to show respect to the emperor.

kowtow

Bureaucratic expansion created a new influential social class in China known as the __________.

scholar gentry

The patriarchal practice of __________, which restricted women's mobility, became common among aristocratic families during the Song Dynasty.

foot binding

The Chinese developed woodblock printing and produced a __________ scripture in the 7th century, thought to be the world's first woodblock printed work.

Buddhist

The 7th-century Buddhist monk __________ was instrumental in building Buddhism's popularity in China.

Xuanzang

Combining Buddhist doctrines with Daoist principles created the syncretic faith known as __________ Buddhism.

Chan

The Song Dynasty utilized the Confucian concept of __________, which required family members to subordinate their needs to the male head of the family.

filial piety

Evolving between 770 and 840, __________ combined rational thought with abstract ideas of Daoism and Buddhism.

Neo-Confucianism

Japan's Prince __________ promoted Buddhism and Confucianism alongside Japan's traditional Shinto religion.

Shotoku Taishi

During the __________ Period (794–1185), Japan emulated Chinese traditions in politics, art, and literature.

Heian

In the 11th century, a Japanese writer composed the world's first novel, titled The Tale of __________.

Genji

In 1192, the Minamoto family installed a military ruler known as a __________ to reign over Japan.

shogun

Unlike in China, the landed __________ in Korea held enough power to prevent civil service exams from being open to peasants.

aristocracy

Vietnamese women resisted Chinese influence and rejected Confucian practices such as __________, the practice of having more than one wife at a time.

polygyny

Unlike the extended families common in China, Vietnamese culture preferred __________ families consisting of just a husband, wife, and children.

nuclear