East Asian History Unit Quiz Questions

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1.1 How did the nature of warfare change between the beginning of the Eastern Zhou (Spring and Autumn Period) and its end (Warring States Period)?

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All sense of honor or heroism in warfare vanished by the end of the Warring States Period.

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1.2 Who were the shi and why were they so important to the Eastern Zhou?

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Shi were lower nobility who were advisors to the emperor.

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1.3 Name 2 schools that arose during the Eastern Zhou and their central characteristics/beliefs.

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1. Confucianism believed in filial piety.
2. Daoism believed in nonresistance.

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1.4 What was one major political innovation/public works project initiated by the 1st Qin Emperor?

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The Great Wall of China

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1.5 True or False: One way the Han Dynasty differed from the Qin Empire was in its public support of Confucianism.

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False

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1.EC Who did NOT live during the Han Dynasty?
Wang Mang, Sunzi, Emperor Wu, or Li Si?

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Sunzi

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2.1 Give 2 distinguishing characteristics of Buddhism.

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1. Anyone can do it
2. Does not require that you give up worshipping local deities.

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2.2 T or F: Because of the defensive capacity of the Great Wall and new military tech, Han Chinese effectively prevented northern peoples from invading China during the 300-500s.

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False

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2.3 Give 1 reason why Buddhism spread during the period of disunity.

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Because it offered something to everyone and could be understood and practiced by the masses

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2.4 List two major administrative achievements of the Si and Tang dynasties.

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1. Salt taxing
2. Equal land policy

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2.5 Give one way that the Tang dynasty after the An Lushun rebellion was different from the Tang dynasty previously.

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Gave up strict government control of taxation and trade.

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2EC Which two weren't important during the Tang dynasty? Yan Zhitui, Empress Wu, Du Fu, Cao Cao?

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Yan Zhitui, Cao Cao

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3.1 T or F, One major cultural influence from Central and Western Asia that China, Korean, and Japan received during the 7th & 9th century was in music.

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True

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3.2 Give an example of how Chinese civilization influenced the development of early Korea.

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Chinese writing

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3.3 Give two ways that Silla Korea continued to differ from Chinese civilization.

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1. Warrior leaders
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3.4 What was one way that early Japan was influenced more by Korea than by China?

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Language

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3.5 List two ways that the Yamato rules transformed their polity after 500.

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1. Conquered Barbarians to the North
2. Tried to centralized power to just one form of ruling (get rid of elites power and aristocracy)
3. Tried to incorporate Confucianism into the govt

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4.1 List 2 important developments that took place during China's Medieval "economic revolution"

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1. Paper making
2. Better techniques for making steel

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4.2 How did the government of the North Sung differ from earlier Tang dynasty precedents?

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The Song scholar class played more of an important role in govt policy during the Northern Song.

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4.3 What was one way (besides the growth of charitable estates) that the Southern Song differed from the Northern Song?

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Southern Song began to look more at Neo-Confucianism, while in the North older style Confucianism was prominent during this time.

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4.4 List one factor behind the emergence of local charitable estates in the Southern Song.

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A loss of confidence in the state's ability to aid the elites caused them to create estates in order to look out for family's future.

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4.5 T or F: the rapid growth of charitable estates in the Southern Song were primarily due to the active encouragement of the Gaozong emperor.

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False

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5.1 Name one way in which Heian govt policies differed from those of the Nara period.

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Ended conscription of commoners in the Heian.

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5.2 T or F: With the increasing militarization of society after 800, Japan witnessed a sudden disappearance of influential women in its culture and politics.

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False

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5.3 What was the estate system and why did it change after the mid 1000's?

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The estate system was a way of passing down estate in family lineage.

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5.4 List one way that the Kamakura system of rule differed from that of the Heian period.

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Warriors held power during the Kamakura.

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5.5 List one way that the Buddhist sects of the Kamakura period differed from those of the previous eras.

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They more or less stopped using "Chinese Buddhism

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6.1 Give one reason why the Mongols were so sucessful in conquering much of Eurasia during the 1200s.

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Small, quick horses allowed for more complicated horseback battle maneuvers.

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6.2 What was one way that Mongol conquest impacted the history of Koryo Korea?

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6.3 How did the two attempted invasions of the Mongols affect Kamakura Japan?

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6.4 T or F, Despite the often harsh treatment of Chinese by the Mongols, many Chinese did end up serving the new Yuan dynasty.

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True

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6.5 List two ways that the Yuan dynasty changed Chinese society or culture.

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7.1 One way that the Ashikaga political structure differed from the Kamakura.

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7.2 What were two important social/economic developments that took place during the 14th and 15th centuries?

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1. Decline of women's political power
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7.3 T or F: because of the rise of the samurai during the Ashikaga/Muromachi period, Japan witnessed a virtual stagnation in art and literature.

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False

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7.5 What was an ikki?

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A league of people in a village who banded together against the daimyo, but no one person had more power.

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8.1 List one important accomplishment of the Choson kings during the 15th century.

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Defeated the Wako pirates!

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8.2 What was one way that the dominance of the yangban influenced Choson society or politics?

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Yangban wanted an ideal Confucian society, so there was the publication of Confucian propaganda to teach women their place in this new society.

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8.3 How did the Korean economy begin to change after the 1600s?

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Increased agricultural productivity

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8.4 T or F: The Choson dynasty saw greater emphasis on women's, particularly elite women's education.

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True

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8.5 Beyond the realm of education, how did the place of women change during the Choson dynasty?

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Wives were divided between primary and secondary. Primary wives ran the household and secondary wives were essentially concubines.

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9.1 List two important accomplishments of the early Ming Dynasty (up through 1425).

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1. Registration of land & people for tax reform
2. Sea voyages to distant countries

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9.2 List one long term weakness of the Ming State.

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Eunuch control of the court and. bureaucracy

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9.3 Beyond the central govt and state projects, what was one way Chinese society and or culture was changing during the Ming?

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Expression of popular culture in novels and plays.

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9.4 List one way that the Qing government differed from the Ming.

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9.5 T or F: due to the turmoil of the Ming-Qing transition in the 17th century, economic activity in China essentially ceased between 1600-1800.

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False

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10.1 List two ways that the Tokugawa polity tried to lock down Japanese society, politics or economy.

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1. People weren't allowed to travel except for pilgrimages and to visit relatives.
2. Hereditary occupations
3. Fixed rate taxes for villages

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10.2 How did the Japanese economy change during the 1600s and 1700s?

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Became a consumer society--people would rather purchase goods than make them.

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10.3 What was one major cultural, artistic, or intellectual development during the Tokugawa?

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Kabuki theater

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10.4 List one way that Tokugawa gender relations differed from the late 19th and 20th century

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Women and men shared productive and reproductive roles in the household.

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10.5 T or F: Despite common stereotype, the division of labor in many nonelite Tokugawa households was not rigidly gender based.

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True