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50 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following statements about Muslim women is not true?
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They often played a role in public life
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To demonstrate their rejection of the Mongols, the Ming emperor
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severed relations with the Middle East and central asia and closed the borders to foreigners
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The rise of literacy in Korea resulted from the
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combination of an improved printing system and the han'gul writing system.
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Much to the distress of the Confucianists the Mongols elevated the status of
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merchants
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The Mongol expansion
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created a flow of disease via the trade routes
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In return for the use of their lord's land, serfs
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had to give the lord a share of the harvest and perform services
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Which of the following has not been a factor in India's habitual political fragmentation historically?
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competition between different claimants for political power
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The test uses the example of Tang style warfare and pottery to demonstarate their
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appreciation for both Turkish and Chinese culture
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To faciliatate communication and trade between North China and South China, the Sui built the
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Grand Canal
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The 1st Mongol conquests under Genghis Khan were in
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China
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The Tang Empire is considered 'cosmopolitan' because
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it mixed styles, goods, and cultures from every part of Asia
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The Greeks viewed the sea as
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an important 'connector'
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The decline of the Tang Empire occurred when
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political decay and military decline undermined the social order
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Chinese maritime innovations included
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compasses and large oceangoing ships.
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Diaspora means
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scattering
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Why didnt ming Chrina develop seafaring for commercial and military gain
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The mongol threat from the north took priority over seafaring.
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Which of the following cannot be said about Zhu Xi's Neo Confucianism?
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The ideal human is the warrior
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By instituting civil service examinations for entrance into the government bureaucracy, the Song
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recruited the most talented men for government service
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Historians state that the song technological innovations led the Song to
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coming closer to having an industrial revolution
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The tributary system was a practice in which
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countries acknowledged the supremacy of the Chinese emperor.
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How did the threat of Mongol invasion affect Japan?
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The Japanese military governments spent a lot of time building coastral defenses, hoping to consolidate the warrior class
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During the Song period, women experiences subordination and social restriction epitomized by the
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footbinding
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Two protracted and bloody wars against the Carthaginians were important because
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Rome won control of the wester Mediterranean
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The Emperor Yongle restored commercial links with the Middle East by
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exploring maritime connections and encouraging the voyages of Zheng He.
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As an advantage of Mongol rule was that
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it promoited the spread of ideas and movement of people in Eurasia
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What metal was crucially important to the Central Asian nomads?
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iron
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How did Mongol control impact Russia's Orthodox Church?
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They were granted great priveleges
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Japanese emperors
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seldom wielded any real political power
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Which of the following Chinese technologies were not among those borrowed by the Koreans to make editions of Buddhist texts?
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moveable type
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Of the many things that Central Asia and the Islamic world introduced to China which of the following was not among them?
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gunpowder
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The religion of the central asian nomads was
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a diverse mixture of various religions.
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Which of hte following was not one of the techniques employed by the Mongols to defeat the armies they faced?
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Diplomacy
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In 1295, the IlKhan ruler Ghazan converted to which religion?
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Islam
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Why did the Mongols refrain from attacking central Europe in 1241
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the death of the Great Khan
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Mongol armies often consisted of
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a multinational force with mongol leaders.
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One impact that the sea treade had on China was the
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transmission of the plague.
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What was the role of Mongol women in politics
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Women from prestigious families were often powerful in negotiation and management
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in 1453 the Ottomans conquered which important Christian city?
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Constantinople
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Which city became Russia's dominant political center under the Mongols?
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Moscow
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Which of the following is not one of the aspects of Mongol rule that created hardship and a sharp population decrease
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their insistence that the Chinese practice agriculture rather than trade.
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After Tibertan government attempts to eliminate the influence of monasteries Tibetan Buddhists responded by
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assassinating the king and controlling the royal family
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The Chinese political system which relied primarily on strict laws and punishments in order to compel the people to behave is called
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Legalism
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Which of the following were not practices connected with monasticism?
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living in society to spread good influence and performing sacraments
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Why didnt China as we think of it today exist before the Mongols?
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The Mongols reunited Chine permanently.
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Which of the followng did the Europeans not learn about from the Mongols?
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porcelain
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The relationship between the leading family in Korea, the Koryo family, and the Mongols was that
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the Koryo family became attatched and loyal to the Mongols.
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The Mongols encouraged the sharing and exchange of all of the following except for
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Confucianism
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The Ming produced one of the most prized commercial products of Eurasia
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porcelain
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in 1368 the Yuan empire was overthrown and replaced by the
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Ming empire
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Why was there a cultural flowering in Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia under the Timurids?
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Iran and China shared artistic trends and political ideas
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