Asia/Africa test

Question 1

What is kamikaze?

Answer 1

a divine wind.

Question 2

Trade increased between Muslim and Indian lands under their leadership.

Answer 2

Delhi Sultanate

Question 3

Indicated there was a strong central government under the Tang dynasty.

Answer 3

land reform

Question 4

What is land reform?

Answer 4

the Tang emperors redistributed land to peasants. This policy weakened the power of large landowners. At the same time, it increased government revenues, since the peasants could now pay taxes

Question 5

What did the Ottomans label the Safavids because they despised them?

Answer 5

Heretics

Question 6

Indian leader who converted to Buddhism after his massacre at Kalinga.

Answer 6

Asoka

Question 7

Its proximity to Korea allowed for many traditions to be shared.

Answer 7

China

Question 8

This was used to trace migrations of African tribes.

Answer 8

Bantu language

Question 9

True ruler of Japan

Answer 9

shogun

Question 10

Chinese leader who opened up the Silk Road for trade to the west

Answer 10

Wudi

Question 11

International exploration ended after Zheng He’s passing to protect . . .

Answer 11

Confucian beliefs

Question 12

Removed hereditary positions and replaced them with paid government officials (India)

Answer 12

Akbar the Great

Question 13

The only clan to serve as emperors of Japan

Answer 13

Yamato

Question 14

Chinese dynasty responsible for building the most recognizable portions of the great wall

Answer 14

Ming

Question 15

Three major dynasties of China

Answer 15

Song, Tang, and Ming

Question 16

Remnants of Chinese porcelain found here indicate trade occured.

Answer 16

Great Zimbabwe

Question 17

Korean alphabet

Answer 17

hangul

Question 18

Indian leader who created a bureaucracy to establish order in his empire.

Answer 18

Chandragupta Maurya

Question 19

He had paid officials in place of inherited officeholders to support his government

Answer 19

Chandragupta Maurya

Question 20

This dynasty brought in the borders following the Song, to make a stronger, more centralized government

Answer 20

Song

Question 21

Power is often of _____________ descent in Southeast Asia

Answer 21

matrilineal (matriarchal)

Question 22

Korea adopted many traditions/ beliefs from this country

Answer 22

China

Question 23

The largest mud structure in the world

Answer 23

Great Mosque at Djenne

Question 24

He allowed religious toleration and brought Islamic scholars to Africa after completing his hajj

Answer 24

Mansa Musa

Question 25

Dominant faith in North Africa

Answer 25

Islam

Question 26

Key trade goods of southeast Asia

Answer 26

spices

Question 27

Largest Muslim country in the world

Answer 27

Indonesia

Question 28

The Kmher empire greatly influenced this Asian country

Answer 28

Cambodia

Question 29

Government positions in China were awarded according to the . . .

Answer 29

civil service system

Question 30

Mongolian leader who created an empire spreading from Eastern Europe to the Pacific Ocean

Answer 30

Ghengis Khan

Question 31

China under the Khan dynsaty

Answer 31

Yuan

Question 32

Italian explorer who served in Kublai Khan's court

Answer 32

Marco Polo

Question 33

Who wrote the first full-length novel ever printed (Tale of Gengi)?

Answer 33

Murasaki Shikibu

Question 34

Brought Confucian idea to Korea

Answer 34

Wudi

Question 35

Fine porcelain with a blue-green glaze

Answer 35

Celadon

Question 36

Korean war machines

Answer 36

turtle ships

Question 37

Favored religion in most of Asia

Answer 37

Mahayana Buddhism

Question 38

A national landmark that heavily influences Japanese weather

Answer 38

Ring of Fire

Question 39

A cultural ceremony adopted from the Chinese

Answer 39

tea ceremony

Question 40

Bushido is

Answer 40

samurai honor code

Question 41

Asian theater style in which all actors paint their face with white makeup

Answer 41

kabuki

Question 42

Chinese practice of elite women

Answer 42

foot binding

Question 43

The region of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco was known as

Answer 43

Maghrib

Question 44

Independent mountain and desert dwellers

Answer 44

berbers

Question 45

Almorovids became Moors when they took over this territory

Answer 45

Moors

Question 46

large desert in Ghana

Answer 46

Saharan

Question 47

First great leader of Mali

Answer 47

Sundiata

Question 48

Famous city constructed by Mansa Musa's orders

Answer 48

Timbuktu

Question 49

Which culture was known for its bronze works?

Answer 49

Benin

Question 50

Bantu and Arabic language

Answer 50

Swahili

Question 51

First European culture to sail around the tip of Africa

Answer 51

Portuguese

Question 52

The people of Great Zimbabwe were known as . . .

Answer 52

Shona

Question 53

Ancient polytheistic religion in which gods can take multiple forms

Answer 53

Hinduism

Question 54

one's 'essential self'

Answer 54

atman

Question 55

union with brahman

Answer 55

moksha

Question 56

Indian social ladder

Answer 56

caste system

Question 57

Most successful Mauryan emperor

Answer 57

Asoka

Question 58

Geographic location of India

Answer 58

Deccan plateau

Question 59

What mathematical development was made?

Answer 59

decimal system

Question 60

Rite in which a wife was to throw herself on her husband's funeral pyre

Answer 60

sati

Question 61

Important poets

Answer 61

1. Li Bo 2. Tu Fu

Question 62

Who built the Taj Mahal?

Answer 62

Shah Jahan built it for his wife.

Question 63

What did the Tang and Song dynasties do?

Answer 63

1. Faded the power of aristocratic families 2. civil service system 3. women's status further declined

Question 64

Why is the Yuan dynasty important to China?

Answer 64

It reunited China & spread chinese culture

Question 65

Who brought Buddhism to Japan?

Answer 65

korea

Question 66

How did India influence Korea?

Answer 66

1. architecture: Angkor Wat & temple at borbodur 2. Hindu and Buddhist faith 3. Languages & art forms

Question 67

How did China influence Korea?

Answer 67

1. Political influence: demanded tribute from local leaders 2. Koryu modeled its central government after China 3. Writing system