Chapter 16

Question 1

Asoka

Answer 1

Maurya Empire’s greatest ruler

Question 2

Tsai Luni

Answer 2

Invented Paper

Question 3

Pi Sheng

Answer 3

Chinese Printer and Alchemist

Question 4

Shin Huang Ti

Answer 4

Imperial Ruler of Chin Dynasty

Question 5

Genghis Khan

Answer 5

Conquered Northern China & Korea

Question 6

Prince Shotoku

Answer 6

Founder of Japan

Question 7

Prince Henry the navigator

Answer 7

3rd son of King John I of portugal

Question 8

Marco Polo

Answer 8

Son of Italian merchant

Question 9

Leif Erikson

Answer 9

Viking Sailed to America AD1000

Question 10

Christopher Columbus

Answer 10

Discovered America

Question 11

Vasco da gama

Answer 11

1st European to reach far east by sea

Question 12

Amerigo Verspucci

Answer 12

Realized that Columbus discovered a new continent and not just a part of Asia

Question 13

Spanish Explorers

Answer 13

De Leon, De Balboa, Cortes, Pizarro, Coronado, De Soto, Cabrillo

Question 14

Phillip II

Answer 14

Led the new crusade

Question 15

Pedro Cabral

Answer 15

Discovered Brazil

Question 16

French Explorers

Answer 16

Verrazano, Cartier, Champlain, Marquette, Joliet, De la Salle

Question 17

Henry Hudson

Answer 17

English Navigator

Question 18

English Explorers

Answer 18

Cabot, Drake, Raleigh

Question 19

Maurya Empire

Answer 19

Established by Asoka by driving out the greeks and conquering northwestern India

Question 20

Mogul Empire

Answer 20

Muslims invaded India creating the Mogul Empire in 1526

Question 21

Caste system

Answer 21

A strict social structure of Hinduism

Question 22

Hinduism

Answer 22

belief in many gods and reincarnation

Question 23

Buddhism

Answer 23

Believe that man’s righteousness is the path to perfect peace and happiness.

Question 24

Reincarnation

Answer 24

Continuous process of rebirth. The soul appears after death in another body.

Question 25

Shang Dynasty

Answer 25

Developed the system of writing

Question 26

Ch'In Dynasty

Answer 26

Created after the fall of the Ch'ou dynasty. Irrigation, network of roads and travel.

Question 27

Great wall of China

Answer 27

Built during Ch'in Dynasty. To protect against the nomadic Barbarous Huns

Question 28

Han Dynasty

Answer 28

Start of Buddhism in China. Devised 365 1/4 day calendar & China pottery

Question 29

Confucianism

Answer 29

High standards of morality is the savior of society

Question 30

Taoism

Answer 30

Emphasized harmony with nature

Question 31

Yamato

Answer 31

Warring clan that ruled over Japan around the 4th century

Question 32

Shinto

Answer 32

Oldest surviving religion of Japan

Question 33

Age of Exploration

Answer 33

Founding of the Western Civilzation