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Match Dynasty to its description

1) Expanded territory and size of Empire West, conquering nomads of central Asia and going as far as Afghanistan
2) The first to consolidate China after the Period of 6 dynasties and responsible for constructing Great Wall
3) Lost the Northern part of China to Nomads, well known for cultural achievments and technological advancements

A. Sui
B. Tang
C. Song

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1) C: Song Dynasty: Expanded territory and size of Empire West, conquering nomads of central Asia and going as far as Afghanistan
2) B: Tang Dynasty: The first to consolidate China after the Period of 6 dynasties and responsible for constructing Great Wall
3) A: Sui Dynasty Lost the Northern part of China to Nomads, well known for cultural achievments and technological advancements

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The _____ was the last Dynasty to rule over a consolidated China, before the period of 6 Dynasties began

a. Zhou
b. Han
c. Qin
d. Song

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d. Song

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Which is true about Emperor Wendi

a. Reunited the core of China following 6 dynasties
b. Won support by lowering taxes
c. Favored Warrior Class over Confucian scholars
d. Established granaries throughout empire

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a. Reunited the core of China following 6 dynasties
c. Favored Warrior Class over Confucian scholars
d. Established granaries throughout empire

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What is true about Emperor Yangdi ?

a. Murdered his father
b. Was assassinated
c. Constructed Grand Canal
d. Resented for over luxurious and waste full lifestyle

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All

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Which is true of the Tang Military ?

  1. Conquered Turkish nomands and established Frontier Armies
  2. Overran Korea
  3. Held sons of Turk leaders hostage
  4. Invaded Japan
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All

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In order to govern empire, the Tang Dynasty re-asserted the postion of Confucian scholars over Warrior Nobles. T or F

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true ?

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The capital of the Tang dynasty was ____________. It had over 2 million people which made the largest city in the world at the time

a. Jinhshi
b. Cambaluc
c. Luoyang
d. Chang’an

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d. Chang’an

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Which orgainzation was in charge of Civil Service exams in the Tang Dynasty ?

a. Ministry of Rites
b. Ministry of Doom
c. Ministry of Logic
d. Ministry of Magic

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a. Ministry of Rites

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A scholar who passed the exams on legal classices earned the title of __________________, and immediately raised prestige of their family’s name

a. The Dude
b. Guru
c. Jinshi
d. noble

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c. Jinshi

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The Pure Land strain of Buddhism emphasized importance of eternal salvation, which is why it won such a large following with the upper class. T or F

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False. It was popular with the masses

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Buddhism was nearly made official religion by

a. Emperor Wendi
b. Emperor Wuzong
c. Empress Wu
d. EmperorTaizu

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c. Wu

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Which government body was in charge of regulating government officials and preventing corruption ?

a. Ministry of Rites
b. Men in Black
c. Bureau of Censors
d. Cominterm

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c. Bureau of Censors

A powerful Bureau in Tang era China that tracked all the officials and their records, also conducted the Chinese Census.

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Which are reasons Buddhism was persecuted towards end of Tang Dynasty ?

a. Monasteries were exempt from taxes
b. Monastery laborers were exempt from conscription
c. Emperor Wuzong was rejected from monastery as a child
d. Monasteries received large amounts of money and land from wealthy

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All

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Which contributed to fall of the Tang Dynasty

a. Emperor Xuanzong begins indulging in arts, women, music
b. Royal Concubine Yang Guifei positions her family in the imperial court
c. Yang Guifei’s greedy family sparked a general revolt
d. All

A

All

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What happened to Yang Guifei ?

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Executed by General An-Lushan

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How did Sui Dynasty fall ?

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Yangdi murdered his father Wendi.

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What is Grand Canal

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Constructed during the Tang and Song time period, connected major cities to the north and south of China, this waterway could carry grain and food to the growing Chinese population

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What is meritocracy and how was it demonstrated in Tang dynasty ?

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Advancement due to ability. Through Ministry of Rites and civil service exams. But birth and family influence still important

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In order to prevent regioanl militarism, the Song Dynasty rotated military commanders and allowed only civil officials to be provincial governors. T or F

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True

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The scholar class and bureaucracy became bloated, overpaid and bloated during Song Dyansty.

T or F.

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True

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Which is true of Neo-Confucians

a. It is in response to popularity of Buddhism in China
b. they reinforce patriarchal structure of Confucianism
c. maintaiing confucian heritage breeds xenophobia
d. All

A

All

22
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Which of the following poets was famous and wealthy during his life time ?

a. Du Fu
b. Li Bai

A

b. Li Bai

23
Q

Flying Money was an early form of Credit/currency that greatly reduced risk of robbery for merchants and traders

T or F

A

True
Chinese credit instrument that provided credit vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of the voyage; reduced danger of robbery; early form of currency

24
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During the Tang and Song Dynasties, China’s population swelled and at one point may have constituted 1/4 of the world’s population

T or F

A

True

25
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Which are some inventions of the Tang/Song Dynasties ?

A

a. mechanical clock
b. Gunpowder
c. compass
d. Moveable type printing

26
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Which of the following is attributed to the Mongol’s military dominance ?

a. boys grew up learning to ride, hung and fight on horseback
b. capable of shooting an arrow with accuracy while at full gallop on horseback
c. Mongol’s had no shame in using guerilla warfare, hit and run technique
d. All

A

All

27
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Which is not attributable to Genghis Khan ?

a. Mongol alphabet
b. standard legal code
c. religous toleration
d. subjugating Song Dynasty

A

d. subjugating Song Dynasty

The grandson of Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan was the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (1260-1294) and the founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China. He assumed the title emperor of China, and his conquest of South China’s Song Dynasty was the last step in the Mongols’ efforts to rule China wholly.

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Which descendant of Ghengis Khan conquered Song Dynasty ?

A

The grandson of Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan was the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (1260-1294) and the founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China. He assumed the title emperor of China, and his conquest of South China’s Song Dynasty was the last step in the Mongols’ efforts to rule China wholly.

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The Mongols could hav conquered all of Western Europ ebut the Golden Horde

a. made a treaty with the Pope
b. was scared of contracting the plague
c. Allied with Christian Europe against the Islamic empires
d. was forced back to Mongolia out of political necessity

A

d. was forced back to Mongolia out of political necessity

When Ogodei (Genghis son) died, Batu turned the horde around and headed eastward to establish his line of succession

30
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Which one of Genghis Khan’s sons was chosen to succeed him ?

a. Batu
b. Ogodei
c. Helugu
d. Darth Maul

A

b. Ogodei
Ögedei Khan, born Ögedei (also Ogodei, Mongolian: ᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡᠢ, Chinese: 窩闊台 7 November 1186 – 11 December 1241), was the third son of Genghis Khan and second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, succeeding his father. He continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun, and was a world figure when the Mongol Empire reached its farthest extent west and south during the Mongol invasions of Europe and East Asia.[1] Like all of Genghis’ primary sons, he participated extensively in conquests in China, Iran, and Central Asia.

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The ____ was a passport issued in the Mongol Empire, allowing merchants, foreign diplomats and officials to travel safely throughout the empire .

a. Yurt
b. Paizi
c. Kai-Tae
d. Mace

A

Paizi

Although it was in use in China before the advent of the Mongols, the paiza, an inscribed metal plaque that functioned as a passport or a patent of office, became a symbol of Mongol administration used to regulate and secure communication in the vast empire. Most paizi were circular or rectangular and were worn either fastened on an item of clothing or suspended from the neck to make them visible to customs officers. These metal plaques are not only important historical documents but are also of great interest for the study of Asian metalwork during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, a time of massive movements of people and rapid exchange of ideas and technology.

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The ______________ was time of peace and prosperity throughout the Mongol Empire, which allowed the flourishing of trade and dispersal of knowledge

a. pax romana
b. pax mongolica
c. pax la resistance
d. treaty of Karakorum

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b. Pax Mongilica

Mongol Peace - from mid 1200 - mid 1300 Mongol rule imposed stability and order and allowed for safe passage of people and goods along the Silk Road.

33
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Marco Polo spent 17 years in the company of the Great Khan (Kublai Khan) and his book The travels served as an inspiration for future explorers like Christopher Colombus ?

T or F

A

True

34
Q

Which Khanate was responsible for conquering Russia’s major cities and excluding them from Europe’s Renaissance

a. Golden Horde
b. The Great Khanate
c. ilkhanate
d. Mamluk

A

The Golden Horde

35
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Who was Genghis Khan’s most trusted military advisors ?

a. Tamerlane
b. Subutai
c. Batu Khan
d. Ogodei

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b. Subutai

Subutai (Classical Mongolian: Sübügätäi or Sübü’ätäi; Modern Mongolian: Сүбэдэй, Sübedei; Chinese: 速不台 1175–1248) was a Mongolian general, and the primary military strategist of Genghis Khan and Ögedei Khan. He directed more than twenty campaigns in which he conquered thirty-two nations and won sixty-five pitched battles, during which he conquered or overran more territory than any other commander in history.[1] He gained victory by means of imaginative and sophisticated strategies and routinely coordinated movements of armies that were hundreds of kilometers away from each other. He is also remembered for devising the campaign that destroyed the armies of Hungary and Poland within two days of each other, by forces over five hundred kilometers apart.

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What is the name given to Mongol’s mobile tents ?

a. paizi
b. Yurt
c. Wigwam
d. Pueblo

A

b. yurt

37
Q

Which is true of Ghengis Khan ?

a. Real name was Temujin
b. Spent part of his childhood as a slave
c. No one really knows how he died or where he is buried
d. May be genetically related to .5% of the world’s population.

A

All

38
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What was part of Mongol’s international postal system ?

a. Yurt
b. Paizi
c. Yam
d. Padawan

A

c. Yam

Yam (Mongolian: Өртөө, Örtöö, checkpoint) is a supply point route messenger system employed and extensively used and expanded by Genghis Khan and used by subsequent Great Khans and Khans.

Relay stations were used to give food, shelter and spare horses for Mongol army messengers. Genghis Khan gave special attention to Yam because Mongol armies traveled very fast, so their messengers had to be even faster, covering 200–300 km per day. The system was used to speed up the process of information and intelligence.

39
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Which are characteristics of the Mongoi Empire which contributed to their success ?

a, strong military

b. Religious toleration among conquered subjects
c. Advanced infrastructure and communication networks
d. Strong economy built on international trade

A

all

40
Q

Which Turkish Mongol swept through the territories of Persia, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and even conquered Dehli in 1398 ?

a. Batu Khan
b. Ogodei
c. Tamerlane
d. Bilbo Baggins

A

d. Tamerlane

Timur (Persian: تیمور‎ Timūr, Chagatai: Temür, Uzbek: Temur; died 18 February 1405), historically known as Tamerlane[1] (Persian: تيمور لنگ‎ Timūr(-e) Lang, “Timur the Lame”), was a Turko-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid dynasty in Central Asia.[2] Born into the Barlas confederation in Transoxiana during the 1320s or 1330s, he gained control of the Western Chagatai Khanate by 1370. From that base, he led military campaigns across West, South and Central Asia and emerged as the most powerful ruler in the Muslim world after defeating the Mamluks of Egypt and Syria, the emerging Ottoman Empire and the declining Sultanate of Delhi. From these conquests he founded the Timurid Empire, although it fragmented shortly after his death. He is considered the last of the great nomadic conquerors of the Eurasian Steppe, and his empire set the stage for the rise of the more structured and d. lasting gunpowder empires in the 1500s and 1600s.[3][4]:1

41
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What is real name of the Rice Wine Marco Polo described at feast of Great Khan ?

A

Sake

42
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What was unique about the Great Khan’s tables at high feasts ?

A

t was higher than everyone elses, symbolizing his status

43
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Describe the Great Khan’s buffet

A

Lots of meat, wine and pure gold and silver utensils

44
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How did Great Khan ensure his foreign guests were well taken care of

A

He had special Barons

45
Q

What is a horse post house ?

A

Stations every 25 miles

46
Q

How many horses were kept at horse post house ?

A

200-400

47
Q

How were amenities at horse post house ?

A

Fit for kings

48
Q

How many horses at horse post houses throughout kingdom ?

A

30,000

49
Q

Why did Hangchow have a surplus of salt ?

A

Near the ocean and they dried water to leave salt

50
Q

What are tax rates for spices and merchandise in Hangchow ?

A

3 1/3 percent

51
Q

What was tax rate on goods imported from India

A

10 %

52
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What are some other sources of revenue in Hangchow ?

A

Rice wine, coal, sugar

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