Medieval East QUEST Flashcards
What technology developed in China during the Song Dynasty?
Gunpowder
Why did the Tang Dynasty decline?
- Many governors became independent
- Troops were defeated by Arabs at the Battle of Talas
- An Lushan rebelled against the emperor
What is the term for cavalry warriors who lived in independent bands on the frontier?
Cossacks
Who became the only female empress to rule China during the Tang Dynasty?
Wu Zhao
What is the term for peasants who could not leave the land on which they worked?
Serfs
What is the term for a “divine wind” or storm that saved Japan from Mongol invasion?
Kamikaze
What is the term for nobles who wanted power and influence in Russia?
Boyars
What is the term for the military and civil ruler of medieval Japan?
Shogun
What is the term for a the Russian title which means “emperor”?
Czar
What is the term for the Japanese warriors who fought for local rulers?
Samurai
What is the term for a code or “Way of the Warrior” In Japan?
Bushido
What two countries fought each other in the Great Northern War?
Russia and Sweden
What Chinese Dynasty was established by Kublai Khan?
Yuan
What city did Peter the Great choose as his capital in 1703?
St Petersburg
Who led Russia to independence by defeating the Mongols in 1480?
Ivan the Great
What Russian dynasty was ruled by Michael and his descendants from 1613 to 1917?
Romanov
What city was attacked by Ivan the Terrible in 1570?
Novgorod
What battle ended Ottoman expansion off the coast of Greece in 1571?
Lepanto
What ruler invaded central Europe and besieged Vienna in 1529?
Suleiman the Magnificent
Did Catherine the Great force the Jews to live in the Pale of Settlement?
YES
Was art influenced by Buddhism and Taoism during the Song Dynasty?
YES
Did the Time of Troubles end the Romanov Dynasty?
NO
Did Miyamoto Musashi unite the Mongols and conquered most of Asia?
NO
Did Ivan the Terrible kill his oldest son?
YES
Did the Taira clan defeat the Minamoto to unite Japan?
NO
Were the Oprichniki enforcers who eliminated opponents of the czar?
YES
Did Samurai often commit ritual suicide if they were dishonored?
YES
Did Ivan the Great want Russian men to shave their beards?
NO
Was the Golden Horde ruled by Arabs?
NO
Did Marco Polo serve in the court of Peter the Great in Moscow?
NO
