STUDY

Question 1

author of the first full-length novel, The Tale of Genjii

Answer 1

Lady Muraski

Question 2

Chinese explorer of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean

Answer 2

Zheng He

Question 3

ruler of Mali made an extravagant hajj to Mecca

Answer 3

Mansa Musa

Question 4

founder of the Ming Dynasty in 1368

Answer 4

Zhu Yuanzhang

Question 5

The ___ trade allowed the Bantu to build Great Zimbabwe.

Answer 5

gold

Question 6

Which African empire extended from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Chad in West Africa?

Answer 6

The Songhai empire. It controlled the biggest portion that was taken of West Africa, and it went from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Chad.

Question 7

What is the Ring of Fire?

Answer 7

a line around the Pacific Ocean where volcanoes and earthquakes are more common

Question 8

India experienced a Golden Age of increased trade and advances in medicine and mathematics.

Answer 8

Gupta Empire

Question 9

Babur founded an Indian empire where Hinduism and Buddhism were blended.

Answer 9

Mughal Empire

Question 10

Empress Wu Zeitan ruled during the Golden Age of China when the arts, technology, and government flourished.

Answer 10

Tang dynasty

Question 11

Kublai Khan united all of China and extended the Mongol Empire to its greatest extent.

Answer 11

Yuan Dynasty

Question 12

The Muslim conquest of India resulted in the ___.

Answer 12

Sultanate of Delhi

Question 13

The foundation of China’s government and educational system was ___.

Answer 13

the teachings of Confucianism

Question 14

What was the Forbidden City?

Answer 14

classical Chinese architecture buildings constructed for the emperor

Question 15

The Tokugawa closed Japan in 1637, leading to two centuries of ___.

Answer 15

isolation

Question 16

Which Italian served in Kublai Khan’s court and wrote an account about China for Europeans to read?

Answer 16

Marco Polo

Question 17

Nippon, meaning “Land of the Rising Sun” is the name of ___.

Answer 17

“Land of the Rising Sun” is the name for Japan in the Japanese language.

Question 18

The skill of a(n) _____ was highly valued on the steppes of Central Asia.

Answer 18

horseman

Question 19

The _____ was adopted by the Berbers to establish a trade route across the Sahara desert.

Answer 19

camel

Question 20

The Japanese ______ is a member of the Yamato family believed to have divine descendants.

Answer 20

emperor

Question 21

The ______ was over the daimyo and in feudalistic Japanese culture.

Answer 21

Shogun

Question 22

A knight warrior called ______ followed the code of bushido in feudalistic Japan.

Answer 22

Samurai

Question 23

The Japanese ______ religion of demanded complete loyalty to family and emperor.

Answer 23

shinto

Question 24

The ______ is a general term for the countries of Asia.

Answer 24

Orient

Question 25

___ conquered India, Afghanistan, China, Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Russia to form the Mongol Empire.

Answer 25

Genghis Khan