The Champa and Khmer Empire

Question 1

What were the Champa kingdoms?

Answer 1

a collection of independent Cham polities

Question 2

Who was it absorbed and annexed by

Answer 2

Vietnamese Emperor Minh Mang in 1832 CE

Question 3

What are the Champa Kingdoms known for

Answer 3

its adoption of Hinduism and its cultivation of drought resistant rice (Champa Rice)

Question 4

What empire was to the west of Champa

Answer 4

Khmer Empire/Angkor Empire

Question 5

what did the Khmer empire exist as

Answer 5

Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia from 802-1431 CE

Question 6

What was the Khmer empires greatest legacy

Answer 6

Angkor

Question 7

What was Angkor

Answer 7

it was the site of a major capital city during the Khmer empire’s zenith located in present-day Cambodia

Question 8

What did satellite image reveal

Answer 8

(11th-13th) That Angkor was the largest pre-industrial urban center in the world

Question 9

Where did the Champa kingdom extend

Answer 9

extended across the coast of what is today central and southern Vietnam from 2nd-19th century CE