Unit 8

Question 0

Japan is made out of how many islands?

Answer 0

4 main islands and thousands of smaller ones

Question 1

A series of islands is called a

Answer 1

Archipelago

Question 2

Japan was

Answer 2

Isolated from other cultures and difficult to unite

Question 3

_______ is when everyone in a culture is similar to one another

Answer 3

Homogeneous

Question 4

The mountains made it so

Answer 4

There was little good farmland

Question 5

What was Japan depend on for transportation and food

Answer 5

The sea

Question 6

Two natural disasters Japan was likely to have

Answer 6

Earthquakes and volcanoes

Question 7

What did the unstable environment do for Japan

Answer 7

They had a high respect for nature

Question 8

Military commander with real power

Answer 8

Shogun

Question 9

What was the emperor

Answer 9

Just a figure, no real power

Question 10

Who gave land to others

Answer 10

The shogun

Question 11

Who were the Warriors

Answer 11

Samurai

Question 12

Why was the samurai given land

Answer 12

To protect others

Question 13

What was the bushido

Answer 13

Code of conduct for the samurai

Question 14

Strong family that ruled for almost 300 years

Answer 14

Tokugawa Shogunate

Question 15

who brought Japan stability

Answer 15

The Tokugawa shogunate

Question 16

Japan was isolated by choice.

True or false

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Origins of the Mongol empire

Answer 17

Central Asia (they were also nomatic)

Question 18

The first country the Mongol empire took

Answer 18

China

Question 19

The largest unified empire

Answer 19

Mongol empire

Question 20

Who was Genghis Khan

Answer 20

World emperor

Question 21

Who unified all Mongols under his rule

Answer 21

Genghis Khan

Question 22

What was Genghis khan known for

Answer 22

Terror and destruction

Question 23

Who was kublai khan

Answer 23

Grandson of Genghis khan

Question 24

When ___ died the Mongol empire fell apart

Answer 24

Kublai khan

Question 25

How long did the Mongols rule Russia

Answer 25

250 years

Question 26

What empire was centered in China but spread the empire to the Middle East

Answer 26

Mongol empire

Question 27

Mongols showed Russia how to have an absolute government

True or false

Answer 27

True

Question 28

What did the Mongols do to Russia

Answer 28

Isolate them from Western Europe

Question 29

Where did Marco Polo go

Answer 29

China

Question 30

What was Marco Polo known as

Answer 30

A liar

Question 31

Where did Marco Polo’s writing spark interest (writing about Chinese things)

Answer 31

In Europe

Question 32

Who

• was an African Muslim
• traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and China
• writings are useful today as a historical resource

Answer 32

Ibn Battuta

Question 33

Who took over China after the Mongols

Answer 33

Ming Dynasty

Question 34

Ming dynasty brought back the idea that China was

Answer 34

The Middle Kingdom (center of the earth)

Question 35

What is the belief that your culture is better than others

Answer 35

Ethnocentrism

Question 36

Muslim traders made trade routes across the ____

Answer 36

Sahara desert

Question 37

Arab trade routes

Answer 37

Silk Road to China
Sea route to India and the spice islands
Mediterranean Sea to Europe
Routes across the Sahara

Question 38

Powerful king of the empire of Mali

Answer 38

Mansa Musa

Question 39

Mansa Musa converted to _____ and went on the ______

Answer 39

Islam
The hajj (pilgrimage)

Question 40

Job to pass on oral tradition

Answer 40

Griots