WEEK FOUR QUIZ
Due 3-19-2009
Please be sure to check off only one response.
Student's Name
A facilitate trade and communication within China
B enhance China's ability to protect itself from nomadic peoples
C irrigate rice paddies in northern China
D increase immigration from Korea 2.) The way of the Samurai warrior was found in
A obedience
B warfare
C death
D prayer 3.) The Sui Empire lasted such a short time because
A its rulers were not expansionists
B it was invaded by 'barbarians'
C it was exhausted by its extraordinary pace of expansion and over-centralization
D the last emperor was evil 4.) Which of the following is a belief of Mahayana Buddhism?
A life is suffering
B Bodhisattvas have postponed nirvana to help others attain enlightenment
C only men could practice Buddhism
D all of the above 5.) How did the bubonic plague reach east Asia?
A via the Grand Canal
B from sub-Sahara Africa it spread to India and then by sea to Chang'an
C it started in Spain and traveled by sea to China and Japan
D it came along the sea route linking the Rea Sea and the Persian Gulf with Canton 6.) The Uighurs were famous as merchants and
A military governors
B warriors
C diplomats
D scribes 7.) In China, female footbinding first appeared among
A slave dancers of the Tang court
B imperial concubines
C peasant farmers
D wives of the local elite
8.) Why was rice growing well suited to Confucian ideology
A it demanded the cooperation of large kin groups
B rice was white, thus a symbol of ideological purity
C rice was easy to weigh and carry and so made taxation easier
D only women grew rice, and this increased their subordinate role 9.) Where was movable type originally developed
A Europe
B China
C Japan
D Korea 10.) Central Japan was most likely unified in the fourth or fifth century C.E. by
A the deposition of the Yorimoto clan
B the change from emperor to shogun as de facto ruler
C Korean warriors on horseback
D the Mongols
A a 'little' China'
B a 'little Korea'
C warlike
D a major Buddhist center, perhaps surpassing China 12.) The concept of the Mandate of Heaven was not important in Japan because
A the authority of the ruler was decentralized
B Japanese rulers always came from the same family
C the concept was never transmitted to Japan
D the Japanese did not believe in karma
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