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Chapter 7 & 12: India, China, Japan, & Southeast Asia

Focus

  • During the medieval period, several major trading routes developed in the Eastern Hemisphere. These trading routes developed among Europe, Africa, and Asia.
  • Regional trade networks and long-distance trade routes (Silk Roads) in the Eastern Hemisphere aided the diffusion and exchange of technology and culture among Europe, Africa, and Asia.
  • Shinto and Buddhism coexisted as religious traditions in the Japanese culture.
  • The Mauryan Empire united India in 321 BCE under the leadership of Chandragupta Maurya.
  • Asoka sought to unite India under Buddhism.
  • 320 CE, Chandra Gupta I established the Gupta Empire and upon the death of Chandra Gupta II in 415 CE, Hinduism becomes the dominant religion again.
  • The Han dynasty (Liu Bang) brings an empire to China in 202 BCE and establishes a centralized, bureaucratic form of government.
  • Japanese cultural development was influenced by proximity to China.
  • Vietnam & Korea adopt most of its culture from China because of their location next to trade routes.

Vocab

Silk Roads

Centralized Government

Civil Service

Bureaucracy

The Khans

Marco Polo

Shinto

Samurai

Bushido

Directions: Use the chart to answer the questions.

____ 1. What was the population of the Roman empire at its height?

A. 45,000,000

B. 50,000,000

C. 55,000,000

D. 60,000,000

____ 2. What form of government did the Han Dynasty's empire replace?

A. rival kingdoms

B. republic

C. city-states

D. tribal

____ 3. In square miles, what size was the Han Dynasty at its height?

A. 3,400,000

B. 3,000,000

C. 2,500,000

D. 1,500,000

____ 4. What was true of both the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire?

A. Both empires replaced republics.

B. Both built roads and defensive walls.

C. Both had a common written language throughout the empire.

D. Both empires replaced rival kingdoms.

____ 5. What happened to the Chinese empire after the Han Dynasty fell apart?

A. It was never restored.

B. It was restored by the Tang Dynasty.

C. It fell to the hands of nomadic invaders.

D. It was conquered by the Roman Empire.

Directions: Use the map to answer the questions.

____ 6. What geographic feature was avoided by the split in the Silk Roads between points E and F?

A. Amu Darya

B. Huang He

C. Tigris River

D. Taklimakan Desert

____ 7. For a traveler going from east to west, how many times did the Silk Roads split into two routes?

A. one

B. two

C. three

D. four

____ 8. What point on the Silk Roads was closest to the southern portion of the Great Wall?

A. E

B. F

C. G

D. H

____ 9. What was the approximate distance between Seleucia and Merv?

A. 1,000 miles

B. 1,300 miles

C. 1,600 miles

D. 1,800 miles

____ 10. Judging from the map, what was true of the Silk Roads?

A. Their only destination was the Mediterranean Sea.

B. They stretched from sea to sea.

C. They primarily followed rivers.

D. Their only destination was the Yellow Sea.