Review Template #6: Chapter Seven WHAP/Princeton Review
Even More Really Old Stuff: Around 600 C.E. to Around 1450
Questions:
1- Prove that the T’ang and Song dynasties qualify as the Golden Age of Chinese culture.
2- Why was China relatively stable at the height of both the T’ang and Song Dynasties (think merit)?
3- Discuss the significance of Chang’an (include facts about the tribute system).
4- What was the importance of the bureaucracy in China and how did it contribute to China’s stability?
5- Explain the difference between a meritocracy and an aristocracy.
6- Why did the Song establish a capital city at Hangzhou?
7- How did the Chinese invention of an early form of moveable type impact China?
8- What new technologies were applied to the military during the Song dynasty?
9- What were junks?
10- Cite four significant facts about Champa rice.
11- Who was Wu Zhao and why was she significant?
12- What philosophy justified the subordination of women in China?
13- Cite three significant facts about foot-binding in China.
14- Why did Mahayana Buddhism appeal to many Chinese?
15- What did Chan Buddhism emphasize?
16- What groups were threatened by Buddhism’s popularity in China? Why?
17- What happened to Buddhists during the reign of Emperor Wuzong?
18- Cite three significant facts about Neo-Confucianism.
19- How did Japan’s geography influence its history?
20- What is unique about the Yamato clan?
21- Cite three significant facts about Shinto.
22- How did Shinto beliefs help the Yamato stay in power?
23- What happened in 522 in Japan? How did this event change Japan?
24- Who was Prince Shotoku and what did he do?
25- What were the Taika reforms?
26- What aspects of Chinese culture did the Japanese reject? Why?
27- Prove the following statementàJapan drew inspiration from China but maintained its own distinctive traditions.
28- What happened in 794 in Japan?
29- Who were the Fuijwara and how did they change Japan?
30- Cite two significant facts regarding Japan’s golden age (Heian period).
31- What happened in 1192 in Japan?
32- Describe in detail Japan’s feudal hierarchy.
33- Cite three significant facts concerning the Code of Bushido.
34- Compare and contrast women in feudal Europe and women in feudal Japan.
35- Compare and contrast European and Japanese feudalism.
36- During which Chinese dynasty did large-scale military campaigns in Korea and Vietnam result in cultural exchange for both regions?
37- Discuss Korea’s relationship with China during this period.
38- What prevented the development of a true bureaucracy based on merit in Korea?
39- Describe the relationship between the Viet people of Southeast Asia and China during this period. (Be specific).
40- What religion entered the Indian subcontinent in the tenth century?
41- Cite four significant facts regarding the Delhi sultanate.
42- Compare and contrast Hinduism and Islam.
43- In what parts of the subcontinent did more Hindus convert to Islam?
44- Cite three significant facts concerning Genghis Khan (Chinggis Khan).
45- Where did the Mongol Empire stretch and how was the Mongol Empire divided?
46- Define “Golden Horde.”
47- Who was Kublai Khan and what did he do?
48- Explain the significance of the Pax Mongolica.
49- From Class- Compare and contrast Mongol rule in China, the Middle East, and Russia.
50- What is one of the most striking things about the Mongols?
51- Prove the following statement: Although the Mongols did not make many advances in the arts and sciences themselves, their superior infrastructure allowed for the exchange and spread of ideas.
52- Contrast the Mongol Empire to other major civilizations.
53- Cite three significant facts about Timur Lang.
54- Describe the Mongol use of psychological warfare.
55- Cite three advantages of the Mongol armies.
56- What happened to the Mongols in Persia?
57- How did Kublai Khan treat the Chinese? (Be specific.)
58- What was a significant consequence of Mongol rule in Russia?
59- How did the Mongols “bring the world together”?
60- Cite three significant facts about Kush.
61- Cite three significant facts about Axum.
62- Cite three significant facts about the Swahili Coast.
63- What activity encouraged the spread of Islam in Africa?
64- What does “sub-Saharan” mean?
65- What were West Africans searching for?
66- Why were Islamic traders so interested in trading with West African kingdoms?
67- What event weakened Ghana?
68- Cite three significant facts about Mansa Musa.
69- Cite two significant facts regarding Sonni Ali.
70- What was Timbuktu and why was it important?
71- Explain the significance of oral literature in some post-classical African societies.
72- Describe the famous Benin method for producing beautiful works in bronze.
73- Cite four significant facts about the Mayas.
74- State possible theories for the decline of the Mayas.
75- Cite three significant facts regarding the Aztecs.
76- Discuss the status of Aztec women.
77- Why was the Aztec religious system tied to the military?
78- Compare and contrast the Aztec Civilization and the Roman Empire.
79- Cite four significant facts about the Inca Empire.
80- Why was the prime source of labor human in the Inca Empire?
81- What were peasants expected to give in the Inca Empire? Why?
82- Compare and contrast Egyptian and Incan rulers.
83- Explain the Inca view of property.
84- What do the Temple of the Sun and Machu Picchu reveal about the Inca?
85- Define quipu.
86- What aided trade?
87- How did trade impact the spread of the Black Death and how did the Black Death impact Europe?
88- Which groups dominated Indian Ocean trade during the post-classical period?
89- How did the monsoon affect Indian Ocean trade?
90- How did marriage and trade lead to syncretism?
91- Prove the significance of the Silk Road in world history.
92- Cite three additional facts about the Hanseatic League.
93- Cite two effects of the Hanseatic League on world history.
94- How were global trade networks in the post-classical era like the Internet today?
95- Who was Pope Urban II and what did he do in 1096? Why? (State two reasons- one obvious and one not so obvious.)
96- What happened during the Fourth Crusade?
97- Prove it: The Crusades were successful failures.
98- Cite several reasons for urbanization.
99- Make a list of technological innovations for the Islamic world and for China.
100- What happened generally to the status of women as societies became more urban and wealthy?
101- How did the status of women differ in Africa than other parts of the post-classical world?