Week 12 World History: Empires in East Asia 600-1350

 

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This world history resource focuses on the Americas
from 40,000 B.C. to A.D. 700 and includes quiz questions
and answers and video links to related topics.

I utilized World History: Patterns of Interaction (Holt McDougal) for our world history textbook. It has multiple options for different learning styles and covers a wide array of information.

This quiz accompanies Chapter 12: pages 320-349.

Directions for the quiz:

• Scroll down and click on the thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
• Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
• Choose an answer for each question.
• Compare your answers with those provided.

If you are interested in a group and/or interactive version of this quiz, visit Kahoot! and search for Week 12 World History by Katrena_Wells.

Below are free videos to accompany chapter 12:

• Crash Course: Medieval China
• 4 Great Chinese Inventions
• Tang Dynasty
• Song Dynasty
• Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Meridians
• Invention of Printing Movable Type
• History of Chinese Foot Binding
• Origin and Journey of Fireworks
• Central Asia Nomads Shape World History
• Genghis Khan
• Crash Course: Wait for it…The Mongols
• Marco Polo Drama
• Japan’s First Emperor
• Crash Course: Japan in the Heian Period
• History of the Samurai
• National Geographic: Angkor Wat
• Korean Kingdoms

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World History Week 12 Empires in East Asia 600-1350

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Who was China’s only female empress?
Answer choices include: Tang Taizong, Wu Zhao, Qin Shi Huang, Puyi

The correct answer is Wu Zhao.

The last Tang emperor was only a child in 907.
What happened to him?
Answer choices include: He was murdered. He died of meningitis.
He refused to become emperor. He ruled for 78 years.

The correct answer is: He was murdered.

The Chinese practiced ___, a treatment for a variety of ailments
involving inserting needles into specific body points.
Answer choices include: yoga, chiropracty, cupping, acupuncture

The correct answer is acupuncture.

Which of the following was NOT invented in China?
Answer choices include:
magnetic compass, movable type, torsion catapult, gunpowder

The correct answer is torsion catapult.

Chinese paintings of the Song Dynasty era focused on ____.
Answer choices include: the beauty of natural landscapes,
the pain of war, the importance of family ties, architectural fractals

The correct answer is: the beauty of natural landscapes

Young upper class girls bound their ____ tightly, leading
to disability that was a symbol of her husband’s wealth & prestige.
Answer choices include: feet, hands, head, neck

The correct answer is feet.

Dry grassland reaching across Eurasia that served as
a trade route & home to nomadic people was called the ____.
Answer choices include: peninsula, steppe, alluvial fan, isthmus

The correct answer is steppe.

Asian nomads lived in portable felt tents called ____.
Answer choices include: wigwams, igloos, teepees, yurts

The correct answer is yurts.

Temujin, later called ___, became a feared conqueror
driven by revenge fueled by the poisoning of his father when he was 9 years old.
Answer choices include: Sun Tzu, Han Xin, Genghis Khan, Ching Shih

The correct answer is Genghis Khan.

Which empire conquered the largest land area, stretching from China to Poland?
Answer choices include: Mongol, Tang, Yuan, Sui

The correct answer is Mongol.

A “divine wind,” or kamikaze, helped ____ to prevail
against Mongol troops ruled by Kublai Khan.
Answer choices include: China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan

The correct answer is Japan.

Who served Kublai Khan for 17 years & later told others
of what he had seen in China while imprisoned?
Answer choices include: Marco Polo, TuFu, LiBo, Rustichello da Pisa

The correct answer is Marco Polo.

Approximately how many islands make up the Japanese archipelago?
Answer choices include: 4, 40, 400, 4000

The correct answer is 4,000.

Japan’s earliest religion, ___, taught respect for natural forces and one’s ancestors.
Answer choices include: Shinto, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity

The correct answer is Shinto.

A person who rules whenever a monarch is too young
to rule or is absent or ill is called a _____.
Answer choices include: royal advisor, prince, vice monarch, regent

The correct answer is regent.

What Japanese woman wrote what is considered to be the world’s first novel?
Answer choices include: Lady Murasaki Shikibu, Lady Yoko Ono,
Lady Ichiyo Higuchi, Lady Tomoe Gozen

The correct answer is Lady Murasaki Shikibu.

For a Samurai Warrior, living a long life was judged
more important than dying an honorable death.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

The primary general in the army of the
Japanese emperor assumed the title of ____.
Answer choices include: gensui, shogun, chujo, taisa

The correct answer is shogun.

What crop particularly helped Kmer monetarily due to multiple yearly harvests?
Answer choices include: rice, wheat, corn, potatoes

The correct answer is rice.

Pottery with a ___ glaze produced in Korea during
the Koryu period was highly valued.
Answer choices include: blue, black, green, white

The correct answer is green.

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