WHI Topic 03: Ancient China and Southeast Asia

Who is considered the greatest of the Han Historians and wrote the Records of the Grand Historian?

What three religions were the main religions of Southeast Asia?

Which was the supreme god of ancient China?

Which philosophy did Han emperors make as the official belief system of the state?

Which item was China’s greatest export?

Feudalism was a system of government in which

A dynasty enjoyed the Mandate of Heaven as long as the dynasty

Confucius developed a philosophy that was concerned with

The Tang and Han dynasties most important inventions were the moveable type and gunpowder.

Which philosophy did Laozi establish based on the belief that nature follows an universal force?

What was Shi Huangdi’s greatest achievement?

What was the Pax Mongolia?

Southeast Asia is made up of India and the islands of Sumatra, Borneo, and Java.

What famous European explorer served the Great Khan in China for 17 years?

Tang and Song rulers made the custom of foot binding illegal.

Which is a temple complex built in the Khmer Empire and dedicated to the Hindu god, Vishnu

Which is porcelain made in Korea with an unusual blue-green glaze

The Pax Mongolia was a time of destructive warfare as the Mongols fought for control of Asia.

Which is class of warriors in feudal Japan, who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land

Which is when a group has exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods

How many khanates was the Mongol Empire divided into?

Which of the following countries had the greatest cultural influence on Japan?

The Song dynasty was overthrown when it was attacked by ________ invaders from the north.

Kublai Khan was the first to unite the Mongols.

Accustomed to peace and diplomacy, the Mongols would resort to force only when absolutely necessary.

Vietnam was able to break free from China when

The two most important trade routes through Southeast Asia were the Sunda strait and the

What empire built the great temple complex at Angkor Wat?

In which dynasty was paper invented in China?

Which is group of families with a common ancestor

What was the initial purpose of the samurai warrior?

Which is a system of government by one person with absolute power

Which is a general who ruled Japan in the emperor’s name

What happened after the death of Genghis Khan?

Kublai Khan successfully invaded Japan and brought the Japanese under Mongol rule.

Vietnam imported a new variety of fast ripening rice from China.

Which of the following is the correct sequence of ruling dynasties in China?

Which Mongol ruler defeated the last Song emperor in 1279?

Which is a member of a nomadic group that herds domesticated animals

Which is fine yellowish light silt deposited by wind and water

Which is animal bones carved with written characters which were used for telling the future

After 1192 the shogun had the real power in Japan instead of the emperor.

Which is the Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature

Which of the following Tang and Song inventions eventually spread and revolutionized printing?

Which is respect shown by children for their parents and elders

After the last Song ruler was defeated, Kublai Khan created the

What code did Samurai follow?

Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam spread in Southeast Asia through

In the 600s, the Silla conquered their rival Korean kingdoms.