World History Exam 3

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Paper money developed in China
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as a way to avoid carrying heavy bags of coins.
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To support increased foreign trade, what shipping innovation on did the song introduce?
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Watertight bulk heads.
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How did the song improve the compass?
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Making it smaller, attached to stern and put in protective case.
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The iron produced in 11th century song China was primarily used for which of the following?
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Military purposes.
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Confucian thought about metaphysics evolved in the later song period as an alternative to which of the following?
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Buddhism.
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After marriage, the young couple most often lived where?
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With the grooms family.
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What help the woman ensure security in her extended family?
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Giving birth to a son.
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What place did concubines have in Chinese families in song to China?
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Wives out rank concubines.
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How was foot-binding viewed during the song Dynasty?
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Associated with women's effort to beautify themselves.
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What did Kublai khan need to build in order to conquer the southern song?
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A fleet of ships.
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The Mongol re-ordering Chinese society under restrictions on trade was designed to do which of the following?
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Protect Mongol privileges.
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What was one way in which the dynasty differed from the Chinese model?
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Was more aristocratic than China.
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To have a job in the government, a man had to prove that he was...
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Not law born in status.
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What was one industry that flourished during the dynasty?
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Ceramics.
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To what did Wang Kon, founder of the dynasty, attribute his success?
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Protection of Buddha.
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What family came to dominate Korea following a coup in 1196?
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Ch'oe family.
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built a wall at the Yalu river in the 11th century to help keep what enemy?
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khityms.
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What did the Mongols force the leaders to do in the 13th century?
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Move to Beijing.
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What dynasty did the Korean general Yi Song-gye found in 1392?
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Shoson.
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What did Fujiwara dominance in the Japanese government represent?
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The privatization of political power and the reversion to planned politics.
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What is the system of rule in which a Japanese emperors abdicated but continue to exercise power through surrogates?
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Cloistered government.
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How did the development of the Japanese phonetic script change Japan's culture?
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It fostered the spread of literacy.
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What is the focus of the Japanese literary masterpiece the tale of Genji?
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It depicts court life in great detail.
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Tendai Buddhism, brought to Japan from China by the monk Saichô, taught what?
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All human beings to share Buddhist nature and can be brought to salvation.
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Who were the samurai?
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Skilled warriors of Japan.
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Which of the following did Masako, widow of Minamoto Yorimoto, work to preserve?
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The interest of the Hojo family.
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Why might Pure Land Buddhism have appealed to ordinary people?
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It taught that simple faith in Buddha was enough for salvation.
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Zen teachings held that enlightenment could be achieved through what means?
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Vigorous meditation that could result southern insight true nature.
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The Mongol script that Chinggs Khan ordered created was based on the script used by what other society?
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Uighur Turks.
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What was one of the first things recorded in the new Mongol script?
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A record of Mongol laws and customs.
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In organizing his army, Chinngis Khan sought to do which of the following?
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Great traditional tribe loyalties.
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How did Chinngis treat the cities that surrender to his army?
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He negotiated with deal to make them and his allies.
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What happened to Chinggis Khan's empire at his death?
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It was divided into four parts among his descendants.
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Why did the Mongol army return to Karakoram in 1241?
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For the election of.
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How was Kublai Khan related to Chinngis Khan?
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Grandson.
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Which of the following is true of the Mongol conquest of southern China?
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It included the use of catapults.
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Which of the following helped the Japanese to repeatedly repulse Mongol invasions?
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Strong samurai armies and two fierce storms.
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Mongols were aided in their conquest of Syria by exploring the unrest what part of Syria's population?
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Christians.
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What was the Mongols primary purpose in pursuing conquests?
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To source Lance, riches, and people.
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How did the Mongols use conquest to improve their empire?
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By importing skilled workers from conquered regions.
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Which of the following was true of the Mongol System of tax farming in China?
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It involved the sale of taxed licenses in central Asian Muslim merchants.
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Why did the Mongols allow Russian princes to continue to rule their territories until the second half of the 13th century?
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They turned over adequate tribute.
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The Aztecs created a strong position in the land of Mexico through which of the following?
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An alliance system based on trade and tribute back by the use of force.
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What did the Aztecs believe they had to do to keep the sun moving and preserve life?
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The sacrifice of human beings.
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In Aztec society, social status and mobility depended on which of the following?
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Military performance.
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At the age of six, Aztec boys enter the school that taught them...
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At age 6 Aztec boys enter a school that taught them war.
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What did an Aztec Warrior have to do to earn the title of Iyac, or warrior?
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Capture a prisoner for ritual sacrifice.
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How did marriage in Mexican society duplicate what was found in pre-modern Asian and European societies?
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Young people were married off to people of their choosing.
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How did Montezuma II try to reform the empire before the Spaniards arrived?
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Restricted social mobility.
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How did Cortes defeat the Aztec empire?
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Allied with Tlaxcala.