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Asian Civilizations

Choose the best answer.

1. What type of objects were the Shang famous for producing?

A. printed books

B. bronze vessels

C. landscape paintings

D. giant Buddha statues

2. The late Zhou dynasty was known as the_______.

A. Southern Zhou

B. Northern Zhou

C. Western Zhou

D. Eastern Zhou

3. In addition to divination materials, what other discovery of the twentieth century transformed our understanding of ancient China and led to the birth of the field of Chinese archeology?

A. Writing from Xia dynasty

B. Birthplace of the Yellow emperor

C. The last Shang capital city

D. Site of coronation of the Zhou king

4. A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family.

A. Dynasty

B. Empire

C. Kingdom

D. Clan

5. A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land

A. Capitalism

B. Feudalism

C. Mercantilism

D. Communism

6. An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea extending some 6,440 km (4,000 mi) and linking China with the Roman Empire. Marco Polo followed the route on his journey to Cathay.

A. Long and winding road

B. Trans-Saharan caravan route

C. Mecca Road

D. Silk Road

7. The earliest civilizations in India.

A. Indus

B. Brahmans

C. Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

D. Aryans

8. It created the golden age of India.

A. Gupta Empire

B. Mauryan Empire

C. Gandhi Empire

D. Mughal Empire

9. As an admiral, explorer, eunuch, diplomat, and trader, he led China to become the superpower of the Indian Ocean, considered to be "the world's most important crossroads of trade", in the 15th century. Who is he?

A. Genghis Khan

B. Zheng He

C. Liu Bang

D. Hong Xiuquan

10. A Mongol leader who rose from humble beginnings to establish the largest land empire in history. After uniting the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau, he conquered huge chunks of central Asia and China. He also granted religious freedom to his subjects, abolished torture, encouraged trade and created the first international postal system.

A. Genghis Khan

B. Zheng He

C. Liu Bang

D. Hong Xiuquan

11. The First Opium War, during 1840-1842, was concluded by this treaty in 1842. The treaty ceded the Hong Kong island to the United Kingdom in perpetuity, and it established five treaty ports at Shanghai, Canton, Ningpo, Fuchow, and Amoy.

A. Treaty of Nanking

B. Treaty of Shanghai

C. Treaty of Cathay

D. Treaty of Hong Kong

12. A Japanese field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and twice Prime Minister of Japan. He was one of the main architects of the military and political foundations of early modern Japan. He can be seen as the father of Japanese militarism.

A.Tomoyuki Yamashita

B. Lin Zexu

C. Hirata Atsutane

D. Yamagata Aritomo

13. It was the highest and final degree in the imperial examination in Imperial China. The examination was usually taken in the imperial capital in the palace, and was also called the metropolitan exam. It was first created after the institutionalization of the civil service exam

A. Jinshi

B. Sushi

C. Confu

D. Banner system

14. China granted extraterritoriality to the British, made UK a most-favored nation and granted other signatories of treaty equal benefits.

A. Treaty of Nanjing

B. Treaty of the Bogue

C. Treaty of London

D. Treaty of Cathay

15. China’s response to domestic/foreign threats to focus on making China more modern and able to deal with the West.

A. Self-reliance

B. China First

C. Self-strengthening

D. Anthropocentric

16. The highest virtue of all - compassion, loving others, and humaneness.

A. Ren

B. Li

C. Yin

D. Yan

17. This solidified Mao Zedong's position as the undisputed leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The march in general marked a reference point for many party members to prove their legitimacy. They crossed 24 rivers and 18 mountain ranges. Yan'an served as a base until the CCP took over in 1949.

A. The Koumintang March

B. The Death March

C. The Long March

D. The March to Yan’an

18. The first ever US president to visit China. He, being an American, was also the first to try to bridge a diplomatic tie to a communist (potential) ally from the Western world.

A. Jimmy Carter

B. Ronald Reagan

C. George W. Bush

D. Richard Nixon

19. Improvised to cut off Soviet influence, this was created to instate national self-reliance while the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Soviet Union (SU) were distant and diplomatically tense. It was also created to justify the monolithic leadership of the Kim family, and to forever honor Kim Il-Sung's power.

A. jinshi

B. juche

C. kimchi

D. sushi

20. This was the mark of Japanese imperialism at its most initial triumph. Japan was pushing a hurried "westernization" method, imperializing when and colonizing where they could. This was the first defeat of a European country by an Asian, solidifying the victor’s status as the alpha Asian country.

A. The Vietnam War

B. The Korean War

C. Russo-Japanese War

D.  Boxer Rebellion

21. A demilitarized zone, chosen by US military planners at the Postdam Conference (July 1945) after WW2, and created by pulling back forces 1.2 miles on each side, running for 150 miles across the peninsula from the Han River to an North Korean town named Kosong.

A. 18^th Parallel

B. 28th Parallel

C. 38^th Parallel

D. 48^th Parallel

22. An agriculture production system, which allowed households to contract land, machinery and other facilities from collective organizations. In turn they agreed to provide specified crops, whatever the household produced above the amount they owed was theirs to keep.

A. Household Responsibility System

B. Feudalism

C. New Culture Movement

D. Social Contract

23. A secure livelihood or source of income of Chinese workers provided by the State; the system guaranteeing lifetime employment and other entitlements to state workers.

A. Household Responsibility System

B. May Fourth Movement

C. New Culture Movement

D. Iron Rice Bowl

24. He stated "it doesn't matter what color the cat is, as long as it catches mice."

A. Mao Zedong

B. Deng Xiaping

C. Confucius

D. Lao Tze

25. A Mongolian general and emperor known for his military leadership and great cruelty. He used fear tactics to invade and set up a huge empire for his grandsons to rule over.

A. Kublai Khan

B. Genghis Khan

C. Dalai Lama

D. Dayan Khan

26. He was the founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China. He fulfilled Genghis' goal of conquering all of China.

A. Marco Polo

B. Kublai Khan

C. Dayan Khan

D. Dalai Lama

27. The Venetian trader who described Kublai Khan and the wonders of China to Europeans.

A. Fernão Pires de Andrade

B. Ferdinand Magellan

C. Marco Polo

D. Niccolo Polo

28. Japanese ruling dynasty that strove to isolate it from foreign influences.

A. Tokugawa shogunate

B. Yamashita

C. Akihito

D. Daimyos

29. The 4 class system during the Tokugawa shogunate: warriors, farmers, artisans, and _______.

A. students

B. merchants

C. royalties

D. shoguns

30. The Feudal Japanese code of honor among the warrior class. It kept the samurai regulated.

A. Hara-kiri

B. Geisha

C. Bushido

D. Seppuku

31. First emperor of China; ordered the building of the Great Wall of China to keep out invaders from the North; terra cotta warriors.

A. Qin Shi Huangdi

B. Henry Puyi

C. Qin Er Shi

D. Wu Zetian

32. Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism.

A. Sanskrit

B. Vedas

C. Sudras

D. Dalit

33. The early religion of the Aryans in Ancient India.

A. Hinduism

B. Buddhism

C. Brahmanism

D. Atheism

34. Vietnamese nationalist who drove the French out of Vietnam and who led North Vietnam during its conflict with the United States.

A. Saigon

B. Tran Hung Dao

C. Ho Chi Minh

D. Quang Trung Nguyen Hue

35. The collected teachings of Buddha.

A. dharma

B. karma

C. nirvana

D. ahimsa

36. A temple complex built in the Khmer Empire and dedicated to the Hindu God, Vishnu. Built in the 1100's, it's the largest religious monument in the world.

A. Angkor Wat

B. Taj Mahal

C. Borobudur

D. Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple

37. It is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

A. Angkor Wat

B. Taj Mahal

C. Borobudur

D. Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple

38. Which is NOT one of  the Four Noble Truths?

A. People suffer because their minds are not at ease.

B. Condition comes from wanting what one doesn't have.

C. People can stop suffering by praying.

D. People can stop wanting by following the Eightfold Path.

39. It is a 28 mile-long gap between the mountains that connects central Asia to the Indian subcontinent.

A. Himalayas

B. Khyber Pass

C. Silk Road

D. Plateau

40. Which of the following is FALSE about Buddhism and Hinduism?

A. Both shaped Asian culture.

B. Both believed in reincarnation.

C. Both practiced meditation and yoga.

D. Both practiced animal sacrifices.

41. Confucius lived during the late _____ dynasty.

A. Qin

B. Zhou

C. Tang

D. Han

42. Qin rule has been characterized as ______.

A. lenient

B. democratic

C. disorganized

D. harsh

43. The policies of which Qin minister helped the state’s rise to power?

A. Zhuangzi

B. Confucius

C. Lord Shang

D. Liu Bang

44. It created the first empire in Chinese history.

A. Qin

B. Zhou

C. Tang

D. Han

45. The founder of the Han dynasty.

A. Lord Shang

B. Liu Bang

C. Li Si

D. Han Feizi

46. The nomadic imperial confederation that rose to the north of the Han empire.

A. Turks

B. Manchu

C. Wa

D. Xiongnu

47. This dynasty rulers were the first to articulate the “Mandate of Heaven”.

A. Zhou

B. Qin

C. Ming

D. Tang

48. The earliest known writing in China was found on what?

A. stone

B. turtle shells

C. bamboo

D. silk

49.  He used ahimsa (nonviolence) in his fight against British rule in India.

A. Emperor Asoka

B. Mohandas Gandhi

C. Siddhartha Gautama

D. Nelson Mandela

50. What is Hindu Kish?

A. A large land mass that is part of a continent.

B. A high mountain range that is located on the northern borders of India

C. A mountain range along the northwestern border of India.

D. A seasonal wind that produces a wet or dry period in a region.

ANSWERS

1B  2D 3C  4A  5B  6D  7C  8A  9B  10A  11A  12D  13A  14B  15C  16A  17C  18D  19B  20C 

21C  22A  23D  24B  25B  26B  27C  28A  29B  30C  31A  32B  33C  34C  35A  36A  37B  38C  39B  40D  41B  42D  43C  44A  45B  46D  47A  48B  49B  50C