Quiz WH Ch 12- FAR EAST

Kublai Khan was Genghis Khan's

Which of the following contributed greatly to the fall of the Tang Dynasty?

• the civil service system

• the invention of gunpowder

• the doubling of Chinese population

• over taxation

Immediately following the death of Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire was

• weakened by foreign invasion

• divided into four khanates

• expanded into Japan

• expanded into other areas of Asia including present-day Australia

All of the following were inventions of the Tang and Song dynasties EXCEPT

• the microscope

• porcelain

• paper money

• the magnetic compass

Of the following which was not developed by the Muslims because of religious obligation?

• Cartography

• Astronomy

• Mathematics

• Astrology

The "protected people", or the Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians, were members of which class in the Muslim society?

• First

• Second

• Third

• Fourth

Scholars and scientists in the Muslim world differed from Greek scholars and scientists in that they put greater emphasis than did the Greeks on the use of

• debate

• experimentation

• common sense & reasoning

• mathematics

In the Tang and Song dynasties, the new gentry gained social status through

• noble birth

• trade and commerce

• employment or service

• land ownership

The ? Tables were the written legal codes of Rome usually situated in the town center that applied to all citizens equally?

Which of the following did not play an important role in the development of ancient Japanese society?

• Geography

• Islam

• Honor

• Chinese