Post Classical Asia Pt. 2

Which of the following choices best explains the what in the historical circumstances for the attached documents?

• The feudal systems of Western Europe and Japan

• The shogun class had ruling power over Japan

• The emperor decentralized their power and divided their land among the shogun

• The samurai protected the Japanese Feudal manors

What is a similarity between the two documents attached?

• Both had a religious figure at the top

• The effect of the caste system

• The warrior class was used to defend the land

• The significance of the Code of Bushido

Which answer choice best describes the why in the historical circumstances of the document attached?

• The Tang and Song Dynasty of China

• The Tang and Song developed many innovations such as gunpowder, paper money and mechanical clock

• The Tang and Song wanted to remove foreigners from power in China

• The Chinese could expand their land because of the steppes allowing for easy travel

The inventions mentioned in the document most likely occurred during...

• The Middle Ages in Europe

• The Middle Ages in the Americas

• The Middle Ages in Japan

• The Middle Ages in China

Why did the rulers of the Ming Dynasty want to build new sections of the Great Wall and reinforce existing sections?

• To keep out the Chinese

• To keep out invaders from Japan

• To contain their population within their boundaries

• To protect China from Mongol invaders

The passage in this document can be most closely associated with the

• Ending of Mongol rule in China

• Kublai Khan embracing Chinese culture

• The Mongol's use of horses and stirrups and advanced bows to take over more territory

• The Mongols use of a bow that could shoot 350 yards

Who are the people (or groups of people) shown in the documents?

• Kublai Khan (Mongols) & Zhang He (Japan)

• Ming Dynasty & Japan

• Zhang He (Ming Dynasty) & Kublai Khan (Mongols)

• Mongol Empire and Japanese trade routes

In what way are these two maps similar?

• They both show the territory gained by the Gupta and Roman Empires

• They both show the routes of explorers during the Mongol and Ming Dynasty

• They both show the trade routes of the Mongol & Ming Empire

• They both show the expansion of the Mongol Empire under Kublai Khan

What is a valid conclusion based on the maps?

• Both maps illustrate how explorers connected different parts of the world together.

• Both Marco Polo and Zheng He caused the empires to isolate themselves from all outside contact.

• Neither the Ming nor the Mongol Empire had explorers influence their empires.

• Both maps do not show the exploration of Marco Polo and Zheng He.

Match the following

• Established a Feudal System

• Medieval Japan

• Nomadic people who expanded through Asia

• Tang & Song Dynasty

• Removed the Mongols from power in China

• Ming Dynasty

• Invented gunpowder, paper money

• Mongol Empire