Civilizations of East Asia and Southeast Asia

What features are associated with the dynasties of the Tang (618–907) and Song (960–1279)?

• economic problems and political violence

• prosperity, stable government, and advances in farming

• development of government bureaucracy

• overseas conquests and colonization

For three hundred years after 860, the real power in Japan was in the hands of...

• the Fujiwara family.

• powerful emperors.

European sailors really loved

• tea

• the compass

• gunpowder

• tik tok

How did Song rulers try to ensure that government officials were educated and honest?

• They adopted the merit system where people are hired based on talent and not their family. They also had to pass the civil service exam.

• This answer is wrong. :p

When the Mongols came to power, they

• reopened the Silk Road to trade.

• shut down the Silk Road.

• raised taxes on merchants using the Silk Road.

• opened a Linen Road.

Prince Shotoku believed that both Buddhism and __________ could unify Japan.

• kami

• Confucianism

• Tang China

• Taiki Reform

The Mongol empire provided safety for travellers like Marco Polo.

• True

• False

The Tale of Genji provides a glimpse of life in the Heian court because its author served the emperor’s wife.

• True

• False

Who had a higher social status in the Yuan dynasty?

• Song scholar-officials

• the Packers

• northern Chinese nobles

• Turks and other Muslims

Which belief system spread first from India to China and then to Korea and Japan?

• Buddhism

• Daoism

• Confucianism

• Christianity