Historical Concepts and Terms Quiz

What is the act of deep respect shown by kneeling and bowing so low as to have one’s head touching the ground?

• Vassal state

• Kow Tow

• Tribute

• Sinification

What is the term for payment in money, goods, or labor to a government?

• Daimyo

• Neo-Confucianism

• Bushido

• Tribute

Which philosophy merged Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist thought?

• Monasticism

• Feudalism

• Neo-Confucianism

• Sinification

What is the term for extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions?

• Corvee labor

• Serfdom

• Chivalry

• Sinification

What is a state with varying degrees of independence in its internal affairs but dominated by another state in its foreign affairs called?

• Caliphate

• Shogun

• Bakufu

• Vassal state

Who were the mounted troops loyal to local lords, not the emperor, in Japan?

• Caliph

• Shogun

• Daimyo

• Samurai

Who is the political and religious successor to Muhammad?

• Caliph

• Shogun

• Daimyo

• Samurai

What is a form of Islamic government led by a caliph called?

• Manorial system

• Caliphate

• Bakufu

• Vassal state

What is the Arabic term that means 'house of Islam' and refers to lands under Islamic rule?

• Jizya

• Dhimmi

• Umma

• Dar al-Islam

economic relations between landlords and peasant laborers- exchange for formal oaths of allegiance and promises of loyal service

• Feudalism

• Manorial system

• monasticism

• corvee labor