Hist1113 11141S - Lindsay End Of Semester Final

What was the capital of the Incan Empire?

Chichen Itzá was a Maya state that flourished c. 850–1000 using water from what source?

Khipu, or knotted cords, were used by the Inca to record what kind of information?

The gods of the Aztecs, such as Huitzilopochtli, demanded what offering as nourishment?

The Toltecs declined as an urban military power when what taxable item declined in
production?

Archaeologists were astounded in 1999–2000 when they discovered a cache of 2,200
___________ buried at Tupac Amaru.

The primary weapon of the Aztec army was the

The Toltec army was limited by lack of wheeled vehicles to a range of how far from Tula?

At what stage in a soldier’s career was he considered to be a veteran?

To cross gorges in the Andes mountain chain, the Inca built suspension bridges made out of

One of the most important sources of proteins in the areas surrounding Lake Titicaca was
from

In addition to the native Maya, Chichen Itzá was dominated by another Maya-speaking group
known as

What happened to the two islands that originally comprised the city of Tenochtitlán?

As with previous Mesoamerican and Andean cultures, the central social expression of the
system of reciprocity was the

After the fall of Teotihuacán in the sixth century CE, the northwest region of the Mexican
Valley rose to prominence because of its reserves of

Why did the Aztecs continually threaten to wage war on enemy states?

West of Tula were centers of metal mining, where what new metallurgical technique was
introduced in 1200?

The Ecuadorians imported copper from Peru and used it mostly for personal items, such as
jewelry that was used to denote

The Aztecs built Tenochtitlán and Tlatelolco in the fourteenth century; what are those?

What kind of plant is the maguey?

Tiwanaku’s claim to authority over Lake Titicaca was based not on military power, as in
Mesoamerica, but on the attraction of

Toltec weapons incorporated what important mineral used for a sharp edge?

One feature of the Toltec state was it emphasis on war in culture, best exhibited by which of
the following?

Because the Inca did not have the transportation methods necessary to move goods collected
as taxes over long distances, they made use of

Discuss the late Mayan states and the reasons for the eventual collapse of Chichén Itzá.

Toltec armor consisted of wood plates over layers of

Mali came to power in part because more states were

The Mapungubwe king communicated to the commoners through

The graves at eighth-century Shanga can be identified as Muslim because they are oriented
toward

In Ethiopia, daughters as well as sons were allowed to inherit land.

Coptic Christians believe that Christ was

Initially, farms in South Africa were limited in size and area due to the danger of what animal
roaming the grasslands?

What kinds of orchards were planted along the Nile in Nubia to help the farmers capture and
anchor the silt from the annual floods?

In the Swahili city-states, the use of sandals during processions was a prerogative of

Trade between the Sahel and North Africa became possible when what was introduced to the Berbers?

The Christian missionary activity of the kingdom of Aksum was ended in the 970s when
newly converted peoples rebelled, led by

The Kharijis developed trade ports along the East African coast, and initially concentrated on
trade in

A dramatic change in transportation crossing the Sahara began in the early centuries of the
common era with the

The Zagwe kings created a new state in a region known as Abyssinia or

What is the significance of the Schroda in terms of the region of South Africa?

The Swahili city-states consisted of patrician coastal cities, towns of commoners, and inland
populations of

The Ethiopian Law of Kings, or Fetha Nagast, was adopted from

According to the Kebra Negast, the Solominid Dynasty was descended from Solomon of the
Hebrews and the Queen of

In Nubia, religious conversion to Christianity only involved the ruling and elite classes.

In 1297, Ethiopia sent a mission of thirty men to visit what person of religious status?

How did the kings of Nubia and elites promote Christianity?

A money economy emerges in Nubia when what is introduced to the area?

In southern Africa, social hierarchy and power was based on the size of one’s

The summer floods of the Nile River in Nubia usually begin and in what month?

In the 1300s, Mali’s military combined infantry armed with bow and arrow and cavalry armed
with

South Africa was the first place in the interior to connect to the Swahili trade networks
because of what trade good?

The northern half of the East African coast receives most of its rain in the summer from what weather pattern?

As an act of piety during the Mongol invasions, what did the kingdom of Koryo produce?

As Confucianism became more popular in Japan, it led to a decrease in women’s status
among aristocratic classes, but it was moderated by what influence?

What literary format did Murasaki Shikibu contribute to world literature?

Both Choson and Han China used what modern city as their capital on the Korean peninsula?

With the introduction of Buddhism to Japan in c. 553 CE, what aspect of Chinese culture was
also exported to Japan?

The only contemporary written account of the first Korean state, the Choson kingdom, comes
from

The name “Vietnam” originated in the name for the region by what other Asian power?

The code of behavior for samurai, called bushido, was greatly altered on the battlefield by theintroduction of what into Japanese warfare in the sixteenth century?

Buddhist monasteries were both important to the Japanese imperial state and a source of
tension with the local populace, largely due to what exception granted to them?

After the creation of han-gul, the highly elite men in Korean wrote in

What was the Bushido and how did it provide both a military and a social code for the
samurai?

Math the following:

1.Bushido

2.Samurai

3.uji

4.han-gul

5.sericulture

If a Japanese women wanted to avoid an arranged marriage, what option did she have?

As part of their conquest of Korea, what did the Mongols do to approximately 250,000
Koreans, beginning in 1254?

What kind of evidence is being used to trace the origins of the Japanese people and suggests
links to Korea?

The first true Japanese state was the Yamato, who also built what monumental structures?

In the fourth century CE, the Chinese state of Jin introduced Confucianism, writing, and
___________ into Koguryo, Korea.

The stiff black hat worn by Shinto priests contains what kind of figure on it?

The most popular Buddhist school in Japan is still

Japanese food production dramatically increased in the period of 1250–1600 largely due to
Champa rice, which allowed for what to be done in the raised beds between the rice paddies?

What destroyed the second Mongol fleet which attempted to invade Japan in 1281?

In c. 8000 BCE in Southeast Asia, the first fowl were domesticated for food.

In Ming China, if a widow remarried, what from her previous marriage did she give up all
rights to?

What did the Swahili king of Malindi send to the Ming Emperor Yongle via the traveler
Zheng He?

What was the minimum qualification for men of the scholar-gentry class in Song–Ming
China?

Who defeated the Tang at the Battle of Talas in 751?

Vijayanagar was abandoned when defeated by northern sultanates armed with

From the ninth century onward, what Indian state advanced and conquered into Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia?

The Sultana Raziya of Delhi welcomed Muslim refugees fleeing whose conquests in the
thirteenth century?

What was the function of the board of censors created by the Tang?

Although Muslims and Hindus in India resisted sharing religious or cultural practices, some
Hindus did adopt what Muslim practice?

The bureaucratic exams instituted by the Tang centered on knowledge of

In the new religion formed by the guru Nanak in the fifteenth century, what does the term
Sikh mean?

Chang’an, the capital of the Tang, needed to be supplied with grain from

Why did Confucian officials put an end to the Ming voyages of exploration?

What beverage was introduced to Tang China from Southeast Asia and became popular
internally and for trade?

According to Song–Ming sumptuary laws, what did officials wear to indicate which grade
they belonged to?

One measure of Tang expansion and dominance in Asia were the Taika, or Great Reforms,
modeled on the Tang government, which were adopted by what Asian state in 645?

The Song Dynasty synthesis from 960–1279 joined Confucianism and Daoism with

One economic advantage the scholar–gentry class in Ming China had was the exemption from
which tax?

According to legend, Tang poet Li Bai died when he

Muhammad ibn Tughlug was called Muhammad the Bloody in part because of his harsh
treatment of enemies and because he

To aid commerce, the Song were the first people in the world to print what on paper?

Many foreign people settled in Tang China’s large urban centers, including which group of
Christians?

As part of their attempt to extract more wealth from their Indian subjects, leaders of the Delhi
Sultanate created a Muslim monopoly on money lending.

China’s feeling of oppression during Mongol rule under the Yuan Dynasty was compounded
by what fourteenth-century natural disaster?

The Tughlugs lost power when Delhi was sacked by whom in 1398?

The most important navigational improvement to European shipping in the twelfth century
was the adoption of the

What was the advantage of the stern-post rudder, adapted by European ships in the twelfth
century?

According to the Rule of St. Benedict, who is the head of a monastery?

What title did Charlemagne acquire in 800 from Pope Leo III?

The ultimate result of the investiture controversy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries was an
increase in

In the feudal system that arose in ninth-century Frankia, what was the basic service that
vassals owed their lords?

Prior to the year 1000, European diets tended to lack

Anti-Jewish feelings and violence increased after what eleventh-century event?

“Boon work” in the manorial system was free labor provided for the head of the manor by

Match the Medieval king with his achievement or the event most associated with him.

The Hanseatic League was designed to facilitate what?

Charles Martel of the Carolingians acquired the name Martel, “the Hammer,” because of his
military victory over whom at the Battle of Tours?

Of the new monastic orders of the thirteenth century, which was dedicated primarily to
preaching as a way to combat heresy?

Match the Frankish leader with the accomplishment he is associated.

What concept held the feudal relationship together?

Although called the pope, the official title of the head of the church is Bishop of

The Vikings were successful in their raids on Frankish territory because they had a technical
advantage in their boat design.

The three field system made fields more fertile by doing which of the following?

Which of the following was a factor in the famine of the early fourteenth century?

Because Pepin the Short was crowned with holy oil, he introduced the idea that he was king
by the authority of

The most significant achievement of the Third Crusade was the recapture of ________ by
Crusaders.

In feudalism, what was a fief?

Mamluk courts, mosques, orphanages, and hospitals were financially independent and found
their personnel through

After being driven out of Mecca in 622, where did Muhammad and his followers settle?

Abbasid scholars drew on many philosophical traditions, and for developing a single law code
they turned to whom for a model?

The West Africa to China trade network in which the Mamluks played such a crucial role
began with the West African trade in

When Khosrow II invaded Roman territory in 602, he captured what sacred object in
Jerusalem?

According to Islamic tradition, the Ka’ba in Mecca is a sanctuary that goes back to the time of

In 687, the coins of Abd al-Malik depict the first explicit reference to

Persia failed in its attempt to defeat the Roman Empire in the seventh century because Persia
failed to cross what geographic feature?

Khosrow II regained the throne of which empire in 591, with Roman help?

In the 900s, the Shiite Fatimids were able to build an empire in northern Africa, from Algeria
to Syria.

How do the Sunni and Shia differ in their interpretation of the five pillars?

Who finally ended the Crusader kingdom by defeating Acre in 1291?

Al Khwarizmi borrowed the zero to nine decimal system from

Sunni religious authority did not object to the new scientific thought of the tenth century
because science was useful in determining

Muhammad’s family were guardians of

In 751 a Persian and Arab army defeated _________ and Chinese forces to take control of the Silk Road.

The Abbasid caliphs moved the capital of the Islamic Empire to

In 726 Byzantine emperor Leo III attempted to reform Christian practice by banning the use
of

Ghazali’s metaphor of the glass of red wine was meant to convey the difficulty of

By the eighth century, Kiev in the Ukraine had been settled by the Rus, people of what origin?

Where does a Muslim go to find the principle of Sharia?

After Saladin recaptured Jerusalem in 1187, what allowed the Christian Crusaders kingdom to
remain until 1291?

Abbasid caliphs in the ninth century were opposed by traditionalists who had what kind of
interpretation of the Quran?

The Islamic collection of tales called The Arabian Nights included material from Greek and
Indian sources.

The Qin state’s wealth was based on

The founder of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, was unusual among China’s rulers because he
was

What one word did Confucius feel encapsulated all of his teachings?

According to Confucianism, one of the ways people could be motivated to better behavior
was to offer them

Legalists believed that education was an essential occupation for citizens

How was Buddhism introduced into China and what factors encouraged it to become popular?

Buddhist texts were initially translated into Chinese using terms borrowed from

Han Fei and Li Si created a political system in which all in the state were subject to the will of

In 1138 CE, the first foundling hospitals were built in Sung China to deal with what particular
problem?

What punishment might befall a scholar or philosopher who disagreed with the emperor Shi
Huangdi?

What piece of military technology helped the Toba build the Northern Wei state?S

Although the Chinese produced many luxury goods that were coveted around the world, the
good with which they were universally identified was

One of the most important industries in China was the production of salt, which used natural
gas in a process to extract the salt from

After the Red Eyebrow revolt, the Han moved the capital of China to

List some of the accomplishments of Qin Shi Huangdi, and explain why these
accomplishments were significant part of empire and state building

The Han Dynasty viewed which social class as particularly dangerous and problematic?

According to the Daode Jing, an effective ruler is one who rules naturally by

Productivity of agricultural lands was reduced in the later Han when what happened to
peasant labor?

Productivity of agricultural lands was reduced in the later Han when what happened to
peasant labor?

Second-century CE China mass-produced silk using looms powered by human labor and

Among the many luxury goods produced in Tang China was a kind of porcelain known in
most other places as

The Han dynasty reduced extremely harsh punishments assigned by the Qin but kept in place
the Qin classless social systems.

In Gupta India, a woman’s dharma, regardless of jati, always included

The Upanishads rejected the Vedic practices of ritual and sacrifice, in favor of their
meditative approach to achieving salvation.

In the practice of sati, a wife shows her loyalty to her husband by committing ritual suicide by

Most of the tax revenue for the Mauryans came from taxes on

Although some Hindus in the Gupta period celebrated women’s sexuality, others viewed it as
a problem because it distracted men from

When was it allowable for men to take more than one wife at a time?

After the Battle of Kalinga, and his conversion to Buddhism, Ashoka adopted the doctrine of

Krishna is an avatar, or incarnation, of

Meeting with Sandrokoptros, or Chandragupta Maurya, may have convinced Alexander the
Great to

The Code of Manu, written c. 200 CE, offered advice and instructions on

How did the founder of the Jains, Mahavira, die?

Buddhist monasteries throughout Southeast Asia and Asia were used for hostels as well as for
prayer.

The first methods of measuring time on calendars by the Indians used what astronomical
pattern?

Why did the Romans stop their trade with the Gupta?

What mathematical concept were the Indians the first to use?

Briefly describe the Four Noble Truths that the Buddha described; how do these represent a
reaction against both the Vedic and Jain traditions?

In the Hindu system as it evolved from the Gupta period onward, what caused ritual
pollution?

The first depictions of the Buddha in human form closely resembled the Greek depiction of

Ashoka’s court was located at ___________, which was very rich from trade and taxes.

According to Hindu beliefs, what is “Bharata”?

The “wheel of dharma” was an early representation of

How did the invasions, and attempted conquest of Alexander, aid Chandragupta to build his
empire in northern India?