Making Connections
Ch. 19
MAKING CONNECTIONS
The following questions are intended to emphasize important ideas within the chapter,
1. What led to the failure of the Taika reforms? What was the political result?
2. Describe the nature of Japanese government between the Gempei Wars and the Onin War.
3. What was the nature of Japanese society and economy during the period of the daimyos?
4. How was the sinification of Korea accomplished? How did it affect the social development of Korea?
5. What accounts for the cultural differences between Vietnamese and Chinese?
6. What was the nautre of the Vietnamese government following the reestablishment of independence?
7. What were the common elements of Chinese cutlure passed to all three of the satellite civilizations?
8. How was East Asian civilization different from other postclassical civilizations in terms of cultural diffusion?
PUTTING LARGER CONCEPTS TOGETHER
The following questions test your ability to summarize the major conclusions of the chapter.
1. How do the relationships between China and the three satellite civilizations (Japan, Korea, and Vietnam) relate to the shifting dynastic fortunes in china? Which of the three culturally influenced areas seems least affected by internal chinese political developments? Why?
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China |
Satellite Civilizations |
| Han period of expansion | |
| Collapse of Sui-Tang | |
| Chinese influence |
2. Compare and contrast the degree of Sinification in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam (600-1750 C.E.).
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Japan |
Korea |
Vietnam |
3. What was the social organization of the Aztec empire? How did it change over time?
4. What was the political and economic organization of the Inca empire?
7. How were American societies different from European society?
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4. How did Islam fuse with indigenous customs within the Sudanic states?
5. What was the connection between East Africa and Islam?
6. Where did cultures develop in Africa that were not affected by Islam? What was the nature of their organization?
chapter 12 questions:
1. What was the nature of bedouin society prior to Muhammad’s revelations?
2. How did Islam address fundamental problems in Arabic society?
3. How was the dispute over the succession to theoffice of caliph settled by 661?
4. What was the nature and extent of the Umayyad Empire?
5. What event led to the fall of the Umayyads?
6. What was the achievement of the Arabic phase of Islam to 750?
7. how was the Abbasid Empire different from the Umayyad Empire?
PUTTING LARGER CONCEPTS TOGETHER
The following questions test your ability to summarize the major conclusions of the chapter.
1. What was there about Islam that allowed a pastoral nomadic society to achieve a global civilization? In what sense did Islam achieve global status by 850?
2. What was the nature of the succession dispute within Islam? How did it divide Muslims? How did the succession dispute make any dynasty vulnerable?
PUTTING LARGER CONCEPTS TOGETHER
1. What portions of Africa were more vulnerable to Islamic cultural influence? What was the nature of Islamic cultural impact? How did it affect state formation?
2. Compare and contrast the Islamic impact on India and Southeast Asia with the religion’s affect on sub-Saharan Africa.
MAKING CONNECTIONS
1. What defines the postclassical period in western Europe?
3. Define manorialism and feudalism.
4. What developments in the ninth and tenth centuries pointed the way to political and economic recovery?
5. Describe the various political units of western Europe between 1000 and 1400.
6. How was theology linked to classical rationalism during the Middle Ages?
7. What were the signs of economic prosperity after 1000?
8. What were the crises of the later Middle Ages?
MAKING CONNECTIONS
MAKING CONNECTIONS
The following questions are intended to emphasize important ideas within the chapter.
1. How did the Sui dynasty rise to power? What caused their collapse?
2. In what way was the rise of the Tang dynasty associated with the Confucian renaissance?
3. What accounts for the decline of the Tang dynasty?
4. In what way was the Song empire weaker than the Tang?
5. What were the components of economic prosperity during the Tang-Song era?
6. Discuss the status of women during the Tang-Song era.
7. What was the overall impact of the Tang-Song era on Chinese history?
8. What innovations were made during the Tang-song era?
PUTTING LARGER CONCEPTS TOGETHER
The following questions test your ability to summarize the major conclusions of the chapter.
1. In what sense was the renaissance of confucianism a positive factor during the Tang-Song era (623-1279 C.E.)? What negative effects did it have on Chinese civilization?
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Positive |
Negative |
2. In what ways was the Tang-Song era innovative? In what ways did it remain within the traditional Chinese frameword?
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Innovative |
Traditional |
