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Who was the greatest Mughal emperor?
a) Akbar
b) Babur
c) Jahangir
d) Aurangzeb
What did Akbar achieve during his reign?
a) Expanded Mughal territory
b) Promoted cultural and religious tolerance
c) Supported the development of art and architecture
d) All of the Above
What happened as a result of the central Indian state weakened and the power of local lords grew?
a) The Mughal empire became a coalition of states with equal rights
b) The Mughal emperors allowed the British to take control of India
c) The Mughal emperors became figureheads ruling over independent states
d) The Mughal emperors fought many wars to regain control again
Who was the de facto ruler during Jahangir’s reign?
a) His son, Shan Jahan
b) His father, Akbar
c) His wife, Nur Jahan
d) The Sikh leader, Guru Arjun
What best describes the Ming emperors’ attitude towards the outside world after the Yongle Emperor?
a) Open and tolerant
b) Ambitious and expansionist
c) Exploratory and accepting
d) Nationalistic and isolationist
Who was the founder of the Ming dynasty?
a) Zhu Yuanzhang
b) Liu Bang
c) Kublai Khan
d) Tang Taizong
What kind of art became popular during the Mughal empire?
a) Water painting
b) Clay ceramics
c) Miniatures
d) Islamic calligraphy
What happened after Babur’s death?
a) Muslims invaders attack India
b) His son loses a lot of the newly gained territory
c) His empire disintegrated into smaller kingdoms
d) The name of the empire was changed to the Mughal empire
Why did Shah Jahan build the Taj Mahal?
a) To honor his favorite wife
b) To worship the Muslim god
c) To show the strength of India
d) To hold beautiful works of art
What is a primary source that could be used to study the Mongol invasion of Japan?
a) The historical record written by Ming scholars
b) The scroll commissioned by the samurai Takezaki Suenaga
c) The oracle bones used by Kublai Khan
d) The Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian
Why couldn’t the bakufu pay the samurai during the Mongol invasion?
a) The shogun was greed and kept all the money for himself
b) There were no spoils of war from the outside invaders
c) The money was spent to build ships for a counterattack on Mongol lands
d) The samurai did not get any credit because it was the typhoon that destroyed the Mongol fleet
Why was the Ming palace named the “Forbidden City”?
a) The environment in the palace was very “forbidding” and people were not comfortable there
b) It was a small city that no foreigners were allowed to enter without permission
c) It was the name that Ming Emperor chose for his palace
d) It symbolizes that Mongol were forbidden from entering China again
What was Hojo Tokimune’s role in the Japanese government?
a) De facto ruler
b) Emperor
c) Lowly daimyo
d) High priest
What does the word “Mughal” mean?
a) Muggle
b) Muslim
c) Mudra
d) Mongol
Why did feudal lords need to maintain a strong economy?
a) To donate money to Buddhist temples
b) To provide food for poor farmers
c) To support their large armies
d) To buy beautiful clothes for their wives
How did the Buddha achieve nirvana?
a) He met Vishnu and that awakens him to the truth of the world
b) He prayed in the forest for six years and ate six grains of rice a day
c) He achieved enlightenment after meditating under the Bodhi tree for 49 days
d) He left the palace and saw a sick man, an old man, and a dead man and realized that there was suffering in the world
What is the purpose of reincarnation in Hinduism?
a) To be reborn into a higher caste
b) To reach nirvana
c) To achieve moksha and escape reincarnation
d) To become a Hindu god
Who was the founder of Daoism and the author of the Dao De Jing?
a) Kongzi
b) Hanfeizi
c) Laozi
d) Mengzi
How should we treat each other according to Confucius?
a) We should treat each other with benevolence and kindness
b) We should treat others the way we would like to be treated
c) We should respect the Five Relationships
d) All of the Above
What did the redoing of Izanami and Izanagi’s marriage symbolize?
a) To prove that men and women should be equal
b) To tell how much the couple loved each other
c) To show that men should always come before women
d) To explain how stopped unsuccessful births
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