Deck 9: Encounter and Confrontation

Question 1

Why were explorers fascinated by artifacts from the New World?

A) The Europeans wanted to "Christianize" indigenous cultures and artifacts would help them communicate with those cultures.
B) Treasure hunters were encouraged by stories they heard of a mythical city of gold called El Dorado.
C) Archeology was a new field, and those studying it were interested in excavating El Dorado, which was rumored to be like the hanging gardens of Babylon.
D) The artifacts were clues to advanced medicinal practices, promising cures for fatal illnesses.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is the Aztec king whom the Spanish defeated through an act of deception?

A) Quetzalcóatl
B) Montecuhzoma
C) Atahuallpa
D) Tezcatlipoca

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Who led the Spanish expedition that conquered the Inca Empire in Peru in 1533 with an army of only 180 men?

A) Francisco Pizarro
B) Hernán Cortés
C) Diego de Durán
D) Bernardino de Sahagún

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following refers to the purely Japanese writing system in which Murasaki Shikibu composed her poems?

A) waka
B) hiragana
C) zuihitsu
D) haiku

Question 5

During the reign of Zhu Di,the appearance and quality of Chinese porcelain improved dramatically.Why?

A) The court official Zheng He expanded the style and subject of images used in the porcelain.
B) The "treasure fleet" of Chinese trade vessels acquired cobalt ore, creating a rich color in the porcelain.
C) Zheng He perfected a new firing process for porcelain.
D) Raw materials and minerals used in the new porcelain were imported from Europe.

Question 6

Which of the following terms refers to the supreme traditional head of a Benin town?

A) oba
B) lyalode
C) manilla
D) bwoom

Question 7

Why was the explorer Marco Polo impressed with Hangzho?

A) the extensive gardens and civic architectural beauty and the variety of fresh food
B) the order of the political structure and leadership
C) the great educational system open to the middle classes and even to a select few in the servant class
D) the strategic military positioning of the city's defensive systems

Question 8

Who commissioned the compilation of an authoritative encyclopedia of Chinese learning that comprised thousands of volumes?

A) Zhu Di
B) Confucius
C) Kublai Khan
D) Zheng He

Question 9

Why is the Ife culture considered so important?

A) It is the oldest in Africa.
B) It has had a strategic military location.
C) It held the majority of the wealth in the region.
D) The indigenous people of Ife assisted the Portuguese in desert survival.

Question 10

Which of the following dynasties developed movable type,allowing them to print books on paper-approximately 400 years before Gutenberg introduced his movable type printing press in the West?

A) the Ming dynasty
B) the Song dynasty
C) the Yuan dynasty
D) the Tang dynasty

Question 11

Which of the following European navigators sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and reached Calicut,India,in approximately 1497?

A) Christopher Columbus
B) Pedro Cabral
C) Bartholomeu Dias
D) Vasco da Gama

Question 12

Which of the following terms identifies a horseshoe-shaped copper or brass object,which served as the standard medium of exchange in the Benin culture?

A) oba
B) lyalode
C) manilla
D) bwoom

Question 13

During most of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,which of the following religions was dominant among India's leaders?

A) Christianity
B) Hinduism
C) Islam
D) Buddhism

Question 14

Who is memorialized by the Taj Mahal?

A) Jumna
B) Jahangir
C) Mumtaz-i-Mahal
D) Abu Bakhir

Question 15

Which of the following became the favorite motif used by Ming artists because they symbolized the emperor?

A) sea monsters
B) waves
C) fish
D) dragons

Question 16

Which of the following was a factor in the collapse of the Mayan culture?

A) war
B) harsh weather
C) disease
D) invasions by European explorers

Question 17

Which of the following Mesoamerican cultures depended on an elaborate calendar system that included a 260-day calendar as well as a 365-day calendar?

A) the Mayan culture
B) the Moche culture
C) the Incan culture
D)the Zapotec culture

Question 18

Who led the Spanish expedition that conquered the Aztec empire of Mexico in the first quarter of the sixteenth century?

A) Hernán Cortés
B) Francisco Pizarro
C) Diego de Durán
D) Bernardino de Sahagún

Question 19

Why was the apse of Santo Domingo built in its current location?

A) to intentionally impose the symbol of Christian power over the circular wall of the Coricancha, a site of Inca worship
B) to establish a place of Christian worship as the locals requested
C) to appease the local traditions of sacred ground
D) to use the land directed specifically from the Spanish monarchy

Question 20

The new Mongol ruler,Akbar,ascended the throne at just fourteen years old.How did he demonstrate his ability to lead a diverse polution?

A) He established and practiced a policy of religious toleration.
B) He eased the tax burden on the poor within his region.
C) He bolstered economic growth through expansive trade routes.
D) He established a college for religious scholars.

Question 21

Discuss the role of the samurai during the Kamakura period.

Question 22

Discuss at least two examples of Spanish treachery and deception imposed on people of the New World.

Question 23

Discuss the role of landscape in Song painting.

Question 24

Which of the following was a member of the Fluxus movement of artists,composers,and designers who popularized the Zen philosophical practice of posing riddles as a way to lead students to enlightenment?

A) Alan Watts
B) Carl Jung
C) D. T. Suzuki
D) Yoko Ono

Question 25

Which of the following refers to a Japanese form of poetry consisting of thirty-one syllables in five lines on a theme drawn from nature and the changing of seasons?

A) waka
B) hiragana
C) zuihitsu
D) haiku

Question 26

Who is the influential scholar whom the author refers to as the "most influential disseminator" of Zen Buddhist philosophy in the West?

A) Alan Watts
B) Carl Jung
C) D. T. Suzuki
D) Yoko Ono

Question 27

Discuss the purpose and prominent features of the Taj Mahal.

Question 28

Which European nation introduced gunpowder and firearms to Japan in approximately 1543?

A) Holland
B) Great Britain
C) Spain
D) Portugal

Question 29

Which of the following terms suggests a vague spiritual insight and is the basis for Noh drama?

A) tenshu
B) yugen
C) tatami
D) anagama

Question 30

Discuss the historical and literary importance of The Tale of Genji.

Question 31

What was significant about the son of a minor vassal,Oda Nobunaga?

A) He established a system of currency to enable easier trade with the West.
B) He established a school for the creative arts, perpetuating the Ashikaga style.
C) He improved trade by using gun powder as a commodity.
D) He forged alliances to unify the country under a single administration.