History Chapter 12 – Flashcards
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What was Kalidasa's profession in Gupta India?
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Poet
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What were nomads of the steppes particularly skilled at?
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Archery
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The Srivijayan rulers, based on the island of Sumatra, were in many ways like what civilization?
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Gupta
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The Turkish shamanistic religion included worship of what?
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Horses
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Who ultimately defeated the Eastern Turks in the seventh century?
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Tang
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What was a specialist profession among the Mongol people?
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Blacksmith
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How was Khublai Khan related to Chinggis Khan?
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Grandson
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Mongols were aided in their conquest of Syria by exploiting the unrest of what group?
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Christians
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What was the most important weapon Mongol boys trained with?
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Compound bow
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What were the origins of Timur?
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Turkish noble
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Yurts were made of wood frames and what?
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Wool felt
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Who were the first Inner-Asian people to leave a written record in their own language?
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Turks
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Under the Delhi Sultanate, what was the most important industry at the village level?
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Textile production
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Central Asia is dominated by what?
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Grasslands
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What impressed Temujin when he fought against others?
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Courage
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What government did Qutb-ud-din establish in 1206?
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Delhi sultanate
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The Mongol government of China was conducted in what language?
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Mongolian
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The Buddhist pilgrim Faxian was the first writer to explicitly refer to what?
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Untouchables
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What was one of the first things recorded in the new Mongol script created by Genghis Khan?
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Law code
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Many positions in the Mongol Empire's administration went to what group?
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Uighurs
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In mainland Southeast Asia, what was the dominant religion after about 800 C.E.?
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Buddhism
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According to Al-Biruni, what was one of the two most important barriers to Hindu-Muslim communication in India?
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Language
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Of all the religions the Mongols encountered, which expanded the most under their Empire?
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Islam
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How did Temujin's father die?
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Poison
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What was one of the last places reached by Polynesian settlers?
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New Zealand
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The Black Death that struck Europe and the Middle East in the mid-fourteenth century probably came from what region?
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Central Asia
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The Chinese built the Great Wall to keep out what group?
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Xiongnu
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Where were "Arabic" numerals invented?
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India
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The Khmer Empire was centered in what modern day country?
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Cambodia
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Central Asian nomads' trade goods included what?
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Horses
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Muslim rulers in India were most hostile towards what religion?
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Buddhism
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The Turks first appeared as part of what empire on the Silk Road?
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Rouruan
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The Khitan and Jurchen states aimed at taking resources from where?
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China
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Mongols probably introduced the Bubonic Plague into Europe during their siege of what city?
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Kaffa
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The Gupta modeled their empire after what other empire?
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Mauryan
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Communication and contact between Easter Island and South America is proven by the presence of what on Easter Island?
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Sweet potatoes
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The Delhi Sultanate was invaded by whom?
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Timur
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The Mongol script that Chinggis Khan ordered created was based on what script?
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Uighur
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The Gupta dynasty was irreparably weakened by the invasion of whom?
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White Huns
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The first great nomad confederation that historians have clearly identified is whom?
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Xiongnu
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In the various Turkish states that developed along the Silk Road, what language was often used for administration?
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Persian
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Mongols drank a fermented milk drink taken from what?
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Mares
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Political organization among nomadic herding peoples was generally based on what?
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Clan ties
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When meeting with the European envoy Carpine in 1246, the Great Khan demanded that who personally come and surrender to him?
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Pope
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The first state to appear in Southeast Asia, with its capital in southern Vietnam, was known as what?
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Funan
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What was the most common item in the Mongol diet?
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Mutton
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Mongol children learned to ride on what?
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Goats
