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Chapter 11
-During the post classical period, societies in the Americas?
--- The central figure of the cult of human sacrifice and the
most sacred deity of the Aztecs was
---What was the Aztec view of history?
-Explain how Monotheistic practices became a characteristic
of American civilizations during the post classical period?
-The northern nomadic peoples who entered central Mexico
following the decline of Teotihuacan were the…
- What was the relationship between the Toltecs and their
predecessors in central Mexico?
-How did the Aztecs view the cultural achievements of the
Toltecs?
-The Toltec empire lasted until about what date?
- After the sack of Tula, the center of population and political
power in Mexico shifted to…
The people who succeeded the Toltecs as the rulers of central
Mexico were the…
--- Around what year did the Aztecs migrate to the central
valley of Mexico?
In the period shortly after the arrival of the Aztecs in the
valley of Mexico, what was the nature of the political
organization of the region?
The Aztec innovation in intensive agriculture in the aquatic
environments of the lakes of central Mexico was the
development of…
What was the nature of the Aztec economy?
-One of the most permanent features of Aztec society was its
organization into clans or…
--- Assignment of people to cult groups, Aztecs…how?
---Closely identified with the cult of sacrifice and the military,
the Aztec social hierarchy developed a nobility referred to as
the…
---Aztec view of marriage and the family
While the position of Aztec women in many ways paralleled
that of women in other civilizations at a similar stage of
development, what was the significant difference between
the lives of women in Mesoamerica and in the Mediterranean
world?
- What was the nature of the Aztec administration of subject
territories?
--- Which of the following was NOT one of the cities fighting
for control of the lakes at the time of the Aztec arrival in the
valley of Mexico?
- The most powerful of the Andean states between 900 and
1465 following the decline of Tihuanaco and Huari was…
--- What city did the Aztecs establish circa 1325 on a marshy
island in Lake Texcoco?
- What was the primary difference in the political situation
between the Mesoamerican and Andean zones following the
breakup of the classical states?
--- In what year did Tenochtitlan emerge as the dominant
force in the central plateau that it controlled along with
Texcoco and Tlacopan?
-- The abandonment of human sacrifice=Aztecs how?
--- What was the impact of expansion and conquest on the
Aztec social system?
--- Which of the following statements concerning Aztec
religion is most accurate?
---Aztec deities were numerous and had different forms or
manifestations somewhat like the avatars of the Hindu
deities…Explain how
---major themes or cults of Aztec religion
The capital of the Inca empire was…
33) The Inca ruler associated with the first creation of the
Inca empire in 1438 was…
What do the authors suggest was the principal reason for
Inca conquest and expansion?
What was the Inca practice of split inheritance?
--- The religious practice most closely associated with the
state and the person of the Inca in Andean civilization was
the cult of…
What was utilized in the Inca empire, but NOT by the Aztecs?
- Tambos were…
- What was the Andean principle of inheritance?
-Unlike his father, the second Sui emperor favored…
- The Inca nobility were…
-What led to the downfall of the Sui dynasty?
Examples of things that existed in the Aztec empire, but NOT
in the Inca empire…
- Who was the founder of the Tang dynasty?
Extent of the Tang empire…
--- The modern image of the Inca empire as a carefully
organized system in which everycommunity collectively
contributed to the whole and the state regulated the
distribution of resources on the basis of need is referred to
as…
- Which of the following views of the Aztec practice of human
sacrifice can be associated with Marvin Harrisʹs interpretation
of the ʺcannibal kingdomʺ?
- What was the attitude of the Tang emperors toward the
Confucian scholar -gentry?
What ministry of the central imperial government was
responsible for the administration ofthe examination system?
- The title of jinshi was reserved for those who..
-Chinese bureaucracy
What represents a cultural difference between the Incas and
Aztecs?
-Members of the elite class of China were more attracted to
what variant of Buddhism?
-- In terms of the integration of a centralized empire, how did
the Incas and Aztecs compare?
- Pure Land Buddhism
-Explain what represents a significant difference between the
Andean and Mesoamerican civilizations
Explain the populations of the Americas …
-By 1500, agriculture was…
--Characteristic of most Indian societies other than the
Andean and Mesoamerican civilizations…
Chapter 12
- The period of political disorder and chaotic warfare that
followed the Qin-Han era is referred to as the
- What was the capital of the southern Song dynasty?
-Urbanization in China during the Tang-Song era…
-The dynasty that ended the period of political chaos after
the fall of the Qin-Han was the…
-What made possible the rapid revival of empire under the
Tang?
The man responsible for the creation of the Sui dynasty was…
-Which kingdom was conquered by Wendi in 589?
What made the reunification of China under the first Sui
emperor possible?
- What was the primary reform enacted during the reign of
the first Sui emperor?
- What Tang ruler actually attempted to have Buddhism What proved to be the most damaging attack on Buddhismʹs
popularity with the people during the early Tang dynasty?
- In what decade did open persecution of Buddhism within
the Chinese empire begin?
- What was the result of the imperial attempt by the Tang to
suppress Buddhism within the Chinese empire?
- What was the impact on Confucianism of the Tang
repression of the Buddhists?
- Which emperorʹs reign marked the high point of the Tang
power?
-Problems during the last years of the Tang dynasty,,-Who
was the founder of the Song dynasty?
-First Song emperor /unity what northern dynasty…
Position of the scholar-gentry under the Song dynasty?
-Who was the most prominent of the neo-Confucians during
the Song era?
Eventual impact of the development of neo-Confucian
schools of thought…
- Wang Anshi, a prime minister in the 1070s and 1080s
attempted to reform Song government on the basis of what
Confucian school of thought?
-Reforms introduced by Wang Anshi in the face of
conservative opposition…
35) What caused the flight of the Song dynasty from its
capital in northern China?
- Why was the construction of the Grand Canal necessary?
-Economic development during the period of commercial
expansion during the Tang and Song dynasties…
- Agricultural policies of the Sui and Tang emperors?
-What was a primary difference between marriages, families,
and households of the upper and lower classes
-Status of women in the Tang-Song era …
-Chinese landscape painting…
In what way did foot-binding serve to diminish the
independence of Chinese women by the end of the Song era?
-Technological innovations of the Tang-Song era…
-Intellectual schools was responsible for the production of
most literary and artistic works during the Tang-Song era…
- What artisan was responsible for the development of
movable type?
- The outstanding poet of the Tang era was
- During the Song dynasty the interest of Confucian
intellectuals in nature was most apparent in their production
of…
- What group was responsible for the fall of the southern
Song dynasty in 1279?