AP World History Chapter 13
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Geography, environment, and movement in Vietnam

Geography, environment, and movement in Vietnam


(A) successfully fostered the growth of a uniform Vietnamese culture.
(B) have increasingly isolated Vietnam from its neighbors.
(C) divided the nation into two cultural divisions—one in the south along the Mekong River and the other in the north along the Red River.
(D) have made Chinese influence in Vietnam inevitable.
(E) led to the spread of Christianity and Islam throughout the country






Answer: C

Local Vietnamese officials identified most with the interests of

Local Vietnamese officials identified most with the interests of



(A) Confucian scholar officials.
(B) Hindu rulers.
(C) the imperial court and high administrators.
(D) the peasants and local village culture.
(E) merchants.






Answer: D

After their independence from China, the Vietnamese

After their independence from China, the Vietnamese



(A) slavishly copied Chinese culture and ruling styles.
(B) degenerated into constantly feuding clans and villages.
(C) were conquered by the Khmersand Thais.
(D) became a largely commercial society in southeast Asia.
(E) conquered the highlands and coasts between the Mekong River and South China Sea



Answer: E

What passage in Vietnamese history might have been instructive to the French and United States as they attempted to conquer Vietnam?

What passage in Vietnamese history might have been instructive to the French and United States as they attempted to conquer Vietnam?



(A) The majority of Vietnamese literature and art depicted Vietnam's history and mocked foreign influences.
(B) Vietnam had maintained its distinct Vietnamese identity despite centuries of Chinese rule.
(C) Vietnam's war of independence against China and the Mongols lasted 1,000 years in order to achieve freedom.
(D) The Vietnamese constantly invaded and defeated their neighbors including China.
(E) Vietnam had conquered and ruled its neighbors.




Answer: B

The typical pattern for relations between China and its neighbors during the postclassical period was

The typical pattern for relations between China and its neighbors during the postclassical period was




(A) military occupation by the Chinese armies.
(B) for these states to acknowledge Chinese superiority and pay tribute but remain independent.
(C) incorporation of these states as provinces in the Chinese empire.
(D) to form equal alliances as partners against nomadic invaders.
(E) to maintain no formal relations or treaties with neighboring states.




Answer: B

The influence of Chinese culture in Korea produced all of the following EXCEPT:

The influence of Chinese culture in Korea produced all of the following EXCEPT:



(A) legal reform.
(B) Chinese forms of Buddhism.
(C) an greater flow of goods between China and Korea.
(D) unified resistance from the three kingdoms.
(E) adoption of the Chinese writing system.





Answer: D

As the power of the Heian emperors declined,

As the power of the Heian emperors declined,



(A) Chinese trained scholar officials assumed control of the government.
(B) civil war broke out between branches of the imperial family.
(C) local nobles carved out estates and reduced the peasants to serfdom.
(D) China conquered Japan.
(E) religious groups and the clergy became the effective government




Answer: C

Which of the following statements concerning the Korean bureaucracy under the influence of China is most accurate?

Which of the following statements concerning the Korean bureaucracy under the influence of China is most accurate?




a. Although Korea emulated the Chinese bureaucratic structure, the satellite never created a Confucian examination system as a means of qualification.
b. With the establishment of the Confucian examination system, advancement within the civil service was determined almost exclusively by test scores.
c. Korean absolutism depended more on a warrior elite than administrative sophistication, so a formal bureaucracy was never established.
d. Korea established a Confucian examination system on the Chinese model, but admission to the bureaucracy was determined almost exclusively by birth.
e. Korean nobility did not welcome Chinese bureaucratic institutions and tried to introduce Korean models.



Answer: D

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the nature of the Japanese government following the death of Yoritomo?

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the nature of the Japanese government following the death of Yoritomo?





a. The successors of Yoritomo seized the imperial throne in their own name and set off a civil war between the old imperial family at Nara and the new one in Kamakura.
b. Real power rested in the Hojo family, who manipulated the Minamoto shoguns, who in turn claimed to rule in the name of the emperor at Kyoto.
c. Power was rapidly dissipated after the emperor was officially deposed without a successor.
d. There was a two-tiered system of government with power resting with the restored emperor at Heian who commanded a body of aristocratic warriors associated with the bakufu at Kyoto.
e. Japanese unity was achieved and feudal rule was ended under the leadership of the shoguns.





Answer: B

Which of the following statements concerning the nature of warfare among the bushi is most accurate?

Which of the following statements concerning the nature of warfare among the bushi is most accurate?




a. Battles hinged on man-to-man duels of great champions typical of the heroic stage of warfare.
b. The bushi depended on infantry tactics, equipping the samurai initially with long spears.
c. Battles depended on the Japanese phalanx of mounted samurai and massed assaults predicated on the willingness of the retainers to sacrifice themselves for their leaders.
d. The introduction of gunpowder in the 11th century allowed the bushi to rely on cannon and rockets as their primary means of assault.
e. The bushi made possible the building of conscript armies using new techniques of fighting obtained from the European kingdoms.





Answer: A

What was the relationship between the Ashikaga Shogunate and the emperor?

What was the relationship between the Ashikaga Shogunate and the emperor?



a. The Ashikaga shoguns fought the emperor at Kyoto who refused to recognize their authority.
b. The emperor and the Ashikaga shoguns formed an alliance and worked together to defeat their enemies.
c. The Ashikaga shoguns brought the imperial family to Kamakura in order to more closely control their activities.
d. The Ashikaga shoguns swore fealty to the emperor at Kyoto and restored imperial authority.
e. The Ashikaga shoguns unseated the emperor at Heian and took the imperial title for themselves.




Answer: A

Which of the following statements concerning the status of women during the era of the daimyos is most accurate?

Which of the following statements concerning the status of women during the era of the daimyos is most accurate?




a. Women's status among the elite certainly improved during the era of the warlords, as they gained rights to inheritance.
b. While the status of women among the artisan and merchant classes declined, the status of women among the warrior elite probably improved marginally.
c. Women were excluded from inheritance and treated as defenseless appendages of their warrior fathers or husbands.
d. The rise of the handicraft industry caused the status of women to decline throughout the period.
e. Women often participated in martial training during the era of the warlords, thus improving their social status.





Answer: C
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