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PCE1-PCE9 TERMS Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Silk Roads Ans: A system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia,
along which traders carried silk and other trade goods.
The worlds most well known and largest major trade routes between the
Roman Empire, Chine, and Europe. This concluded in the exchange and
diffusion of cultures.
Xiongnu Ans: A confederation of nomadic peoples living beyond the
northwest frontier of ancient China. Chinese rulers tried a variety of
defenses and stratagems to ward off these 'barbarians,' as they called
them, and dispersed them in 1st Century. (168) It was the first of the
East Asia Steppe Empires, and the longest lasting. They were able to
dominate much of Central Asia for over 300 years.
Roman Empire Ans: Existed from 27 BCE to about 400 CE. Conquiered
entire Mediterranean coast and most of Europe. Ruled by an emperor.
Eventually oversaw the rise and spread of Christianity. The conquered a
HUGE amount of land across Europe and Northern Africa, they were very
innovative by building aqueducts and roads and they spread their culture
and Latin globally.
Buddhism Ans: Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC.
Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers
seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering. It challenged social
hierarchy, and had a lot more opportunities fro women, and gave
everyone who followed, of any class, a role in spirituality.
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Dunhuang Ans: Chinese city located on silk road that transmitted
Mahayana Buddhism to China. Played a key role in passage of the Silk
Roads Trade to and from China.
Monsoons Ans: seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons,
very significant to trade due to its changing in tides, east, west, vice
versa. It also played a huge deal in replenishing ground water, for
irrigation and helped people through dry seasons. They also made trading
more predictable/convenient, and significantly less dangerous.
Neo-Confucianism Ans: A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty
China; it revived Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist
elements.
-believers in the importance of individual will, universal will, and normal
spiritual virtue of the teachings of Confucius.
-mainly practiced in areas like Korea, Japan, and Vietnam
-influenced many literature pieces, and the culture of mullions of lives.
Censorate Ans: part of the Chinese bureaucracy that made sure
government officials were doing their jobs. They were a high level
supervisory agency in imperial China. The censorate checked important
documents, supervised projects, and viewed judicial proceedings.
Censorates were directly responsible for the emperor.
Tribute System Ans: Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and
peoples that assumed the subordination of all non-Chinese authorities
and required the payment of tribute—produce of value from their
countries—to the Chinese emperor (although the Chinese gifts given in
return were often much more valuable). It as a set of highly regulated,
ritualized exchanges that occurred between the imperial court in China's
capital and leaders of other Asian societies. It was a system that
attempted to regulate their relationships with Northern Nomads.
PCE1-PCE9 TERMS Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Silk Roads Ans: A system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia,
along which traders carried silk and other trade goods.
The worlds most well known and largest major trade routes between the
Roman Empire, Chine, and Europe. This concluded in the exchange and
diffusion of cultures.
Xiongnu Ans: A confederation of nomadic peoples living beyond the
northwest frontier of ancient China. Chinese rulers tried a variety of
defenses and stratagems to ward off these 'barbarians,' as they called
them, and dispersed them in 1st Century. (168) It was the first of the
East Asia Steppe Empires, and the longest lasting. They were able to
dominate much of Central Asia for over 300 years.
Roman Empire Ans: Existed from 27 BCE to about 400 CE. Conquiered
entire Mediterranean coast and most of Europe. Ruled by an emperor.
Eventually oversaw the rise and spread of Christianity. The conquered a
HUGE amount of land across Europe and Northern Africa, they were very
innovative by building aqueducts and roads and they spread their culture
and Latin globally.
Buddhism Ans: Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC.
Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers
seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering. It challenged social
hierarchy, and had a lot more opportunities fro women, and gave
everyone who followed, of any class, a role in spirituality.
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Dunhuang Ans: Chinese city located on silk road that transmitted
Mahayana Buddhism to China. Played a key role in passage of the Silk
Roads Trade to and from China.
Monsoons Ans: seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons,
very significant to trade due to its changing in tides, east, west, vice
versa. It also played a huge deal in replenishing ground water, for
irrigation and helped people through dry seasons. They also made trading
more predictable/convenient, and significantly less dangerous.
Neo-Confucianism Ans: A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty
China; it revived Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist
elements.
-believers in the importance of individual will, universal will, and normal
spiritual virtue of the teachings of Confucius.
-mainly practiced in areas like Korea, Japan, and Vietnam
-influenced many literature pieces, and the culture of mullions of lives.
Censorate Ans: part of the Chinese bureaucracy that made sure
government officials were doing their jobs. They were a high level
supervisory agency in imperial China. The censorate checked important
documents, supervised projects, and viewed judicial proceedings.
Censorates were directly responsible for the emperor.
Tribute System Ans: Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and
peoples that assumed the subordination of all non-Chinese authorities
and required the payment of tribute—produce of value from their
countries—to the Chinese emperor (although the Chinese gifts given in
return were often much more valuable). It as a set of highly regulated,
ritualized exchanges that occurred between the imperial court in China's
capital and leaders of other Asian societies. It was a system that
attempted to regulate their relationships with Northern Nomads.
