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Explain the personal and social conflicts that the title character of Shikibu's The Tale of Genji encounters.

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The moat surrounding the Hindu temple Angkor Wat represents


A) the womb.
B) purification.
C) the force of destruction.
D) the oceans.

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the Japanese court women created the new literary form of


A) poetry.
B) haiku.
C) zuihitsu.
D) waka.

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Japan's capital was moved to Heian-ko between 784 and 794 to


A) distance the secular court from Buddhist influence.
B) accommodate a larger,more elaborate palace.
C) be closer to the thriving seaports.
D) escape the threat of Chinese invaders.

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Discuss the use of and reasons for symbolism in the Yuan dynasty's exiled scholar-painters' works.

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Discuss the historical significance of Sei Shonagon's zuihitsu,Pillow Book.

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The Tang Chinese believe their capital city's grid plan mirrored the


A) social hierarchy of the region.
B) diversity of the city's inhabitants.
C) order of the cosmos.
D) home of the gods.

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West African poets composed praise poems to


A) win annual poetry competitions.
B) earn favor with eligible women.
C) celebrate heroic ancestors.
D) gain influence over the poem's subject.

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Why was blood sacrifice central to Aztec culture?


A) Their symbol,the eagle,fed on blood.
B) Blood represented the cycle of birth and death.
C) The sun,moon,and earth were thought to need human blood for sustenance.
D) Sacrifices of prisoners deterred other groups from attacking.

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Pagoda design was inspired by


A) Egyptian pyramids.
B) Indian stupas.
C) Qin Shihuangdi's tomb.
D) Mesopotamian ziggurats.

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The Benin built massive earthwork walls and moats around their capital city as


A) protection from raiding elephants.
B) as a border to separate feuding clans from each other.
C) as barriers against the Niger River.
D) as a shield to protect themselves from angry gods.

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Song painters valued landscape above other subjects because it


A) possessed a vastness that,to them,reflected China itself.
B) offered a constantly changing subject.
C) possessed a beauty that,to them,symbolized the Chinese people.
D) embodied the principle behind all things in their belief system.

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Explain the uses of music in African societies.

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The conquering Spanish built churches on Inca temple foundations to


A) conserve human labor and natural resources.
B) be syncretistic,blending native religion and Christianity.
C) emphasize Christian control of native sites.
D) preserve the masterful masonry of the temples.

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Compare the grid layout of the Tang city Chang'an with that of the Mesoamerican Teotihuacán.

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In the exiled Song scholar-painters' art during Mongol rule,bamboo symbolized


A) Chinese peoples' dominance of the land.
B) the theft of Chinese soil by Mongol invaders.
C) Chinese peoples' ability to bend and not break.
D) the unifying principle of the Chinese world.

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