HONORS: Middle Ages / Japan test corrections info.

As always, test corrections offer students an opportunity to earn back up to half of the points they missed (excluding the map section) and dramatically improve their grade.  Standards for test corrections are very high - "winging it" or rushing isn't enough; I have to see clear evidence that you have invested additional time in understanding the concept tested in order to give you credit.

-For each matching  question you are correcting, provide a definition of the key concept listed below as well as either (a) an extended explanation (more detail) of that concept or (b) an example of that concept.
-For each multiple choice question you are correcting, write the correct answer and explain why it is correct.
-For each short answer question you are correcting, rewrite your entire answer after researching the topic.

I. Matching

1. Vatican
2. excommunication
3. Crusades
4. heresy
5. feudalism
6. vassals
7. tithe
8. Vikings
9. melee
10. serfs
11. William the Conquerer
12. canon law
13. Anglo-Saxons
14. chivalry
15. Charlemagne

 II. More Matching

1. 
   
2. autarky
3. kimono
4. Murasaki Shikibu
5. bushido
6. arable land
7. Edo
8. archipelago
9. daimyo
10. isolationism
11. kami
12. shrine
13. Tokugawa Ieyasu
14. seppuku
15. tsunami
16. kanji
17. Nagasaki
18. samurai

III. Short Answer

18. Place the following events in the correct chronological order (earliest to latest). Then, select the option below that matches that order: (1)

I. Eastern Orthodox Church is created in Constantinople
II. Renaissance begins
III. Bubonic Plague
IV. Fall of the Roman Empire

Options:

a. I…II…III…IV
b. IV…III…I…II
c. I…IV…III…II
d. III…IV...II…I
e. IV…I…II…III

19. Using what you know about feudalism in Medieval Europe and Tokugawa Japan, describe, in 1-3 brief sentences each, the life, work, and obligations of four of the following five people: (4)

A. Sami the Serf
B. Kyree the Knight
C. Mason the Monk
D. Dylan the Daimyo
E. Sydney the Samurai

20. Explain, using specific examples and vocabulary words if possible, the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the life of Europeans in the Middle Ages. Include at least one potentially “positive” AND one potentially “negative” aspect of the Church’s activities at that time. (3)

21. What are the two main religions of Japan? (2)

22. Briefly (a) describe the system of feudalism; then, (b) explain why feudalism might be partially responsible for some of the negative aspects of life in Medieval Europe and/or premodern Japan. Issues you might explain include: social and economic inequality; slow economic growth; disease and sanitation problems; lack of innovation in technology/art/etc.; the frequent occurrence of wars; etc. Try to use specific examples when possible. (3)