How would you describe the change in the amount of control the centralized government had over Japan from c. 600 to c. 1000?

a. How did the breakup of the central government in Japan lead to changes in feudal Japanese society?

b. How did China influence the societies of Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia?

What geographic features contributed to the importance of Heian-kyo (Kyoto), Osaka, and Edo (Tokyo)?

What technological advances stimulated trade in Chinese cities during the Tang dynasty?

What invention allowed literature to become more available during the Tang Dynasty? Explain what role literature played in that time.

After the Mongols conquered China, what aspects of Chinese life did not change?

What factors helped prevent Mongols from conquering Japan? Be specific.

On a separate sheet of paper, answer the questions below. Make sure you read carefully and answer all parts of the questions. Compare and contrast the prominent artistic and literary mediums during a Chinese golden age of literature and art, which took place between the Tang and Ming dynasties and between the Song and Mongol dynasties. Which art forms had ties to religious beliefs, and which were more accessible or less accessible to the general public? Explain your comparisons.

Decide whether these statements about the vocabulary words are true or false. A statue that is lying $\textbf{supinely}$ is lying face down.

The given angles are in standard position. Designate each angle by the quadrant in which the terminal side lies, or as a quadrantal angle. 435 degrees, -270 degrees

The 50 grades on a physiology test are shown. Use the data to solve.

$$\begin{matrix} \text{44} & \text{24} & \text{54} & \text{81} & \text{18}\\ \text{34} & \text{39} & \text{63} & \text{67} & \text{60}\\ \text{72} & \text{36} & \text{91} & \text{47} & \text{75}\\ \text{57} & \text{74} & \text{87} & \text{49} & \text{86}\\ \text{59} & \text{14} & \text{26} & \text{41} & \text{90}\\ \text{13} & \text{29} & \text{13} & \text{31} & \text{68}\\ \text{63} & \text{35} & \text{29} & \text{70} & \text{22}\\ \text{95} & \text{17} & \text{50} & \text{42} & \text{27}\\ \text{73} & \text{11} & \text{42} & \text{31} & \text{69}\\ \text{56} & \text{40} & \text{31} & \text{45} & \text{51}\\ \end{matrix}$$

Construct a stem-and-leaf plot for the data.

What might have happened to the Song Dynasty had handguns been invented in the 12th century rather than the 13th century?

What was the relationship between the Muslim rulers and their Indian subjects after the Gupta Empire collapsed and Muslims moved into India? Explain your answer.

Adam proposes that his mother changes his allowance according to the following rule: "The first week, you'll only give me $\$0.02$. Then each week after the first week, you'll pay twice what you paid the week before." He explains that even though this is less than $\$5$ per week that he gets now, he will feel better because he will always get more than he got the previous week. a. If Adam's mother agrees with him, how much will Adam receive in the fifth week? b. How much will his allowance be in the tenth week? In the fifteenth week?