Role of Women
How did women during the Song Dynasty show their social status?
Foot-binding
How did the Chinese government generate income during the Song Dynasty?
Taxes and the tributary system
What did the Minamoto clan establish?
Shogun
What is Mr. Straubs's first name?
What religion strives for its followers to achieve nirvana?
Buddhism
Chinese lived in _____ families, but Vietnamese lived in ______ families.
extended, nuclear
What is the difference between a bureaucracy and a meritocracy?
Bureaucracy- officials carry out emperor policies
meritocracy- power is obtained through ability and score on exams
What values were important in Japan? (bushido)
frugality, loyalty, martial arts, honor until death
What cereal brand uses the mascot Toby the Tiger?
Frosted Flakes
How did Buddhism spread to China?
Via the Silk Road
What practices did Vietnamese women reject?
Foot binding and polygyny
Name one Chinese agricultural innovation
manure, breeding to create Champa rice, new heavy plows
In what Japanese period did Japan emulate Chinese culture?
Heian period
Name an example of a text that used the woodblock printing method.
1. Buddhist scripture was the first in the world
2. Farming booklets
What religions combined created Neo-Confucianism?
Buddhism and Daoism
What would enslaved women do in Dar-al-Islam?
Serve as concubines to men who had reached their max of 4 wives
What did China export?
porcelains, textiles, and tea
What is The Tale of Genji?
A story of a Japanese prince novel and the world's first novel
How was Korean aristocracy differ from Chinese aristocracy?
Korean had much more power than the Chinese
What two faiths combined created Chan/Zen Buddhism?
Buddhism and Daoism
What was Muhammad's view on women?
He raised the status of women, loved his wives, forbade female infanticide
Put these in order from highest to lowest class: merchants, scholar gentry, artisans, farmers
scholar gentry, farmers, artisans, merchants
Put these Japanese social statuses in order: samurai, emperor, shogun, serfs, daimyo
emperor, shogun, daimyo, samurai, serfs
What is filial piety?
Respect to elders and the head male of the family
Why did leaders of the Tang Dynasty struggle to accept the spread of Buddhism?
They didn't like a foreign religion havening such prominence in society