Ming Dynasaty
This was a large wall created to keep invaders out of northern China.
Great Wall of China
What code did samurai follow?
Bushido Code
What is animism?
Everything has a spirit
This person was friends with Kublai Khan and wrote a book about his travels that reignited the Silk Road.
Marco Polo
What trade route runs from China to Europe?
Silk Road
This was a famous Chinese sea explorer.
Zheng He
What was a shogun?
A military leader that commanded samurai, ran a government called a shogunate
This is a religion in Japan where they believe everything has a spirit or Kami.
Shinto
Who united the warring Mongol tribes and was nicknamed "Great Khan?"
Ghengis Khan
What type of test did you have to pass to be in the government in China?
Civil Service Exams
This was a large palace created by the Ming once they started their isolationism.
Forbidden City
This man wrote a constitution that was heavily based on Chinese political ideas.
Prince Shotoku
In Buddhism, what are you trying to achieve?
Enlightenment
How did Ghengis Khan use terror?
Was able to take over villages without attacking them.
Civil Service Exams were based on what principles?
Confucianism
Porcelain
During the Heian Period, what did nobles focus on?
arts, writing, culture
How did Buddhism spread to China?
Spread during the Time of Disunion and Warring States Period in China. Gave people hope during a bad time.
Who completely conquered China and started the Yuan Dynasty?
Kublai Khan
During the Song and Tang dynasty there were several achievements in the areas of agriculture, and technology. Name one achievement for agriculture and one for technology.
Several answers accepted.
During the Ming Dynasty, literature began to be expanded as novels were written in common language. What is this called?
Vernacular
Japan is a chain of islands put together. What is this called?
Archipelago
How was Neo-Confucianism different from Confucianism?
Neo-Confucianism added a spiritual aspect to Confucianism.
At the height of the Mongol Empire, where did the empire start and end?
How were Shintoism and Confucianism similar? Select 2:
A. Neither Religion had shrines
B. Both religions have one all-powerful deity
C. Both were created in Europe
D. Neither religion has formal texts
E. Both religions were created in Asia
D & E