Vocabulary
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Geography
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100
A waterway in China connecting Beijing with the cities to the south.
What is Grand Canal?
100
Supreme ruler of the Ottoman Empire.
Who is Sultan?
100
The Mongol's leader who wanted to invade China because he wanted their resources.
Who is Genghis Khan?
100
Tihs river is one of Asia's ten longest rivers.
What is Mekong?
100
This is a popular form of Japanese drama.
What is Kabuki?
200
A Japanese religion marked by the belief in the spirits of nature.
What is Shinto?
200
A seasonal wind that blows across South Asia bringing dry weather in the winter & heavy rain in the summer.
What is Monsoon?
200
He was the sultan of the Ottoman empire during its peak from 1520-1566.
Who is Suleyman?
200
This is a high mountain plain where more than a half dozen of the continent's powerful rivers begin.
What is Himalayas?
200
The Shah Jahan built this as a tomb for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died in childbirth.
What is Taj Mahal?
300
A class of soldiers of feudal Japan who were loyal to their lords.
What is Samurai?
300
An ancient network of overland trade routes that stretched from China to what is now Iran.
What is Silk Road?
300
He was Japan's first shogun.
Who is Yoritomo?
300
This is the world's largest continent.
What is Asia?
300
This was a walled city built to house the Ming emperors.
What is Forbidden City?
400
A group of buildings.
What is a Complex?
400
A large group of islands.
What is an Archipelago?
400
These shoguns were able to maintain their power over Japan for 264 years.
Who are Tokugawa?
400
The Mekong River flows down the entire length of Indo-China and empties into this.
What is South China Sea?
400
The Sultans ruled this empire.
What is Ottoman?
500
A Japanese feudal baron.
What is Daimyo?
500
The ruler of feudal Japan from the 1100s to the 1800s who although appointed by the emperor, ruled the country as a military dictator.
What is Shogun?
500
These people are herders and horse riders on the steppes of China.
Who is Mongols?
500
This is a Great Lake and was created by monsoons.
What is Tonle Sap?
500
Mongol control eventually weakened and Chinese rulers grew stronger resulting in this dynasty.
What is Ming?
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