Japan: Culture and Power
What were Japan’s professional warriors called?
Samurai
What title did Ottoman rulers use?
Sultan
What crop is another name for corn?
Maize
What is a community where monks live called?
Monastery
What does Renaissance mean?
Rebirth
What Japanese religion teaches that spirits exist in nature?
Shinto
Which empire built the Taj Mahal?
Mughal Empire
Which civilization built its empire in the Andes Mountains?
Inca
Which ruler united much of western Europe and was crowned emperor in 800?
Charlemagne
Which artistic technique makes a flat painting appear three-dimensional?
Perspective
What term describes Japan’s powerful landowners who hired warriors?
Daimyo
A building combines designs from several traditions. What process does this demonstrate?
Cultural blending
What building material made from sun-dried earth suited the dry Southwest?
Adobe
What medieval wars were fought for control of the Holy Land?
Crusades
Which Italian city became a Renaissance center with support from the Medici family?
Florence
An emperor is too young to govern. What title describes someone who rules in his place?
Regent
Which city conquered by the Ottomans became known as Istanbul?
Constantinople
Which civilization developed a number system that included zero?
Maya
Which institution connected medieval worship, universities, and cathedral building?
Catholic Church
What term means the everyday language people speak, rather than a scholarly language such as Latin?
Vernacular
Which form of Buddhism emphasizes meditation and self-discipline?
Zen Buddhism
Sikh teachings challenged which system that assigned social rank by birth?
Caste system
Which alliance united several Native American nations under the Great Law of Peace?
Iroquois Confederacy
What action could a pope take to exclude someone from membership in the Church?
Excommunication
What movement combined Renaissance learning with efforts to improve Christian society?
Christian humanism