Early Civilizations: Japan
This policy cut off Japan from the rest of the world under the Tokugawa Shogunate.
What is Sakoku?
The Dynasty that lasted from 581-618 A.D.
What was the Tang Dynasty?
The U.S. state that is the same size as the Korean mainland.
What is Utah?
This ruler oversaw the greatest expansion of territory, advancements in art and architecture, and laws in Ottoman history
Who is Suleiman the Magnificent?
This served as a trade route connecting the East and the West and was home to nomadic peoples.
What is the Asian Steppe?
The Religion that developed from the blending of clan beliefs in Japan
What is Shinto?
This canal stretched for 1,000 miles and was built by the Tang Dynasty.
What is the Grand Canal?
The geographic feature limits the amount of usable farmland in the Korean peninsula.
What are mountains?
Sha Jahan built this wonder of the world to honor his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
What is the Taj Mahal?
This term refers to the relative peace under Mongol rule.
What is Pax Mongolica?
This Shogunate united Japan and kept peace for nearly 200 years
What is the Tokugawa Shougunate?
The type of farming Chinese people used to grow their fast-ripening rice.
What is terrace farming?
3 things that the Koreans adopted from the Chinese.
What were:
1. Buddhism/Confucianism
2. Chinese writing
3. political institutions
4. Agricultural methods
The three improvements to the justice system under Suleiman the Magnificent.
1. Improved criminal and taxation laws
2. fought corruption
3. ensured officials were competent, not just well-connected
This European explorer served the Khan for 17 yrs. while documenting his travels around Asia, Eurasia, and Arab lands.
Who was Marco Polo?
The 3 countries that Japan had limited trade with.
What are China, Korea, and the Netherlands (Dutch)?
The goal of the civil service exam.
1. To give different levels of Chinese society a chance to participate
2. Only have the most qualified applicants attain government positions
The Mongol's demands for Korean resistance.
1. crushing tribute payments
2. 20,000 horses
3. clothing for 1 million soldiers
4. child/artisan as slaves
The two major jobs of the zamindars (regional government).
1. asked with tax collection for the central government
2. involvement in the military.
The 2 effects of the decline of the Mongol empire.
1. Trade routes became increasingly dangerous, forcing many to find alternate routes to China and the East
2. China became increasingly powerful and influential in the region
2 Positives and 2 Negatives of Japan's Geography.
Positives:
1. easy access to the sea
2. Southern Japan enjoys a mild climate with plenty of rainfall, aiding in growth of crops
Negatives:
1. Japan is very mountainous, making the total farmable land be about 12%
2. Scarcity of some natural resources including coal, iron, and oil
The 3 items that were soon used after the development of gunpowder.
What were grenades, rockets and canons, and bombs?
The 3 rival kingdoms in ancient Korea.
What are the Silla, the Paekche, and the Kohuryo?
Reasons Akbar the Great was a liberal ruler.
What were...
1. Continued the Islamic tradition of religious freedom
2. He married a Hindu princess without forcing her or her family to convert
3. He abolished the tax on Hindu pilgrims and the hated, jizya (tax on non-Muslims)
4. Appointed a Spanish Jesuit to tutor his son
The three methods of the oprichnina that Ivan the Terrible used to control the Russian boyars
oprichnina
1. public torture
2. executions
3. land seizures