The color artists used in their paintings during the Song Dynasty
What is black
100
DAILY DOUBLE: Pastoralists
What is a nomadic people that herd domesticated animals
100
The exact translation of kamikaze
What is divine wind
100
This was the native religion of Japan, based on the respect of the forces of nature and the worship of ancestors.
What is Shinto
100
This dynasty had a civil service examination system to determine positions in the government, but it did not provide social mobility because positions became hereditary
What is the Koryu dynasty
200
An invention that sped up the existing printing process
What is moveable type
200
Pax Mongolica
What is the period when the Mongols imposed stability and law and order across much of Asia (trade between Asia and Europe flourished)
200
The modern day city where Kublai Khan built a new capital and palace
What is Beijing
200
This was Japan's reaction to Chinese culture when certain aspects of it were first introduced by Korean travelers and merchants
What is cultural borrowing and adapting
200
This empire was the main power on the Southeast Asian mainland, was located in modern day Cambodia, built elaborate irrigation systems and waterways to improve rice cultivation, and built Angkor Wat.
What is the Khmer Empire
300
DAILY DOUBLE: Definition of gentry
What is the name of the powerful, well-to-do people that made up the upper class in the Tang and Song times
300
What Genghis Khan's successors did immediately after his death
What is expanded into other areas of Asia
300
Kublai Khan united China under one unified rule for the first time in this many years.
What is over 300 years
300
During this period, a highly refined court society arose in modern day Kyoto, based on the encouragement of etiquette.
What is the Heian Period
300
This dynasty, located on the island of Java, built the Buddhist temple at Borobudur.
What is the Sailendra Dynasty
400
The correct order of these dynasties: Sui, Song, Han, Tang
What is Han, Sui, Tang, Song
400
The three characteristics that made Genghis Khan a very successful conqueror
What is he was a brilliant organizer, was a gifted strategist, used cruelty as a weapon
400
These two groups of people held the highest government positions in Yuan China.
What are Mongols and foreigners
400
During Japan's feudal period, powerful warlords surrounded themselves with bands of these fierce warriors for protection, each of who followed a strict code of law known as the Bushido
What are samurais
400
This empire grew wealthy through the taxation of trade that traveled through its waters, which include the Strait of Malacca, and waters surrounding Java, Sumatra, and Borneo.
What is the Srivijaya Empire
500
One of the reasons the Tang Dynasty fell
What is the rulers imposed crushing taxes (another acceptable answer is that the rulers struggled to control the vast empire they built)
500
Another name for a clan leader named Temujin
What is Genghis Khan
500
This is how long Marco Polo stayed in China and served Kublai Khan.
What is 17 years
500
This clan established itself as the leading clan in Japan, claimed to be descended from the sun goddess, and its cheifs were eventually accepted as the emperors of Japan.
What is the Yamato Clan
500
This dynasty, from its capital in Hanoi, established a strong central government, encouraged trade and agriculture, and greatly improved road and river transportation.