Key Terms
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Vocabulary
100
The Italian merchant who visited China during the Yuan dynasty and spent 17 years in Kublai Khan’s service.
Who is Marco Polo?
100
A very large, damaging tidal wave launched by an undersea earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
100
A dynasty that emerged in 618 and reunified China.
What is the Tang Dynasty?
100
A chain of islands.
What is an archipelago?
200
A vast, treeless plain or grassland.
What is a steppe?
200
Genghis Khan’s grandson, who toppled the last Song emperor in China in 1279 and ruled all of China, Korea, and Tibet.
Who is Kublai Khan?
200
Porcelain with an unusual blue-green glaze.
What is celadon?
200
A Korean dynasty that lasted from 668 until 935.
What is the Silla Dynasty?
200
A multi-storied temple with eaves that curve up at the corners.
What is a pagoda?
300
A Chinese admiral and diplomat who voyaged overseas to promote trade and collect tribute.
Who is Zheng He?
300
The Korean phonetic alphabet.
What is hangul?
300
A dynasty in Korea that ruled from 918 until 1392; established a new capital at Songak.
What is the Koryo Dynasty?
300
The process by which large agricultural holdings were broken up and redistributed to peasants.
What is land reform?
400
The percentage of people who can read and write.
What is literacy rate?
400
China’s most admired emperor, who took the throne eight years after the Tang dynasty began.
Who is Tang Taizong?
400
Phonetic symbols representing syllables in the Japanese system of writing.
What is kana?
400
The ruling dynasty in Korea from 1392 to 1910.
What is the Choson (Yi) Dynasty?
400
The payment that a woman brings to a marriage.
What is a dowry?
500
Korea’s most celebrated ruler; replaced the complex Chinese system of writing with a Korean phonetic alphabet.
Who is King Sejong?
500
A brilliant Mongol chieftain who united warring Mongol clans in the early 1200s and conquered a vast empire in Asia.
Who is Genghis Khan?
500
Independent state that has to acknowledge the supremacy of another state and pay tribute to its ruler.
What is a tributary state?
500
A dynasty that began in 960 and ruled China for 319 years.
What is the Song Dynasty?
500
The “way of the warrior,” a samurai code of values which emphasized honor, bravery, and loyalty to one’s lord.
What is Bushido?
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