Lesson 1
A system where people are hired and promoted based on talent and skills, rather than wealth or social status
Merit system
A ruler which Mongols lived in clans were led by
Khan
Ancient Chinese philosophy
Doaism
Area that is a part of a continent
Mainland
Rules called the way of the warior
Bushido
A system of government with many departments and bureaus led my appointed officials
A tryrant or dictator
Despot
A system of moral behavior based on the teachings of Confucius
Confucianism
Chain of islands
Archipelago
Supreme military commander
Shogun
A military leader overthrew the last Tang emperor
The main reason the Tang fell
Payment or gift to a powerful country
Tribute
Calligraphy, painting, poetry
The 3 perfections
A holy being that represents a spirit of nature, sacred place, ancestor, or clan in Japanese culture
Kami
Local land-owning lords
Daimyo
How long did the Song rule for (Years beginning to end)
960-1279
What was Genghis Khan's birth name
Temujin
A new take on Confucian ideas
Neo-Confucianism
Shatoku's moral code is in
Constitution of Seventeen Articles
True or False. Did the Mongol threat bring peace to Japan?
No
When did the Jin take over the Northern China
1127
When did the Mongols gain control of all China
1279
Arab and European sailors used compasses on their voyages by
the 1200s
The year Prince Shotoku took power
593
When was the emperor no longer the true ruler
860