Topic 12 Lesson 1
Bureaucracy
Mongols lived in clans led by a what?
Khan
A device with a magnetized piece of metal that points to the north.
Compass
Japan is a what?
Archipelago
What does a symbolic leader mean?
Figurehead
An economy in which people use currency rather than bartering to buy and sell goods.
Money-economy
A tyrant or dictator.
Despot
A system of moral behavior
Confucianism
An area that is a part of a continent.
Mainland
A social system in which landowners granted people land or other rewards in exchange for military service or labor.
Feudalism
In the early 600s, the Sui dynasty completed work on the what?
Grand Canal
After Hongwu's death, did his son Yongle take power?
Yes
Which two things spread from China to different nearby lands?
Confucianism and Buddhism
Someone who governs a country in the name of a ruler who cannot rule.
Regent
What are the local land-owning lords?
Daimyo
Rice made china's population grow by how much?
It was doubled by 50 million to 100 million
Hongwu suspected that others were against him, so he sent out police officers to catch them. How many were arrested?
100,000
Chinese thinkers criticized Buddhism for what?
A foreign language
In 607, Shotoku sent official representatives to China to study what?
Arts and governement.
Who took over China in the 1200s?
Mongols
During the Song dynasty, many people looked down on merchants. Why?
They beived that being a merchant was an unworthy profession.
In 1514, Portuguese sailors arrived in China. What did they refuse to do?
Pay tribute and violate official limits on trade.
What was important throughout Chinese history?
Ceramics and Porcelain.
Buddhist monks arrived in Japan from Korea when?
538
In 1185, who defeated Taria's forces in a final clash at sea?
Minamoto