Dynastic China
To act in an excessively subservient manor, or to bow deeply.
What is Kowtow?
This country was a large influence on Japanese art, government style, and religion.
Who is China?
A central Asian leader.
What is a Khan?
After being struck by a curse while defending his village from a demonized boar, this Emishi prince travels west looking for cure.
Who is Ashitaka?
Red and White are the official colors of this Burton school.
What is Bentley Community Schools?
The cycle of ruling families gaining and losing power in Ancient China.
What is the Dynastic Cycle?
The warrior class of medieval Japan.
Who are the Samurai?
This central Asian leader was able to unite the Mongols.
Who was Genghis Khan?
Lady Eboshi leads this fortified settlement, which produces firearms and is locked in a bitter struggle with the forest spirits.
What is Iron Town?
The first man on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This sage is known as the "Father" of Chinese society, and wrote "The Analects"
Who is Confucious?
A powerful Japanese military and political figure, usually the head of a clan.
What is a Shogun?
This large grassland area has few trees and was the biome of the Mongol people
What is the Steppe?
Ashitaka rides his red elk, Yakul, and defends himself with this (Mongol like) weapon.
What is a bow and arrow?
This famous author wrote the book "Scars: Leaving Pain in the Past".
Who is Keith Edmonds?
The first emperor of China.
Who is Qin Shi Huangdi?
The most common religion in Japan, includes beliefs in spirits, and ancestor worship.
What is Shinto/Shintoism?
This was the term for a "Golden Age" or time of peace for Eurasia brought on by Mongol rule.
What is the "Pax Mongolica"?
The giant spirit Moro and her offspring belong to this species of wild animal.
What is a wolf?
This is the number of stripes on the famous "Stars and Stripes" aka American Flag.
What is thirteen?
This sage wrote the book on war, commonly referred to as the "Art of War".
Who is Sun Tzu?
The spread of cultural traits from one society to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
This is the trade route on which the Mongols served as the "highway patrol" and helped the economies of those they conquered flourish.
What is the Silk Road?
Adopted by a giant wolf god, this princess wears a red mask and fights ferociously to protect her sacred forest.
Who is San or Princess Mononoke?
This pigment gives leaves their green color
What is chlorophyll?