Chinese Beliefs
Which Chinese belief/teaching taught harmony and the balance between Yin and Yang?
Daoism (Taoism)
The belief that Heaven itself wanted the Emperor to rule is known as...
The Mandate of Heaven
This Chinese achievement connected the Yellow and Yangtze River, supporting trade and population growth in China.
The Grand Canal
Japan is a group of islands, the geographic term for this is...
An Archipelago
The De Facto ruler of Japan was...
The Shogun
Which Chinese belief/teaching taught that the 4 nobles truths were away of reaching Enlightenment and Nirvana?
Buddhism
How did the Tang Dynasty reform China's Government?
By creating the Bureaucratic System
This invention used magnets and was used for traveling long distances.
The compass
The traditional religion of Japan is...
Shinto
Unlike European serfs, Japanese peasants could own this...
Land
The title "Buddha" translates to...?
The Enlightened One
What did the Song Dynasty add to improve China's Bureaucracy?
The Merit System (The Civil Service Exam/Test)
This invention made the production of books faster and easier
Block Printing
Prince Shotoku changed Japanese society and government by introducing this document.
The Consititution of Seventeen Articles
Japanese peasants paid their taxes to their Daimyos with this...
Rice
Which Chinese belief/teaching emphasized respect for your family and government?
Confucianism
What group of people overthrew (took over) the Song Dynasty?
The Mongols
This invention used a combination of Sulphur, Saltpeter, and Charcoal to create an explosion
Gunpowder
This version of Japanese Buddhism focuses on reflection and meditation.
Zen Buddhism
The two most important characteristics to Samurai were...
Loyalty and Honor
The combination of the three teachings later became known as...?
Neo-Confucianism
The name of this Empress to be the only woman to rule China on her own
Wu Zhao (Wu Zetian)
This Chinese Achievement took over 1000 years to build and stretches over 5500 miles.
The Great Wall of China
The world's first novel by Murasaki Shikibu is...
The Tale of Genji
The name for ritual suicide of Japanese warriors.
Seppuku