Geography of Japan
Japanese Feudal Structure
Cultural Diffusion
Mongols
More Mongols
100
a group of islands
What is an archipelago?
100
the exchange of land for protection
What is feudalism?
100
the exchange of products and ideas from one culture to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
100
land that the nomads inhabited that is a dry grassland
What is the steppe?
100
Russians were forced to pay this in return for them to maintain their political positions.
What is tribute?
200
Japan lacks this and is therefore always trying to take over other lands.
What is natural resources?
200
This leader has no real power in Japan but does sit at the top of the feudal pyramid.
What is the emperor?
200
the country that acts as a land bridge connecting Japan and China.
What is Korea?
200
The Mongol empire stretched over these two continents
What are Europe and Asia?
200
Mongolian ruler who conquered China.
Who is Kublai Khan?
300
the number of main islands in Japan
What is 4?
300
These are Japanese warriors
What are samurai?
300
The Japanese really wanted to emulate this country because of their wealth and prosperity.
What is China?
300
The universal leader who unites the Mongols
Who is Genghis Khan?
300
The name of the Mongolian Dynasty created in China.
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
400
Japan's land is made up of a lot of these and therefore farming is difficult.
What are mountains?
400
The code that all Japanese warriors must follow.
What is Bushido?
400
The religion that Japan became interested in as the had a lot of contact with China. Hint.... not Confucianism
What is Buddhism?
400
This Mongolian group conquered Russia.
What is the Golden Horde?
400
The name of the leader in India that taught religious toleration.
Who is Akbar the Great?
500
Japan develops these as a way of getting more land to farm.
What are terraces?
500
A major difference between Japanese feudalism and European feudalism.
What is origin? European feudalism started as a result of the fall of Rome and Japanese feudalism starts because of taxation issue.
500
Period of Chinese history (dynasty) that Japan tried to "copy" so they could build a stable and prosperous society.
What is the Tang/Song Dyansties?
500
Russians learn this type of governing style from the Mongols.
What is absolutist?
500
The impact of Mongolian rule on China, Russia and the Middle East.
What is positive for China, negative for Russia, and neither positive or negative for the Middle East?
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