What are the 3 main religions of ancient China?
Taoism/Daoism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Who was Genghis Khan?
What was his birth name?
How did he change the Mongols?
Ruler of the Mongols.
Temujin.
He united the Mongols, wrote a new set of laws, and prompted leaders based on competence.
What was one key invention of the Song Dynasty?
Gunpowder
Fast growing rice
Moveable type printing
Mechanical clock
Magnetic compass
What is one influence from China on Japan?
-Arrival of Buddhism via Korea
-Adoption of Chinese script
-Trade
What type of geographic feature is Japan?
Archipelago
What is the native religion of Japan?
Shinto
What does nomadic mean? What special skills did the nomadic Mongols develop that made them excellent warriors?
Nomadic means moving from place to place. Nomadic Mongols became excellent horsemen, archers, and warriors.
How did Confucianism shape the Tang dynasty?
-Created social stability
-Use of Civil Service exams
What is one artistic achievement of the Heian aristocracy?
-Beautiful, ornate clothing
-Distinctive architecture (building designs)
-Calligraphy (beautiful writing)
-Ceremony (tea ceremony)
What geographic feature is this? What country is it?
Peninsula- Korean Peninsula
How did Buddhism arrive in China from India?
OR
What country did Buddhism pass through to reach Japan?
Along the Silk Road.
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Korea
Who completed the conquest of southern China and founded the Yuan dynasty?
What were two (2) achievements of the Ming dynasty?
reconstruction of the Great Wall
defeat of the Yuan (Mongols)
exploration of foreign civilizations by Zheng He
What system is this illustrating?![]()
Feudalism
What mountain range separates China from India?
Himalayas
What are Kami, and what religion believes in them?
Kami are spirits associated with natural or significant places in Shinto, the religion of Japan.
The Mongolian empire was the ________ in history.
Largest
How did the Mongols change Chinese society? What did they get rid of?
Increased trade by opening up contact along Silk Road.
Got rid of Civil Service exams.
Feudalism is ___ for ______.
Land for power.
What is the name of the high, flat, dry area of grassland that characterizes Mongolia?
Steppe (may accept Plataeu)
Why did Confucianism contribute to an orderly society in China?
Because it emphasizes 1) doing your duty 2) the 5 relationships (PFRBM) and 3) hierarchy.
How did the Mongols rule over a large area?
Split up into provinces.
What is the order of the dynasties we have learned about?
Han-Yuan-Tang-Song-Ming
Han-Tang-Song-Yuan-Ming
Draw a feudal pyramid on your desk illustrating Japanese feudalism.

What major trade route is shown on this map?
The Silk Road