Religion
Mongols
Chinese dynasty
Japan
Geography
100
What are the 3 main religions of ancient China?
Taoism/Daoism
Buddhism
Confucianism
100
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.
100
What was one key invention of the Song Dynasty?
Gunpowder
Fast growing rice
Moveable type printing
Mechanical clock
Magnetic compass
100
What is one influence from China on Japan?
-Arrival of Buddhism via Korea
-Adoption of Chinese script
-Trade
100
What type of geographic feature is Japan?
Archipelago
200
What is the native religion of Japan?
Shinto
200
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.
200
How did Confucianism shape the Tang dynasty?
-Created social stability
-Use of Civil Service exams
200
What is one artistic achievement of the Heian aristocracy?
-Beautiful, ornate clothing
-Distinctive architecture (building designs)
-Calligraphy (beautiful writing)
-Ceremony (tea ceremony)
200
What geographic feature is this? What country is it?
Peninsula- Korean Peninsula
300
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
300
Who completed the conquest of southern China and founded the Yuan dynasty?
Kublai Khan
300
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
300
What system is this illustrating?
Feudalism
300
What mountain range separates China from India?
Himalayas
400
What are Kami, and what religion believes in them?
Kami are spirits associated with natural or significant places in Shinto, the religion of Japan.
400
The Mongolian empire was the ________ in history.
Largest
400
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.
400
Feudalism is ___ for ______.
Land for power.
400
What is the name of the high, flat, dry area of grassland that characterizes Mongolia?
Steppe (may accept Plataeu)
500
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.
500
How did the Mongols rule over a large area?
Split up into provinces.
500
What is the order of the dynasties we have learned about?
Han-Yuan-Tang-Song-Ming
Han-Tang-Song-Yuan-Ming
500
Draw a feudal pyramid on your desk illustrating Japanese feudalism.
500
What major trade route is shown on this map?
The Silk Road