East Asia
This was the name of the trade route connecting East Asia to other parts of the world.
What is the Silk Road?
This was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople?
Who is the working class in Japan?
Peasants
He united the Mongol Tribes, creating a powerful empire.
Who is Genghis Khan?
What are 3 of the 5 Seas located in the Middle East?
Red, Black, Mediterranean, Arabian, Caspian
This was the religion followed in Japan.
What is Shintoism?
When the Roman Empire split into two halves, this half became the Byzantine Empire. (Eastern or Western)
What is Eastern?
Who is the fighting class in Japan?
Samurai
He wrote stories of his travels that encouraged individuals to visit East Asia.
Who is Marco Polo?
He is the founder of Buddhism.
Buddhism or Sidhartha Gautama
Who has the most power in Japan's feudal system?
Shogun
What is Justinian's wife's name?
Theodora
What religion made its way into Japan from China? Originally from India.
Buddhism
He created a philosophy that the Chinese government adopted.
Who is Confucius?
This is the name of the desert located in Northern China.
What is the Gobi?
Name 3 of the 5 Chinese Dynasties we talked about earlier this year?
Tang, Song, Mongol, Yuan, and Ming
Constantinople was located on one of these (Surrounded by water on 3 sides), which made it much easier to defend.
peninsula
What is a chain of islands called?
Archipelago
He conquered Constantinople, bringing the Byzantine Empire to an end.
Who is Mehmed the Conqueror?
What are the two rivers located in the Middle East?
Tigris and Euphrates
What are the two rivers located in China called?
Yellow and Yangtze
Who defeated the Byzantine Empire?
Ottoman Turks or Mehmed II
What is the order of Japan's Feudal Pyramid from most power to least?
Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai, peasant
He moved the capital of the Byzantine Empire to Byzantium and named it after himself.
Who is Constantine?
This was the system of service that was established in Japan, and later Europe.
What is Feudalism?