Lesson 1
A hard white pottery of extremely fine quality
What is porcelain
A payment or gift to a stronger power/ more powerful country
what is tribute
A device with a magnetized piece of metal that points to the north, used for navigation.
What is a compass
Social system in which land is granted for military service or labor
What is feudalism
What is a stupa
What is a scholar-official
vast area of dry grasslands
what is a steppe
An early form of printing invented in China in which text was carved into a block of wood.
What is block printing
Highly trained Japanese warrior in feudal Japan
What is a Samurai
seasonal wind that brings heavy rain to the Indian subcontinent during parts of the year
What is monsoon
System of many government officials who carry out government rules and regulations
What is bureaucracy
another word for tyrant or dictator
What is a despot
A philosophy of following Dao, that is the natural way of the universe.
What is Daoism
Powerful Japanese military leader who often had more power than the emporer
what is a shogun
an agreement among the members of a group
What is a consensus
The economic system in which people use currency rather then bartering to buy and sell goods.
What is money economy
A person who moves from place to place without a permanent home
What is a nomad
The religion that developed out of the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha.
What is Buddhism
god or spirit who represents a force of nature in the Japanese religion
What is kami
A place of worship
What is a shrine
The system in which people are hired and promoted based on talent and skills, rather than wealth or social status.
What is the merit system
A person who trades illegally
What is a smuggler
A belief system based on the ideas of the Chine thinker Confucius
What is Confucianism
group of islands
What is archipelago
Sacred word, chant, or sound that is repeated over and over to advance one's spiritual growth
what is a mantra