Lesson 1
This term refers to an economy in which people use currency rather than bartering to buy and sell goods.
Money Economy
A tyrant or dictator is a Khan.
True or False?
False.
What is block printing?
In which workers carved text into blocks of wood.
An area that is a part of a continent is archipelago.
True or False?
False.
Different ranks, or levels, of nobles.
The imperial court was divided
The world's oldest and longest human-built waterway, It connects China's two great rivers.
What is it named?
The Great Canal
In the mid-1300s, China suffered through floods, disease, and famine. These hardships led to____ against the ____?
These hardships led to rebellion against the Mongols.
Huge ships, known as "Junks" could hold as much as _____ people.
500
Historians have identified one culture group, the Jomon by their distinctive ____?
Pottery.
A supreme military commander is a _____?
Shogun
China had several large cities that were home to hundreds of thousands of people.
It is the south of the Chang River, which is also known as ___ or ____?
Yangtze or Yangzi
How did the Chinese change their attitude towards foreigners?
Chinese officials saw Europeans as smugglers because they refused to pay tribute and violated official limits on trade.
Painting, Poetry, and Calligraphy.
"Three Perfections"
Shokotu began the difficult task of unifying Japan. One way he did this was by ____?
Supporting Buddhism, which arrived in Japan from Korea in 538.
Two values guided Samurai.
One was loyalty to one's lord. The other was personal honor.
Eventually, The Tang Dynasty fell. After a period of unrest, a new dynasty rose.
Which dynasty rose after the Tang fell?
The Song Dynasty.
Tribute
A payment or gift to a more powerful country.
A religion based on the teachings of the Indian spiritual leader Siddharta Gautama.
Buddhism
"Great change"
Taika
Mongols took over China in the _____
1200's
Some of the best-preserved Tang works are pottery, figurines of horses, _____, and people.
Camels
When did the Mongols finally gain control of all China?
1279
In turn, Chinese products and ideas spread to Europe.
Missionaries brought Western Christianity.
Buddhist monks arrived in Japan from Korea.
538
The Code Samurai follow
bushido