L1:Tang&Song China
The growth of cities
What is urbanization?
This person organized the Mongol army into a strong fighting force.
Who was Genghis Khan?
The moral belief system that focuses on personal ethics and morality.
what is confucianism?
What is archipelago?
This was created as a result of currency being too difficult to carry while traveling.
What is paper currency/money?
The person who took over the China territroy after Gehghis Khan died?
Who is Kublai Khan?
pottery, music, and calligraphy
What are the "three perfections"?
The religious practice most Japanese followed before Buddhism.
What is Shinto?
The system created for people to work in the government.
What is the merit system?
These are the some of the three main reasons why the Chinese consider European traders to be smufflers.
- Chinese officials were wary (didn't like/trust) foreigners
- Europeans refused to pay tribute (taxes)
- Europeans entered China without permission.
this Chinese invention helped increase literacy in Song China.
What is block printing?
The country which Japan borrowed its writing system.
What is China?
The system that China implemented to create a strong central government where the most knowledgeable people were in positions of power
What is bureaucracy?
This is the reason why China's capital was moved to Beijing.
What is to protect against future Mongol invasions?
The ancient Chinese philosophy that values harmony with nature
What is Daoism?
The way that Taika reform increased government power.
Under the reform, the emperor owned all the land in Japan, everyone was his subjects.
These were some of the reasons why Tang China fell.
What is Military leaders trying to overthrow the emperor?
These are some of the reasons why the Ming dynasty reduced contact with outsiders after gaining power back from the Mongols.
- Their history with the Mongols made them not like foreigners
- They viewed foreigners as a threat to Chinese culture
The way that Chinese culture spread.
What is trade?
These are the ways in which the Yamato clam was able to gain control over Japan.
What is war, marriage, and other ties?