Vocab
type of people that move from place to place in search of resources for survival
What are Nomads?
reunified China after centuries of division and established foundation for later dynasties
What is the Sui Dynasty?
the continent is China located
What is Asia?
The belief in only ONE god
What is Monotheism?
Tigris and Euphrates are rivers associated with
What is Mesopotamia?
a group of islands
What is an archipelago?
What is the Tang Dynasty?
the geographic feature is South of Central Asia
What is the Indian Ocean?
the belief in MANY gods/goddesses
What is Polytheism?
the Patriarch is the leader of
What is Eastern Orthodox Church?
Chinese belief that rulers have the divine right to rule; can be lost
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
the Golden Age of Chinese art, poetry, and literature
What is the Tang Dynasty?
the geographic feature East of Japan
What is the Pacific Ocean?
temples became centers of learning, influenced Japanese architecture, gardens shaped around these principles as well as poetry and literature
What is Buddhism?
this is a traditional oral historian trained from birth in Africa
What is a Griot?
a man-made waterway, usually to connect to a natural waterway for travel
What is a Canal?
emphasized New-Confucianism (blending Confucian & Buddhist ideas that valued service to the state over personal interests)
What is the Song Dynasty?
where the Mongols live
What is the Gobi Desert?
Hinduism and Buddhism originate in
What is India?
the language of Ancient Roma
What is Latin?
a social system in medieval Japan where land is held in exchange for service
What is Feudal?
Introduced fast growing rice strains and improved tools like iron plow for agriculture.
What is the Song Dynasty?
located between Japan and China
What is Korea?
What is Japan?
Golden Age of Indian culture
What is the Gupta Empire?
A period of peace during the Mongol Empire that allowed trade and cultural exchange
foreign trade expanded when the Mongols developed ports along China's coasts
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
this sea lies between Japan and the Asian mainland, was both a protective barrier and link to trade/cultural exchange
What is the Sea of Japan?
these religions spread from China and often blended with Shinto beliefs
What are Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism?
Who is Herodotus?
A political entity ruled by a khan, often in Mongolian contexts.
What are khanates?
overthrew the Yuan Dynasty and encouraged a return to traditional Chinese cultural practices
What is the Ming Dynasty?
What is Yahweh?