What is the military leader of feudal Japan second only to the Emperor, significant for their wealth, power, and control over the Japanese government
100
A significant waterway that connected the Yellow and Yangtze rivers to make rice trade easier.
What is the GRAND CANAL?
100
A geological region prone to earthquakes, tsunamis, and tornadoes, that Japan falls directly on.
What is THE PACIFIC RING OF FIRE?
100
The act of killing your father
What is PATRICIDE?
100
A Polynesian island known for the large head sculptures created as monuments by ancient indigenous people.
What is EASTER ISLAND?
200
MARCO POLO
Who is an Italian merchant that documented his travels along the Silk Road, and is significant for inspiring contact and trade between Europe and Asia through his descriptions of the East.
200
The Chinese government policy that established a system of merit and was later replicated by other Asian countries.
What is the CIVIL SERVICE EXAM?
200
A predecessor of the Haiku, it described a RENGA's setting and traditionally focused on nature.
What is a HOKKU?
200
The dominant empire of medieval Korea
What is CHOSON?
200
A military strategy used by indigenous New Zealand tribes in which warriors dance and chant to psych themselves up and intimidate their opponents.
What is the HAKA?
300
BUSHIDO
What is the moral code of the samurai, significant because of its cultural influence over Japanese society and methods of war
300
The Chinese capitol established by the YUAN DYNASTY
What is BEIJING?
300
A powerful noble that ended civil war and re-stabilized the government under a shogun in the 12th century.
Who is MINAMOTO?
300
This empire united Kore for the 1st time in 670AD
What is UNIFIED SILLA?
300
The largest religious monument in the world, created during the 12th century by the KHMER EMPIRE.
What is ANGKOR WAT?
400
KAMI
What are the spirits of Japanese Shintoism, significant for their influence upon traditional culture and customs
400
The formal title adopted by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty
What is HONGWU?
400
The 6 levels of THE JAPANESE FEUDAL PYRAMID, from top to bottom.
What is the EMPEROR, SHOGUN, DAIMYO, SAMURAI, PEASANTS, MERCHANTS?
400
The 3 kingdoms of Korea that rose in opposition to Chinese rule.
What are KOGURYO, BAEKCHE, and SILLA?
400
The 3 main cultures that South East Asia is a mixture of
What is CHINESE, INDIAN, and INDIGENOUS?
500
PATRILOCAL MARRIAGE
What is a system in which newlyweds live with or near the husband's family, significant because of the way it reflects the patriarchy of many Asian societies like Korea.
500
The director of the Chinese government's 6 ministries.
What is the SECRETARIAT?
500
This War, from (1467-1477), resulted in constant warfare amongst independent Japanese lords
What is THE ONIN WAR?
500
The 3 defining roles of women in historical Korea
What is to be SUBSERVIENT TO MEN, PRODUCE A SON, and demonstrate CHASTITY at all times.
500
The 6 mainland countries that make up INDOCHINA
What are CAMBODIA, LAOS, MALAYSIA, MYANMAR, THAILAND, and VIETNAM?