China
What Chinese invention was used for fireworks, bombs, and guns?
Gunpowder
What trade route was extremely safe under the control of the Mongols?
Silk Road
What is the word for Japanese lords?
Daimyo
What Chinese invention allowed for books to be printed faster and easier?
Moveable type
What Italian man traveled to China on the silk road?
Marco Polo
What was the test used in China to give people government jobs?
Civil Service Examination
What word is used for rulers of the Mongols?
Khan
In Japan, what term is used for the commander of all the Emperor's armies, or military dictator?
Shogun
During what Dynasty was China ruled by a non-Chinese person?
Yuan Dynasty
What people worked for Lords in Feudal Japan?
Samurai, peasants
What was the name of the famous Chinese sailor who went on 7 voyages?
Zheng He
Who united the various Mongol clans in the 1200s?
Genghis Khan
What two religions made up Medieval Japanese beliefs?
Buddhism and Shinto
What type of Buddhism believed in the possibility of sudden enlightenment?
Zen Buddhism
What is the process of paying another country for protection or to show loyalty called?
Tribute
What is the name of the Ming Dynasty Emperor's palace?
Forbidden City
How many parts was the Mongol Empire broken into in the 1260s?
4
What "saved" Japan during the Mongol invasion by sea?
Kamikaze
How do you enter a Shinto temple?
Through a torii, or a gate
What type of religion is Shinto?
polytheistic
When was the Great Wall of China completed and used to protect against Northern invaders?
Ming Dynasty
What attack styles did Mongols use?
fake retreats, surprise attacks, fear campaigns
What period in Japan is characterized by a strict court life and learned about by historians through women's writing?
Heian Period
Who was the only woman to ever ruler China?
Wu Zhao
What is the name of the code that Samurai followed?
Bushido