Topic 1
A system of government with many departments and bureaus led by appointed officials.
bureaucracy
is a person who moves from place to place at different times of the year.
nomad
It is a device with a magnetized piece of metal that points to the north.
compass
An area that is a part of a continent.
mainland
Highly trained warriors.
samurai
the growth of cities.
Urbanization
people who trade illegally.
smugglers
what country discovered gunpowder
china
a chain of islands
archipelago
Feudalism was not a social system in which landowners granted people land or other rewards in exchange for military service or labor.
False
A man who passed this examination, known as a ________, qualified for government jobs.
scholar-official
A tyrant or dictator.
despot
True or false, China invented block printing after Europe did in the 800s.
false
True or False: In Japanese culture, kami is a holy being representing a spirit of nature, a sacred place, an ancestor, or a clan.
True
_______, which means that he was only a symbolic leader, while someone else was really in control.
figurehead
True or false, in the merit system, people are hired and promoted based on wealth rather than talent and skills.
false
_____ is a large, dry, grass-covered plain.
steppe
a religion based on the teachings of the Indian spiritual leader Siddhartha Gautama
Buddhism
Who started unifying Japan in 538
Shotoku
local land-owning lords.
daimyo
Hard white pottery of extremely fine quality.
porcelain
In 1644, what happened to the Mongol Empire
Who is Daoism
ancient Chinese philosophy
Someone who governs a country in the name of a ruler who is unable to rule, often because of age.
Regent
The way of the warrior.”
bushido