Vocab
Groups based on family ties
Clan
Large, round, portable tents used by nomads in Central Asia
Yurts
The first great Mongol ruler of China
Kublai Khan
Korea had the oldest_______________ in history
Observatory
The supposed first novel written, _______________was written with many poems of beauty and nature.
The Tale of Genji
Class of landowning warriors in feudal Japan, who pledged loyalty to a daimyo
Samurai
A Korean alphabet consisting of 14 consonants and 10 vowels to represent sounds
Hangul
The first emperor of Japan, according to legend.
Jimmu
The Mongols learned the technique of siege warfare from
the Chinese
The dominant foreign cultural influence on Vietnam was
China
Military leader of feudal Japan
Shogun
Government established by a Shoguns family and followers of feudal Japan
Shogunate
Turkish-Mongol ruler who was a devout Muslim and ruthless ruler
Timur Lenk
In A.D. 1258, Baghdad was captured by whom?
Kublai Khan
Early Japanese clans practiced a form of animism called
Shinto
Belief that spirits inhabit living and nonliving things, communicating with priests
Shamanism
Member of the elite class of civil servants in Chinese Government
Mandarins
A shrewd leader who was the military genius behind the early Tang expansion
Tai Cong
Marco Polo was on the court of which Chinese Dynasty?
Yuan
The following Japanese concepts or systems were influenced by Chinese thought, Zen Buddhism, The Japanese constitution and ______________________
Japanese written language
System in which people gain success on the basis of ability and performance
Meritocracy
A powerful local noble in feudal Japan
Daimyo
The greatest Yi Ruler who had significant accomplishments like the water basin and alphabet.
King Sejong
Peasant’s lives improved during Tang dynasty rule chiefly because they were
Given land and the peace necessary to farm it
The adoption of neo-Confucianism as state doctrine in Korea resulted in
A reduction in the status and influence of women