Ancient China
What dynasty reunified China after years of civil war?
What is the Sui Dynasty?
What ancient trade route connected China to Europe and the Middle East?
What is the Silk Road?
What religion is based on nature worship and kami?
What is Shintoism?
What empire was established in China by the Mongols?
What is the Yuan Empire?
What is the major river that runs through northern China?
What is the Yellow River or Huang He?
Which dynasty is known for spreading Buddhism throughout East Asia?
What is the Tang Dynasty?
Which Italian explorer visited China and wrote about it in his travels?
Who is Marco Polo?
What document helped define Japan’s early government structure, influenced by China?
What is the Constitution of Prince Shotoku?
Which dynasty built much of the Great Wall we see today?
What is the Ming Dynasty?
What physical feature separates China from India?
What is the Himalayan Mountains?
What philosophy played a major role in Song Dynasty government and society?
What is Confucianism?
What were two Chinese technologies that spread west through trade?
What are gunpowder and the compass?
What writing system did Japan borrow from China?
What is kanji or Chinese characters?
Who was the Mongol leader that completed the conquest of China?
Who is Kublai Khan?
What sea lies between China and Korea?
What is the Yellow Sea?
Who was the founder of the Mongol Empire?
Who is Genghis Khan?
What was the purpose of Zheng He’s voyages during the Ming Dynasty?
What is to expand trade and show China’s power?
What was the cultural period in Japan known for art, literature, and court life?
What is the Heian Period?
What large palace complex symbolized the emperor’s power in Ming China?
What is the Forbidden City?
How did geography affect the spread of ideas in East Asia?
What is it allowed trade but also created isolated cultures?
What was the capital city of the Yuan Empire founded by Kublai Khan?
What is Khanbaliq or Dadu?
How did the Ming Dynasty’s isolationism affect trade?
What is it reduced China’s role in global trade?
What was the warrior class in Japan led by a military general?
What is the samurai and shogun?
What were two major achievements of the Ming Dynasty?
What are shipbuilding and the civil service exam system?
What is Eurasian trade and why was it important?
What is trade between Europe and Asia, spreading goods and ideas?