Chapter 1
This region meets the definition of a continent, most geographers consider Europe and Asia to be a single continent.
What is Eurasia? page 10
Supply water to crops, usually by building channels.
What is irrigation? page 16
He was captured and thrown in a Genovese jail. In jail, he told prisoners about his journey and this lead to the book called The Travels of Marco Polo.
What is Marco Polo? page 24
A government policy of staying away from other countries.
What is isolationism? page 29
A stretch of water with many islands.
What is archipelago? page 30
This landform is a natural barrier between India and China. This landform includes nine of the world's 10 tallest mountain peaks.
What is the Himalayan Mountains? page 11
What is the fourth-largest religion in the world.
What is Buddhism? page 15
At the age of 46, he became the leader of a large Mongol confederation and the received the title "Universal Leader."
What is Genghis Khan? page 19
The ability to let light pass through.
What is translucence? page 27
These two religions were introduced to the people of Japan during the mid-500s.
What is Buddhism and Confucianism? page 30
These two major rivers are particularly crucial to the people and environment of East Asia.
What is Yangtze and Yellow River? page 12
During the Song Dynasty, scholars of Confucianism met the challenge by integrating elements of Buddhism and Daoism into what known philosophy?
What is Neo-Confucianism? page 18
This ruler was the grandson of Genghis Khan and used a strong central government to efficiently rule the people he conquered.
What is Kublia Khan? page 21
This dynasty's name means brightness.
What is Ming? What is Ming Dynasty? page 25
This is the scared text for Shintoism.
What is no scared text? page 31
I am in a mountainous country that consists of many islands.
What is Japan? page 11
Name one of the Song Dynasty Achievements in technology?
What is movable type? page 17
Also, compass and gunpowder
The Mongol Empire improved and expanded this road. They lowered tolls and taxes on the roads and guarded travelers from bandits.
What is the Silk Road? page 22
As was the case during the Tang and Song Dynasties, these civil servants had to pass highly competitive exams.
What is civil servants? page 25
Japanese teaching that everything in nature contains what.
What is Kami?
Also, what is spirit of a god? page 31
This is the largest desert in Asia.
What is the Gobi Desert? page 11
What Chinese military leader unified Northern and Southern China after the end of the Han Dynasty. Also, know had Yang Jian.
What is Wendi? page 14
What is steles? page 20
A special city for the emperor, Zhu Di.
What is the Forbidden City? page 26
In 1192, he become the first shogun and created a warrior class called the samurai.
What is Minamoto Yoritomo? page 34