VOCABULARY
BYZANTINE
"IT'S CHINA"
TANG/SONG
TRIVIA
100
RESPECT FOR YOUR ANCESTORS, ELDERS AND FAMILY IN CHINA IS KNOWN AS
What is FILIAL PIETY?
100
THE EMPEROR RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THE CAPITAL OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Who is CONSTANTINE?
100
THE GREAT PHILOSOPHER THAT INFLUENCED MUCH OF CHINA'S CULTURE
Who is CONFUCIUS?
100
2 INNOVATIONS THAT CHANGED WARFARE AND INCREASED LITERACY
What is GUNPOWDER & MOVABLE TYPE, WOODBLOCK PRINTING?
100
IN 1811 & 1812, THE MISSISSIPPI ACTUALLY FLOWED BACKWARDS DUE TO...
What is an EARTHQUAKE measuring an 8 on the Richter scale?
200
THESE EXAMS WERE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO SECURE A JOB IN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT....
What is CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS?
200
THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE IS CREDITED WITH PRESERVING THE RICH CULTURE OF WHICH 2 CIVILIZATIONS.
What is GREECE & ROME?
200
NICKNAME THE CHINESE GAVE THEMSELVES THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO...PROBABLY DUE TO GEOGRAPHICAL ISOLATION.
What is the MIDDLE KINGDOM?
200
THE NEW "UPPER" SOCIAL CLASS THAT EMERGED AS A RESULT OF THEIR WEALTH BEING ATTAINED THROUGH EDUCATION AND NOT BY BIRTH.
What is GENTRY?
200
THIS STORES 70%-80% OF THE PLANET'S FRESH WATER.
What is a GLACIER?
300
A TIME OF RELATIVE PEACE & PROSPERITY FOR ANY CIVILIZATION THAT ALSO INCLUDES INNOVATIONS IN SCIENCE, MATH, SCIENCE, LITERATURE AND TECHNOLOGY.
What is a GOLDEN AGE?
300
THE BYZANTINE SYSTEM OF CODIFIED LAW.
What is JUSTINIAN'S CODE?
300
IDENTIFY ANY 2 GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES THAT ISOLATED CHINA IN ITS EARLY DEVELOPMENT.
What is HIMALAYA MTS., GOBI & TAKLAMAKAN DESERTS, YELLOW SEA, CHINA SEA, YELLOW & YANGTZE RIVERS?
300
THE FORM OF LITERATURE CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST REFINED AND ELEVATED MEANS OF EXPRESSION.
What is POETRY?
300
THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
What is RUSSIA?
400
EXTRA CROPS/SUPPLIES THAT ARE OFTEN SOLD FOR PROFIT
What is SURPLUS?
400
THE STRUCTURE THAT HELD CHARIOT RACES, PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THE SITE WHERE 30,000 CITIZENS WERE SLAUGHTERED BY JUSTINIAN.
What is the HIPPODROME?
400
If an emperor ruled unfairly he could lose the approval to rule, which would result in his downfall. Natural disasters, famine, warfare would mean the emperor lost the....
What is the MANDATE OF HEAVEN?
400
THE COUNTRY THAT SERVED AS A "CULTURAL BRIDGE" BETWEEN CHINA & JAPAN.
What is KOREA?
400
THE BUBONIC PLAGUE RAVAGED EUROPE DURING THIS CENTURY.
What is the 14th?
500
ADMINISTRATION OF A GOVERNMENT THAT CONTAINS MANY AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS TO CARRY OUT DUTIES
What is a BUREAUCRACY?
500
DESCRIBE 1 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROMAN CATHOLICISM & EASTERN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY.
What is MARRIAGE OF PRIESTS, LANGUAGE OF MASS, POWER OF THE POPE, DIVORCE?
500
LIST THE FIVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT LEAD TO SOCIAL ORDER ACCORDING TO CONFUCIUS.
What is EMPEROR-SUBJECT, HUSBAND-WIFE, FATHER-SON, OLDER BROTHER-YOUNGER BROTHER, FRIEND-FRIEND
500
THE STAPLE CROP THAT WAS PRODUCED IN SOUTHERN CHINA THAT LED TO CHINA'S BOOM IN COMMERCIAL TRADING & POPULATION.
What is RICE?
500
Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern....
What is the military salute?