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Who was... Genghis Khan
Who was the leader of the Mongols?
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Vanquish them
How did the mongols deal with economies?
100
Samurai
Powerful landowner-warriors in the countryside are called ___
100
Meritocracy
System by which people were chosen and promoted by their talents and performance.
100
Yurts
Because they were nomads, the Mongols lived in movable tents. What are they called?
200
Absolute leader
What does the role of Khan mean?
200
Waterways
Tang Dynasty devoted resources to the construction of roads and _______
200
China
The Mongol's territories extended from the frontiers of Western Europe to _____
200
Who are.. The Khmer
Who were the people of Mainland South Asia?
200
What is.. China
What is the name of the porcelain pottery in Central Asia?
300
- They had no court
Why did the Tang Dynasty decline?
300
Who is... The Song Dynasty
During the reign of the _____ dynasty, they used tax revenues to fund public works that benefited the economy.
300
They were nomadic
Where did the mongols live?
300
Clans
Nomadic groups roamed the steppe of Central Asia. Loosely organized into ____ based on family ties
400
Daimyo
Most powerful samurai became ______, or lords
400
Paid them with silver
How did the Song Dynasty avoid confrontation with the mongols?
400
Archipelago
The Japanese _____ geographically consists of four large islands and many smaller ones.
400
Mandarins
Song Dynasty scholars formed a wealthy elite group called ______ by westerners.
400
Printing
Chinese Buddhist monks invented the more efficient technique of block ______
500
Yasa
Genghis khan created a code called ____
500
Who was... Zhu Yuanzhang
Who over threw the Yuan Dynasty?
500
What is... Shamanism
Early Koreans practiced this _____ which was a belief in good and evil spirits inhabiting living and nonliving things.
500
Neo-Confucianism
During the Yi Dynasty, they adopted a form of life called ___ where the oldest son was bound by duty to serve his parents will, until their death.
500
The compass
What navigational technology did the Song Dynasty perfect?