Key Terms
a Mongol emperor of China
Kublai Khan
a chain of trade routes stretching from China to the Mediterranean Sea
Silk Road
a group or chain of many islands
Archipelago
What was the Delhi Sultunate?
a period in time when sultans controlled northern India
Name 2 Chinese products that were important for trade.
Silk, Tea, Jade, Ivory, and Ceramics
a tomb built by Shah Jahan for his wife
Taj Mahal
a series of rulers from the same family
Dynasty
the capital city of medieval Japan
Kyoto
a Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life
Caste System
How did the Song, and then the Mongols, change the Chinese government?
Song dynasty used merit system
Mongols stopped merit system
High government positions reserved for Mongols only
the supreme military commander of Japan
Shogun
a dynasty that ruled China for almost 300 years
Tang
Free Space
+300 Points
a period of Muslim rule of India from the 1500s to the 1700s
Mughal Empire
What are the major geographic features of Japan? Of India?
Japan - islands, mountains, archipelago
India - Himalayan mountains, subcontinent
Japanese warriors
Samurai
a dynasty that ruled China after Tang
Song
a system in which poor people are legally bound to work for wealthy landowners
Feudalism
the greatest Mughal leader of India
Akbar
How did shoguns gain power in Japan?
In 1192, the emperor of Japan gave the title of shogun to the leader of the Minamoto clan, Yoritomo, who set up the Kamakura shogunate
a Muslim ruler
Sultan
a system of hiring people based on their abilities
Merit System
What is a shogunate?
a series of Japanese military dynasties
What factors contributed to the downfall of the Mughal Empire?
Hindus rebelled
Too much money was spent
Who was the last ruler of India’s Mughal Empire?
Aurangazeb