The Mongols
Vocabulary
Chinese Dynasties
Religion and Art
Japan
100

Who is Genghis Khan

A strong ruler 

100

What is dowry

Goods that a girls parents are expected at marriage 

100

What year did the Han dynasty fall

220

100

How was Buddhism brought to China

By merchants and missionaries 

100

What is one of the reasons that Japan and China’s societies have been different 

Because of the geography

200

Who were the Mongols and where did they live

Pastoral nomad people who lived in present day Mongolia 

200

What is zen

teaches that enlightenment comes through strong self discipline and a long process of meditation 

200

What year did the Sone dynast rise to power 

960

200

What does non-Confucianism 

It teaches that the world is real, not an illu- sion, and that fulfillment comes from par- ticipation in the world

200

About how much percent of land can be farmed in Japan 

11%

300

What are khanates 

the different territories that Genghis Khan’s sons got after he died 

300

Who was a shotgun 

A general

300

What Chinese dynasty set the standard for other Chinese dynasties 

The Han dynasty 

300

What is porcelain 

A ceramic made from fine clay baked at night temperatures 

300

What did most people do in early Japan 

Farm

400

What landmass did the Mongols bring under single rule that made the Mongol dynasty the largest dynasty 

Eurasian 

400

Who was Sui Yangdi 

The second ruler of the Sui dynasty 

400

During what dynasties did the Chinese economy grow 

Sui and Song 

400

Who are Li Bo and Du Fu

Two of the most popular poets during that time

400

Did women in early Japan have a certain equality with men 

Yes

500

What was the new dynasty after the Mongols fell

The Ming Dynasty 

500

What is sumurai 

Those who serve

500

How long did the Tang Dynasty last 

About three hundred years 

500

During what dynasties were landscape paintings popular 

Song and Mongol

500

In what period did manufacturing begin 

Kamakura period