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Tang and Song China
Mongol Conquests
Mongol Empire
Feudal Japan
Misc.
100
This person ruled the Tang empire during the Korea Campaign and was the only female emperor in Chinese history?
Who is Empress Wu Zhao
100
nomadic peoples that herded domesticated animals?
What is pastoralists
100
He was the first foreign emperor of China?
Who is Kublai Khan
100
name the early Japanese religion that believed in "nature spirits"
What is Shinto
100
they served in Japan as military dictators?
What is Shoguns
200
candidates who passed the civil service exam and joined an elite group were called what?
What is scholar officials
200
Genghis Khan united the Mongols for the first time in history, what was the name he was born with?
Who is Temujin
200
What was the greatest failure of the Yuon Dynasty?
What is failing to take Japan
200
this clan was more powerful than the others and were never overthrown, although eventually they ruled only as figureheads
What is Yamato Emperors
200
Japan's first shogunate?
What is Kamakura Shogunate
300
This Dynasty ruled the southern part of China because bribing northern tribes was not successful?
What is Song Dynasty
300
what characteristics allowed Genghis Khan to be so successful?
What is brilliant strategist,organizer, and used cruelty as a weapon
300
Who were appointed high level jobs in the Chinese government?
What is Mongols
300
This religion was brought to Japan by Korea?
What is Buddhism
300
what percentage of Japan was arable?
What is 12%
400
What were some of the most important innovations during the Tang and Song Periods?
What is Movable type, gunpowder, porcelain, mechanical clock, paper money, compass
400
After Genghis' death his empire was divided up into what?
What is Khanates
400
Why were Chinese only used at local level jobs?
What is because the Mongols didn't trust them, but they ran things nicely
400
During this period, the capital was moved from Nara to Kyoto and a highly developed court society emerged?
What is Heian Period
400
what were the Mongols accused of spreading to Western Europe?
What is Bubonic Plague
500
the powerful, well-to-do class that was not aristocrats?
What is Gentry
500
what was the best thing that happened from Mongol rule?
What is expansion and safety of trade
500
Who wrote Marco Polo's book?
Who is a fellow prisoner/friend
500
"the way of the warrior"
What is Bushido
500
what does "Genghis Khan" mean?
What is "Universal Ruler"