Topic 12 Lesson 1
An economy in which people use currency rather than bartering.
Money economy
Mongol ruler.
Khan
A device with a magnetized piece of metal that points to the north.
Compass
A group of people with similar ancestors.
Clan
"Those who serve"
Samurai
A hard white pottery of extremely fine quality.
Porcelain
Someone who moves from place to place at different times of the year.
Nomad
When workers carve text into blocks of wood.
Block Printing
A chain of islands
Archipelogo
Someone who was only a symbolic leader.
figurehead
People were hired based on talent and not social status.
Merit System.
What year did Genghis Khan die
1227
A system of moral behavior.
confuctianism
an area of land thats part of a continent.
Mainland
local land-owning lords
daimyo
What did farmers do when they grew more food than they needed.
Trade for items such as pottery and cloth.
Who is Genghis Khan's grandson.
Kublai
huge ships that could hold up to 500 people.
Junk
someone who governs a country in the name of a ruler who is unable to rule.
Regent
Feudalism
What year did Tang Taizong become Emporer.
626
What did Mongol rule create.
Peace and order
The first thing that gunpowder was used for.
Fireworks
The holy spirit being represents a spirit of nature
Kami
The way of the warrior
Bushido