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A test to get a job in the civil service.
What is a civil service exam?
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Lowest class but over time, gained status during the Japanese feudal age.
Who were the merchants?
100
Korean martial art that officially became an Olympic sport in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
What is Taekwondo?
100
These warriors served the Daimyos. Their duty was to provide faithful services to their lord.
What were the Samurais?
100
How to say the number 10 in Japanese.
What is Jue?
100
Term for states that remained self governing, their rulers had to acknowledge Chinese supremacy and send regular tribute to the Tang Emperor.
What are tributary states?
200
An extensive bulwark erected in ancient China, one of the largest building-construction projects ever undertaken.
What is the Great Wall of China?
200
Made up 75% of the population were the backbone of feudal society during the Japanese feudal age.
What were peasants?
200
This belief reached its highest peak during the Koryo Age after Korean monks traveled to China and India to learn more about it.
What is Buddhism?
200
Mongol chieftain whose name means "World Emperor."
Under his leadership, Mongol forces triumphantly conquered a vast empire that stretched from the Pacific Ocean in Eastern Europe.
Who is Genghis Khan?
200
How to say the number 1 in Korean.
What is hana?
200
Violent underwater earthquakes can launch killer tidal waves that that sweep over the land wiping everything in their path.
What is a tsunami?
300
A network of trade routes cut by nomads, was re-opened and revitalized by Tang.
What is the Silk Road?
300
Term for the supreme military commander of the Japanese feudal system.
What is a shogun?
300
The longest dynasty in Korea.
What was the Choson?
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Meaning "brilliant" in Chinese. Led by Zhu Yuanzhang, this army army that toppled the Mongols, and pushed them back beyond the Great Wall.
Who were the Ming?
300
The name of the fabric garment that Geishas wore. Weighed around 20 kilos.
What is a kimono?
300
Italian merchant who was one of many visitors to China during the Yuan dynasty. He spent 17 years in Kublai’s service.
Who is Marco Polo?
400
Largest Chinese Empire that completed repairs on Great Wall, later succeeded by the Song dynasty.
What is the Tang Dynasty?
400
Japanese term for divine winds.
What is kamikaze?
400
Korean admiral Yi-Sunshin used these metal-plated ships to beat back the Japanese invaders at sea.
What are turtle ships?
400
Genghis Khan's grandson who tried to prevent the Mongols from being absorbed into Chinese civilizations as other conquerors of China had been.
Who is Kublai Khan?
400
A Chinese visible symbol of women’s subjugation. Seen as attractive- unbound feet would severely limit marriage prospects.
What is footbinding?
400
A period when the heirs of Khan established peace and order within their domain. "Mongol Peace."
What is Pax Mongolica?
500
Wealthy landowners during the Tang Dynasty.
Who were the gentrys?
500
Original inhabitants in Japan.
Who were the Ainu?
500
Written language in Korean that utilized symbols to represent sounds of spoken Korean.
What is Hangul?
500
Samurai code of conduct that means "way of the warrior"
What is Bushido?
500
Feudal landowners of Medieval Japan.
Who were the daimyos?
500
Region that is subject to frequent earthquakes and volcanoes. (Japan, Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, and South America)
What is the Ring of Fire?
