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Practice by which a young girl was essentially crippled in order to show her family's wealth
What is footbinding?
100
Darth Vader's costume was inspired by what famous warriors?
What is samurai?
100
Genghis Khan's grandson
What is Kublai Khan?
100
route by which people from Europe and the Middle East travelled to China
What is the Silk Road?
100
this was the diet of silkworms:
What is mulberry leaves?
200
Japanese religion based on the belief in nature spirits, or kami.
What is Shinto?
200
The Song Dynasty witnessed a revolution in the amount of this grain being produced.
What is rice?
200
the main island of Japan
What is Honshu?
200
this is where Buddhism originated
What is India?
200
The Mongols were kept from invading this nation due to a "divine wind"
What is Japan?
300
The yin and yang are usually associated with this religion/philosophy.
What is Daoism?
300
The Mongol's biggest advantage in warfare:
What is their horses?
300
Under the symbolic authority of the emperor, this person controlled Japan.
What is the shogun?
300
Because this country shares a border with China, it WAS invaded and occupied by the Mongols.
What is Korea?
300
China's government used this method of choosing its officials
What is a civil service exam?
400
When a Buddhist has achieved a perfect life, the cycle of reincarnation will come to its end in this state:
What is nirvana?
400
People might be surprised that Samurai used this weapon when it was invented by the Chinese.
What is gunpowder/guns?
400
Siddhartha Gautama's nickname "The Buddha," means this.
What is "Enlightened One"?
400
Home of the Khmer Dynasty
What is Cambodia?
400
Famous deceased president of South Africa
What is Nelson Mandela?
500
The teachings of Confucius are collected into a series of __.
What is analects?
500
Janibeg, the catapult, and this made up a deadly and terrifying siege weapon in the 15th century.
What is corpses of plague victims?
500
This is the ethnic identity of most Chinese today
What is Han?
500
the capital of Mongolia
What is Karakorum?
500
It means "loyalty to one's family and especially parents"
What is filial piety?