Topic 12 Lesson 1
A hard, white pottery of extremely fine quality.
Porcelain
A person who moves from place to place at different times of the year.
Nomads
A device with a magnetized piece of metal that points to the north.
Compass
A group of people with a common ancestor.
Clan
A social system in which landowners granted people land or other rewards in exchange for military service or labor.
Fuedalism
The growth of cities.
Urbanization
A large, dry, grass-covered plain.
Steppe
A religion based on the teachings of the Indian spiritual leader Siddhartha Gautama.
Buddhism
Someone who governs a country in the name of a ruler who is unable to rule, often because of age.
Regent
Highly trained warriors, "those who serve."
Samurai
People are hired and promoted based on talent and skills, rather than wealth or social status.
Merit System
A Mongol ruler
A system of moral behavior.
Confucianism
A holy being that represents a spirit of nature, a sacred place, an ancestor, or a clan in Japanese culture.
Kami
A set of rules called "the way of the warrior"
Bushido
Which dynasty ruled from 960 to 1279?
The Song
"The Origin" or "The Beginning"
Yuan
What was used in the 900s to make bombs, rockets, and other weapons?
Gunpowder
In 607, Shotoku sent what to China to study the arts and government.
Official representative
By 860, what social class no longer held power?
Emperor
What happened in 907?
A military leader overthrew the last Tang emperor.
When did the Mongols gain control of all of China?
1279
What huge ships were made by the Chinese that hold up to 500 people?
Junks
What is the name of the new capital city built in 710?
Nara
Who united Japan in 1600?
Tokugawa Leyasu