Topic 12 Lesson 1
A system of government with many departments and bureaus led by appointed officials.
Bureaucracy
A person who moves from place to place at different times of the year.
Nomad
How did workers carve text into blocks of wood?
Black Printing
What is a Chain of islands Reffered to as?
Archipelago
WHat year did Prince Shotoku die?
622
The growth of cities
Urbanization
A large, dry, grass-covered plain. (Life was very difficult on this.)
Steppe
What was an important invention in this time?
Compass
What is an area that is a part of a continent.
Mainland
What is a symbolic leader known as?
Figurehead
Educated men who passed the civil service examination.
Scholar-official
A warrior had united the Mongol clans under his rule in what year.
1206
what is an ancient Chinese Philosophy?
Daoism
What is A group of people with a common ancestor
Clan
What is a Supream Millitary commander?
Shogun
Hard white pottery of extremely fine quality.
Porcelain
In what year did the Mongols conquer most of the Jin kingdom that ruled northern China.
1215
What is a religion based on teachings of the indian spirit?
Buddhism
What is Holy being that represents a spirit of nature.
Kami
What is a local land owning lord?
Daimyo
Where people are hired and promoted based on talent and rather than wealth or social status.
Merit system
When did the Polo arrive in china?
1275
What is A system of moral behavior.
Confuciamism
What is Someone who governs a country Called?
Regent
What means "The way of the warrior"?
Bushido