Topic 12 lesson 1
A hard white pottery of extremely fine quality.
Porcelain
A person who moves from place to place.
Nomad
A device with a magnetized peice of metal that points to the north.
Compass
A chain of islands.
Archipelago
Local land-owning lords.
Daimyo
A system where people are hired and promoted based on talent and skills.
Merit system
A tyrant or dictator.
Despot
What was a major trade item in China?
Porcelain or ceramics.
What is the border between two plates called.
The Ring of Fire.
In 860 what family was controlling the governmnet.
Fujiwara.
What was the Tang capital?
Chang'an
What did China suffer with after the death of Kublai Khan?
Floods, disease, and famine.
A system of moral behavior, based on the teaching of Confucius.
Confucianism.
What the first group that arrived in Japan may years ago?
The Jomon
Only a symbolic leader.
Figurehead
Who founded the Tang dynasty?
Tang Gaozu
Who was Genghis?
A highly effective military leader.
What's at least one country that borrowed Chinas writing system.
Vietnam, Korea, and Japan.
Someone who governs a country in the name of a ruler who is unable to rule, often because of age.
Regent
What was the bushido?
The strict code of conduct that guided samurai behavior.
What empire won a battle against the Tang in 751
Abbasid Caliphate
When was the fall of the dynasty?
1644
When did the chinese discover gunpowder?
900s
When did the Yayoi appear in Japan?
250 BCE
When did the Minamoto warriors defeat Taira forces in a final clash at sea?
1185