China
This dynasty expanded China and promoted trade and agriculture.
What is the Tang Dynasty?
This leader founded the Mongol Empire by uniting clans across the Eurasian steppe.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This Japanese period is known for art, literature, and court culture.
What is the Heian Era?
This route connected East Asia to Europe for trade.
What is the Silk Road?
This peaceful period allowed trade and ideas to spread across Eurasia.
What is Pax Mongolica?
This invention helped Chinese sailors navigate and made China a sea power.
What is the magnetic compass?
This ruler of China preferred foreigners in government roles over local Chinese citizens, and strayed from his nomadic roots.
Who is Kublai Khan?
These warriors served lords and followed a strict code of honor.
Who are samurai?
This dynasty was established by Kublai Khan in China and untied China under one ruler for the first time in over 300 years.
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
This printing innovation allowed reusable characters.
What is movable type?
This exam system created an educated government class. Give the name of the exam and the class it created.
What is the civil service exam and gentry class?
This was a key result of contact between nomads and settled societies.
What is conflict and raids on settled peoples/socities?
This code emphasized loyalty, honor, and discipline for samurai.
What is Bushido?
This Chinese philosophy emphasizes order and respect.
What is Confuscianism?
Under Mongol rule, these people were highly valued and often protected to encourage trade.
Who are merchants?
These two rulers were famous leaders of the Tang Dynasty.
Who are Tang Taizong and Wu Zhao?
These regions ruled by descendants of Mongol leaders helped govern the empire.
What are Khanates?
This system organized society based on land, loyalty, and military service.
What is feudalism?
This religion spread from India to China along trade routes. It was adapted in Japan and converged well with Shintoism.
What is Buddhism?
This was a key advantage of nomadic Mongols in warfare.
What is mobility or fast military movements to trick foes into thinking they were defeated?
This harmful practice restricted women’s mobility in the Song Dynasty.
What is foot-binding?
This military leader held real power in Japan are defeated Kublai's forces twice on the water.
What is a shogun?
These “divine winds” helped protect Japan from Mongol invasions.
What is kamikaze?
This religion believes natural objects like mountains may house spirits.
What is Shintoism? (Kami)
This khanate benefited most as a middleman in trade.
What is Ilkhanate?