Ancient China
This early Chinese dynasty is known for oracle bones and bronze tools.
What is the Shang Dynasty?
This belief system focuses on nature spirits called kami.
What is Shinto?
The ancient Indian civilization developed along this river.
What is the Indus River?
This massive project was built to protect China from northern invaders.
What is the Great Wall?
This ruler commissioned the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife.
Who is Shah Jahan?
This philosophy taught respect for elders, loyalty, and proper behavior.
What is Confucianism?
These local landowning lords controlled territories and armies.
Who are the daimyo?
This religion teaches the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
What is Buddhism?
This dynasty expanded China’s economy through trade, cities, and paper money.
What is the Song Dynasty?
This powerful military leader ruled Japan in the name of the emperor.
Who is the shogun?
This trade route connected China to Europe and the Middle East.
What is the Silk Road?
This system divided Japan among local lords who owed loyalty to the shogun.
What is feudalism?
This social structure divided people into groups with specific roles.
What is the caste system?
Yuan dynasty was established by this person.
Who is Kublai Khan?
These attempted invasions by the Mongols were stopped by powerful storms.
What are the Mongol invasions?
This Chinese dynasty unified China and standardized laws, writing, and currency.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
This code emphasized loyalty, honor, and discipline in Japanese society.
What is bushido.
This Mughal emperor is known for religious tolerance and including non-Muslims in government.
Who is Akbar the Great?
This system chose government officials based on learning and merit.
What is the civil service examination system?
This shogunate brought peace, isolation, and strict social order to Japan.
What is the Tokugawa Shogunate?
This concept explained the rise and fall of dynasties as approval from a power above humans.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This early period of Japan saw strong Chinese influence in writing, government, and religion.
Asuka period/ Yamato period.
This factor contributed to the decline of the Mughal Empire after Aurangzeb’s rule.
What is overexpansion/religious conflict/weak successors?
A long period of chaos followed the fall of a great unified dynasty started with this factor.
What is caused by the famine/peasant rebellions.
This system allowed local rulers to govern in exchange for loyalty and taxes to the emperor.
What is the mansabdari system?