This invention grew the Chinese economy with paper currency and made literature more popular and easier to share
Printing press
How were the mongols divided?
in clans
Poems were added into paintings written in: ________
Calligraphy
Japan is a chain of islands, so it is an _________
archipelago
Title of a warrior that would serve a lord by pledging to fight and protect for them in exchange for land
Samurai
What was the genre of literature that was most popular in China during their golden age?
Poetry
First leader of the Mongols that was elected, united the clans and was given the title that means "strong ruler"
Genghis Khan
Product that was made in large amounts and sold around the world made of fine pottery. It was later known in the world as "china".
Porcelain
Belief that everything has a spirit and the religion that arose from the worship of nature spirits
Animism
Shinto religion
The relationship between a samurai and a daimyo during the Medieval times was known as what?
Feudalism
Technological advancement that was used in stead of wood as fuel for furnaces to make steel
Coal
Italian traveler that arrived to China during Kublai Khan's dynasty and wrote about life there
Marco Polo
Complex of government buildings and palaces that the emperor Yong Le built in Beijing that is still there today
Forbidden City
Name of the clan that became strong enough to rule all of Japan and has been in power even until today and the first emperor of this clan
Yamato clan, Jimmu
After the Minamoto family won, their leader Minamoto Yoritomo was given which title that made him the leader of the military government of Japan?
Shogun
What were the effects of improvements in farming and new types of rice being introduced in China?
More food helped there to be more population that would later form cities.
Chinese invention that the Mongols took and spread around the world and made them even scarier
The use of gunpowder and the firelance
What did the Ming rulers do to expand Chinese influence in the world and learn of what others were doing?
Build a large fleet of ships and sail across the world
What did prince Shotoku write to make him an all-powerful leader and have a more organized government?
A constitution (plan of government)
Groups of artisans or merchants that was created in Medieval Japan to protect each other and increase their money
Guilds
What was the genre of paintings that was most popular during the golden age?
landscapes
Name of the Kublai Khan's dynasty
Yuan Dynasty
Leader of the expeditons done during the Ming dynasty
Zheng He
What did the Taika create in Japan?
A strong central control government
Section of Buddhism in which its followers find inner peace through what and discipline their bodies through what method?
Inner peace: meditation
Discipline their bodies: martial arts