Lesson 1
What is 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
What did the Chinese use to make books?
block printing
A chain of islands?
archipelago
Someone who is a symbolic leader, while someone else is in control?
figurehead.
T or F: The Song dynasty looked down on merchants.
true
Who is the warrior who united Mongol clans?
Genghis Khan.
a device with a magnetized piece of metal that points to the north?
compass
A group of people with a common ancestor?
clan
What is a supreme military commander?
Shogun
a system in which people are hired based on talent, rather than wealth.
merit system.
What did the Europeans not want to pay?
tribute.
Calligraphy, painting, poetry?
three perfections.
T or F: In the Yamato society, Women could not own land.
False
Who did the bushido guide?
samurai.
Where was the fast-ripening rice from?
Vietnam
When did the Mongols gain control of all of China?
1279
What were the teachings of Confucianism?
Virtue, respect for family and elders.
In what year did Prince Shotoku die?
622.
In what year did the Mongols take over China?
1200s
What was the Tang dynasty known as?
Greatest era of Chinese poetry
When did Marko Polo arrive in China?
1275
What are the Tang's most famous ceramics?
figurines.
What is the moral code of Shotoku?
Constitution of Seventeen Articles.
In what year did the Minamoto warriors defeat Taira forces?
1185