4 Letter Words
This crop proved to be critically important to China
What is Rice?
What is the Japanese writing system?
This is the most important river in China
What is the Yellow River?
"The ____ Road"
What is Silk?
Kublai Khan tried to unsuccessfully invade this island nation...twice!
What is Japan?
Genghis, and his son Kublai, had this title, which translates to 'universal ruler'
What is Khan?
This type of karma rewards people for good behavior
What is good Karma?
The Silk Road caused China to become this
What is wealthy?
"The cause of this suffering is _____ and ignorance" (second of the four noble truths)
What is desire?
Genghis and Kublai Khan ruled this group, who roamed the grassy plains of Northern China
Who are the Mongols?
There are this many 'noble truths' in Buddhism
What is four?
Japan was worried about Kublai Khans navy getting ready to invade across this sea
What is the Sea of Japan?
Japan is one of these, a chain of islands
What is an archipelago?
"Japan lies along the ____ __ ____, an area of intense earthquake activity that surrounds the coasts along the pacific ocean" (3wds)
What is Ring of Fire?
Samurai followed this honor system
What is the Bushido Code?
Haikus are in this form of Japanese literature
What is a poem?
This language is commonly spoken in Japan
What is Japanese?
Buddhism originated from this nation
What is India?
"Buddhism promotes a balanced life in which a person's ______ results in Reincarnation"
What is Karma?
Under feudalism, farmers received this in exchange for the daimyo taxing their crops
What is protection?
One of the Khan's most notable accomplishments was forming a greater one of these (we also have one in the United States!)
What is an army?
This man was the founder of Buddhism
Who is Buddha?
This type of storm is what destroyed Kublai Khans great Chinese navy
What is a typhoon?
"The leader of this family, _________, became shogun (translates to ‘general’)"
Who is Yoritomo?
Japan was eventually united under this leader, whose title means general
Who is the Shogun?