WHAP South & East Asia 1200-1450

Trade

100

Intraregional trade in East Asia could include the following three modern countries:

China, Japan, and Korea

200

Two main commodities desired by European nobility were "luxury goods" from China - they were trade secrets.

Silk and Porcelain

300

These Indian exports were taken to China, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe - it may have helped the Scandinavians stay warm, but the food was still pretty bland

Cotton and pepper

400

This technology facilitated trade by allowing merchants to exchange notes for goods or coin currency as long as they paid a fee.

Flying Money, Bills of Exchange, Cashier's Checks

500

There were three major trade networks in action during Period 1.  Name two of them.

Silk Road, Indian Ocean, Trans-Saharan

South / SE Asia

100

Funny how Hitler thought he looked like these folks... they probably looked a bit closer to what we would call Turks

Aryan

200

India and these countries make up the region of South Asia

Pakistan and Bangladesh

300

This caste contained the warriors & kings, like Arjuna.

Kshatriyas

400

This was the most desired commodity originating from Southeast Asia

Spices, specifically nutmeg

500

This state, ruled by a minority of Muslims in the Northwest of India, was followed by the Mughal Empire.

Delhi Sultanate

Continuity and Change

100

This animism continued to be a feature of Heian Japan

Shinto

200

This Vietnamese import changed the population of China dramatically

Champa Rice

300

Despite changing state structures, this continued to order Hindu society in South Asia

Caste

400

Zhu Xi knew he needed to refine Song ethics in the face of major contenders - but he also wanted to ask some of life's bigger questions.

Neo-Confucianism

500

Devotion to one god, salvation for the laity, and a rejection of caste swept across South Asia in Periods 1 and 2

Bhakti Movement

East Asia

100

This dynasty ruled China at the start of Period 1

Song Dynasty

200

This innovation didn't really leave China until it was taken by the Mongols

Gunpowder

300

Japan differed from China in Period 1 - Women had more agency, as proven by an early novel:

The Tale of Genji

400

This network of relationships between neighbors enhanced intra- and transregional trade - but you had to kowtow to get your stuff.

Tribute system

500

Aristocracy, Plutocracy, Kleptocracy, Democracy... they'd never be able to pull it off without help from us!

Bureaucracy (Bureaucrats)

Belief Systems

100

This polytheism originated with a group of nomadic invaders - they chanted its teachings til they wrote them down.

Hinduism

200

Siddhartha Gautama was a prince in Northern India who rejected his dharma, looking for a new way to reach this Buddhist concept

Nirvana

300

Are body and soul split, or part of one whole? This philosophical worldview would indicate the latter.

Monism (Monistic)

400

Han Feizi would've liked this sign: Trespassers will be shot

Legalism

500

This Confucian scholar came off like a sexist dude... turns out she was a feminist for the time.

Ban Zhou