4B: Eastern Empires

Question 1

Dynastic Cycle

Answer 1

The rotation of power in China

Question 2

Mandate of Heaven

Answer 2

Political ideology to legalize having an emperor in China- the emperor had “god’s approval”

Question 3

Golden Age

Answer 3

A time of peace, prosperity, advancements, and achievements in an empire

Question 4

Bureaucracy

Answer 4

A system of government where most decisions are made by non-elected state officials

Question 5

Gunpowder

Answer 5

Created in Tang/Dong Dynasties: used for war and celebration, created accidentally

Question 6

Compass

Answer 6

Created in Tang/Dong Dynasties: originally a bowl with water and a needle

Question 7

Printing

Answer 7

Created in Tang/Dong Dynasties: had a huge impact on society

Question 8

Sails

Answer 8

Created in Tang/Dong Dynasties: most advanced sailboats out there, easier to travel

Question 9

Civil Service Exam

Answer 9

A way for people to upgrade their status in government (anyone could take it but not everyone can afford education)

Question 10

Footbinding

Answer 10

A practice done by women in the Tang/Song dynasties to make their feet smaller

Question 11

Gentry

Answer 11

Wealthy/Landowning class in the Tang/Song Dynasties

Question 12

Confucian Soldiers

Answer 12

Tang/Song dynasties

Question 13

Shogun

Answer 13

Japan’s supreme military leader

Question 14

Daimyo

Answer 14

Military lords that own a lot of land

Question 15

Samurai

Answer 15

Elite force of warriors

Question 16

Farmers

Answer 16

Viewed as foundation of Japan. The top status of three peasants, although not very wealthy.

Question 17

Artisans

Answer 17

Provided services and goods; middle of three peasants

Question 18

Merchants

Answer 18

Didn’t seem like an honorable job since they sold other people’s labor/goods; bottom of three peasant statuses

Question 19

Kami

Answer 19

“Gods” in Japan.

Question 20

Code of Bushido

Answer 20

The Code of Bushism took ideas from India (Buddhism), China (Confucianism), and Japan (Shintoism). They blended them together, taking the ones they wanted as an example of selective borrowing.

Question 21

Feudalism

Answer 21

Japan’s type of government at the time

Question 22

Shinto

Answer 22

Japan’s native belief system

Question 23

Edo

Answer 23

A city in Japan (Today Tokyo)

Question 24

Zen Buddhism

Answer 24

Simplicity and present moment beliefs

Question 25

Genghis Khan

Answer 25

“Universal Ruler”- successful united nomadic tribes

Question 26

Kublai Khan

Answer 26

Took over Japan from his grandfather and established Yuan Dynasty

Question 27

Pax Mongolica

Answer 27

The Mongolian Peace/Golden Age

Question 28

Steppe

Answer 28

Treeless plain in Central Asia with a layer of ice underneath the grassland

Question 29

Nomad

Answer 29

The Mongols were nomadic and living on the steppes until united by Genghis Khan

Question 30

Marco Polo

Answer 30

He traveled from Venice, Italy to China. Once there he worked for Kublai Khan for 24 years. When he finally returned to Europe he wrote down his story in a book called The Travels of Marco Polo.

Question 31

Yuan Dynasty

Answer 31

A dynasty established by Kublai Khan in Mongolian China; a time of cultural diffusion