Chapter 10 - China

Question 1

Scholar-gentry

Answer 1

Primary upholders of Confucian tradition

Question 2

Foot binding

Answer 2

Process which compressed and bent the foot to half its normal size by restrictive bandages

Question 3

Khanates

Answer 3

Subdivisions of Genghis Khan’s empire ruled by his heirs

Question 4

Chan

Answer 4

Sect for mind training and strict regimen as a means of seeking enlightenment

Question 5

Pure Land

Answer 5

Sect that stressed the role of devotion

Question 6

Tantrism

Answer 6

Sect that emphasized the importance if magical symbols and ritual

Question 7

White Lotus

Answer 7

Sect that sought to overthrow any dynasty while waiting for a “savior Buddha” to come to earth

Question 8

Neo-Confucianism

Answer 8

Unity of metaphysical speculations of Buddhism and Daoism with the pragmatic Confucian approach to society

Question 9

Supreme Ultimate

Answer 9

(Tai Ji) division of material and transcendental world

Question 10

School of Mind

Answer 10

Philosophy that argued that mind and universe were a single unit; knowledge would be obtained from self-searching

Question 11

Grand council

Answer 11

Representatives from all three authorities - civil, military, censorate - assisted by a secretariat and chancellery