Chapter 4 Test Flashcards
Chinese religion that taught harmony with nature and promoted superstition
Taoism
Resulted when local rulers replaced a central power
Feudalism
Japanese religion that teachers nature worship
Shintoism
Religion founded on the Four Noble Truths
Buddhism
The leading religion early in Chinese history
Ancestor worship
Japanese title meaning “great general”
Shogun
Practice of a warrior’s committing suicide
hara-kiri
A man whom the Mongols believed had power over spirits
Shaman
A “divine wind” given credit for protecting Japan
Kamikaze
Japanese warrior
Samurai
He employed a law code that he used to govern and prepare for military conquest
Chinggis Khan
They worshiped many gods, including the supreme god Tengri
Mongols
He extended his empire from Turkey to India
Tamerlane
He led a Mongol army into Russia
Batu Khan
The earliest Chinese dynasty
Ming dynasty