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1
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What weapon did the Chinese use to overthrow the mongols?

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Guns

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2
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What had helped weaken the mongol rule over China

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The plague

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3
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Where did the emperors of the Ming dynasty live?

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Forbidden city

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4
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What is the words most lucrative commodity in 1838?

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Opium

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5
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How is this commodity brought to China

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British merchants

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6
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How did the Chinese pay for opium

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Silver

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7
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What was created using mass production

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Crossbow

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8
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What year did Roman merchants arrive in China

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166 AD

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9
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What product do the Romans want from China?

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Silk

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10
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What was the punishment for revealing the secret of the silk worms

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Death

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11
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The rise and fall of ruling family’s

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Dynastic cycle

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12
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-When Heaven granted a ruler the right to rule. Good rulers repaired defense walls that Kept invaders out of
China. Appointed loyal officials kept low taxes crop yields where high and there were no natural disasters if several of these happened the ruling family lost the m of h

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Mandate of Heaven

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13
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The duty and respect children owed their parents

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Filial piety

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14
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What was the main export of China

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Porcelain

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15
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What are 3 inventions of China

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Gunpowder, printing, paper

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16
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Mongols main weapon

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Compound bow

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17
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Trade route from Asia to Europe that spanned 5000 miles and lasted for 1600 years.

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Silk Road

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18
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Canal constructed during the sui dynasty that linked northern and southern China for the first time.

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Grand canal

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19
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Mongol leader 1162 to 1227. He titled himself Genghis Kahn meaning “universal ruler ” in 1206

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Genghis Kahn

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20
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Grandson of Genghis Khan, conquered the rest ot china and a area now known as Tibet and a part of Southern Asia

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Kublai khan

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21
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Another grandson of Genghis Kahn invaded Europe around 1240 his troops swept across Russia, Poland, Hungary, to the outskirts of Vienna

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Batu

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22
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Name given by Europeans to the mongol invaders of the 1200 due to the color of their tents

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Golden Horde

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23
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Famous merchant and made special representative for kublai Kahn

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Marco Polo

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24
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Conflict from 1839 to 1842
between China and britain that arose due to Britains export of opium to China

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Opium war

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25
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Treaty Following the the opium war in which China gave Hong Kong to Britain and opened parts to British trade

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Treaty of nanjing

26
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Economic system the Japanese lived under for hundreds of years was called?

A

feudalism

27
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Japanese gods or nature spirits were called:

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kami

28
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Indigenous religion of Japan involving rituals and prayers to appease nature spirits was called?

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Shinto

29
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The highest official in the Japanese government was?

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emperor

30
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Chief military and government officer in feudal Japan was?

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shogun

31
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Powerful local lords in feudal Japan were called?

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daimyo

32
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Warriors hired for protection by wealthy landlords in feudal Japan were called?

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Samurai

33
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The code of behavior that Japanese warriors followed was called:

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bushido

34
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The word “samurai” means:

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One who serves

35
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Ritual suicide performed by Japanese
warriors was called?

A

seppuku

36
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The “soul” of a Japanese warrior was his?

A

sword

37
Q

In Japan, a person’s position in society was based on?

A

Birth

38
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In 1192, who became the first shogun of Japan?

A

Minamoto

39
Q

Lady Murasaki Shikibu wrote _____ considered the world’s first novel

A

The Tale of Genji

40
Q

What two things did Portuguese traders bring to Japan in the 1500’s?

A

guns / Christianity

41
Q

Which empire ruled most of Southeast
Asia from 850 - 1250?

A

Khmer

42
Q

Which kingdom ruled Korea from 670 -
935?

A

Silla

43
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Which empire ruled of northern
Vietnam from 1010 - 1225?

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Annam

44
Q

Which Asian civilization developed an iron-clad warship in 1598?

A

Korea

45
Q

The temple of Angkor Wat is located in which modern day country?

A

Cambodia

46
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What was the name of the Korean alphabet?

A

han gul

47
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Which emperor of Korea ordered the creation of the Korean alphabet?

A

Sejong

48
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What are 3 ways in which the tokygawa shogun controlled the daimyo

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Prohibited them from making alliances.
Need to spend every other year in Edo
Had to leave their family’s in Edo as hostages

49
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In what 2 ways did the Tokugawa shogun control the samurai

A

They need to live in the same town as his daimyo.
They could not get wealth independently

50
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Most powerful vessel succeeded as overlord. Established his capital at Edo(now Tokyo) he defeated daimyo that resisted him then he became shogun

A

Tokugawa leyasu

51
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Sent to Japan to give a letter. The letter was a treaty that would guarantee the safety of U.S sailors in Japanese ports.

A

Mathew Perry

52
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Negotiation between Mathew Perry and Japan in 1854 that permitted trade between the two countries

A

Treaty of kanagawa

53
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Change when a group of samurai overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate and restored the emperor to power

A

Meiji restoration

54
Q

War between china and Japan over Korea in 1894 resulting in a Japanese victory

A

Sino Japanese war

55
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Japans two house national legislature

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Diet

56
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Areas in which one country has a special interest, and other nations agree to respect that interest.

A

Spere of Influence

57
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Right of all foreign nations to trade equally in China

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Open door policy

58
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Uprising China in which foreigners were attacked and any this connected with outsiders was destroyed.

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Boxer rebellion

59
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War between japan and Russia for Manchuria that began with Japans unannounced attack in 1904

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Russo Japanese war

60
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Agreement that ended the Russo Japanese war

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Treaty of Portsmouth

61
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Countries that had spheres of influence in China

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Britain, France, Japan, Russia, Germany.

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