Japan and China Flashcards
What weapon did the Chinese use to overthrow the mongols?
Guns
What had helped weaken the mongol rule over China
The plague
Where did the emperors of the Ming dynasty live?
Forbidden city
What is the words most lucrative commodity in 1838?
Opium
How is this commodity brought to China
British merchants
How did the Chinese pay for opium
Silver
What was created using mass production
Crossbow
What year did Roman merchants arrive in China
166 AD
What product do the Romans want from China?
Silk
What was the punishment for revealing the secret of the silk worms
Death
The rise and fall of ruling family’s
Dynastic cycle
-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
Mandate of Heaven
The duty and respect children owed their parents
Filial piety
What was the main export of China
Porcelain
What are 3 inventions of China
Gunpowder, printing, paper
Mongols main weapon
Compound bow
Trade route from Asia to Europe that spanned 5000 miles and lasted for 1600 years.
Silk Road
Canal constructed during the sui dynasty that linked northern and southern China for the first time.
Grand canal
Mongol leader 1162 to 1227. He titled himself Genghis Kahn meaning “universal ruler ” in 1206
Genghis Kahn
Grandson of Genghis Khan, conquered the rest ot china and a area now known as Tibet and a part of Southern Asia
Kublai khan
Another grandson of Genghis Kahn invaded Europe around 1240 his troops swept across Russia, Poland, Hungary, to the outskirts of Vienna
Batu
Name given by Europeans to the mongol invaders of the 1200 due to the color of their tents
Golden Horde
Famous merchant and made special representative for kublai Kahn
Marco Polo
Conflict from 1839 to 1842
between China and britain that arose due to Britains export of opium to China
Opium war
Treaty Following the the opium war in which China gave Hong Kong to Britain and opened parts to British trade
Treaty of nanjing
Economic system the Japanese lived under for hundreds of years was called?
feudalism
Japanese gods or nature spirits were called:
kami
Indigenous religion of Japan involving rituals and prayers to appease nature spirits was called?
Shinto
The highest official in the Japanese government was?
emperor
Chief military and government officer in feudal Japan was?
shogun
Powerful local lords in feudal Japan were called?
daimyo
Warriors hired for protection by wealthy landlords in feudal Japan were called?
Samurai
The code of behavior that Japanese warriors followed was called:
bushido
The word “samurai” means:
One who serves
Ritual suicide performed by Japanese
warriors was called?
seppuku
The “soul” of a Japanese warrior was his?
sword
In Japan, a person’s position in society was based on?
Birth
In 1192, who became the first shogun of Japan?
Minamoto
Lady Murasaki Shikibu wrote _____ considered the world’s first novel
The Tale of Genji
What two things did Portuguese traders bring to Japan in the 1500’s?
guns / Christianity
Which empire ruled most of Southeast
Asia from 850 - 1250?
Khmer
Which kingdom ruled Korea from 670 -
935?
Silla
Which empire ruled of northern
Vietnam from 1010 - 1225?
Annam
Which Asian civilization developed an iron-clad warship in 1598?
Korea
The temple of Angkor Wat is located in which modern day country?
Cambodia
What was the name of the Korean alphabet?
han gul
Which emperor of Korea ordered the creation of the Korean alphabet?
Sejong
What are 3 ways in which the tokygawa shogun controlled the daimyo
Prohibited them from making alliances.
Need to spend every other year in Edo
Had to leave their family’s in Edo as hostages
In what 2 ways did the Tokugawa shogun control the samurai
They need to live in the same town as his daimyo.
They could not get wealth independently
Most powerful vessel succeeded as overlord. Established his capital at Edo(now Tokyo) he defeated daimyo that resisted him then he became shogun
Tokugawa leyasu
Sent to Japan to give a letter. The letter was a treaty that would guarantee the safety of U.S sailors in Japanese ports.
Mathew Perry
Negotiation between Mathew Perry and Japan in 1854 that permitted trade between the two countries
Treaty of kanagawa
Change when a group of samurai overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate and restored the emperor to power
Meiji restoration
War between china and Japan over Korea in 1894 resulting in a Japanese victory
Sino Japanese war
Japans two house national legislature
Diet
Areas in which one country has a special interest, and other nations agree to respect that interest.
Spere of Influence
Right of all foreign nations to trade equally in China
Open door policy
Uprising China in which foreigners were attacked and any this connected with outsiders was destroyed.
Boxer rebellion
War between japan and Russia for Manchuria that began with Japans unannounced attack in 1904
Russo Japanese war
Agreement that ended the Russo Japanese war
Treaty of Portsmouth
Countries that had spheres of influence in China
Britain, France, Japan, Russia, Germany.
