Unit One- Possibly Early Eastern Asia?

Question 1

Tell me what you know about shamanism

Answer 1

The belief that certain people (shamans) have the ability to contact ancestors/the spirt world.
Origins in Korea.

Question 2

Give the basics of what the Fujiwara Clan was.

Who, where, what, when

Answer 2

A group of priests, bureaucrats, and warriors who controlled power and protected the emperor between the 9th and 12th Gentry BCE.

Question 3

Why did the Fujiwara Clan fall? Who proceeded them?

Answer 3

As buddist beliefs grew, there was a smaller desire for worldly things
The noble class of before fell because that lifestyle was contradicted buddist ways.
Instead, the warrior classes (samurai) became the next elite

Question 4

How did the Fujiwara Clan collect taxes?

Answer 4

Had the warriors do. They didn’t want to get their hands dirty. They rather read the classics, admire art, and what not

Question 5

What’s Champa Rice?

Answer 5

Quick growing rice. Can be harvested twice in one farming season. A very important crop in south east asia.

Question 6

What was the diffusion of Champa Rice from the origin?

Answer 6

Originated in India. Diffused to Vietnam. Then brought to China during the Song Dynasty as a tribute between “allies”.