wh 14 x2 Flashcards
Sun Goddess
ameratsu
Promotion system in China
meritocracy
Belief spirits inhabit everything
animism
Overthrew Mongol rule in China
Zhu Yhanzhang
Ordered construction of Ankor Wat
Suryavarman II
Royal messenger
Marco Polo
“the way of the gods”
shintoism
Wealthy elite Chinese scholars
mandarins
Mongol dynasty in China
yuan
Dynasty fell, in part, to Turkish revolt
tang
Dominant European power in Indonesia by the 1500’s
portugal
First center of Islam in S. E. Asia was in.
melaka
Approximate number of islands in area of S. E. Asia
10,000
Traditionally, Japanese emperors were
figureheads
The Mongol Empire broke into factions based on
regional culture
Chinese official state philosophy.
confucianism
Code of conduct for samurai.
bushido
Occupied country where government officials wrote and spoke native language, but wrote their official documents in Chinese.
Vietnam
Chinese export highly prized in the West.
china
Influenced by China and Korea but didn’t adopt meritocracy.
japan
Genghis Kahn codified Mongol laws which were called?
yasa
The three kingdoms of Korea: Silla, Paekche and,
koguryo
First major power to emerge from central Asia.
seljuk turks
The peoples of the central Asian steppe region based their nomadic communities on
clans
Which of the following religions is unique to Japan?
shinto
The Silk Road connected –
Asia to the Mediterranean basin
Japan was protected from invasions by –
seas
goods and ideas from china
- porcelain
- textiles
- paper
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navigation tools
Unlike in Europe, what people were allowed to become Samurai?
women
What Chinese invention was very inaccurate but was designed to be used as a type of psychological warfare?
rockets
Islam spread to all parts of Indonesia except ____
bali
in modern times the temples of ankor wat are threatened by
tourism
chinese imports included ______ ,hides, silver and glass
cotton
________ was and is a traditional form of art and enervation England in S. E Asia
shadow puppetry
To get a government job in China, one must pass a ______, based on ______
Civil Service Exam, Confusianism
Mongols were prevented from invading Japan because of a _________
typhoon
The _______ empire was the largest in history.
mongol
The Mongol advance into Africa was stopped by the _______ in Egypt.
mamluks
________ was universal leader of the mongols later known as ganghis khan
temujin
Aside from their military, how did the Mongols keep control over the Chinese?
-Kublai Khan
-Mongols did not have much experience with government
-Chinese had a long history of organized government
-Mongols kept many aspects of Chinese rule
-Also kept features of the Chinese form of government but made sure Chinese politicians did not gain too much power
-Ended civil service examination for choosing officials
-Instead, gave jobs to Mongols and trusted foreigners
-Chinese officials were given little to no power
-Confucian thought remained strong during Mongol rule
-Kublai worked to rebuild China
-Printed trade and contacts with the rest of the world
How did the feudalistic life of Japan compare to that of European feudalism? How was it different?
Similarities:
-Societies were build on a system of heredity classes (nobles on top, warriors next, tenant farms & serfs
at bottom)
-Low social mobility
-Constant warfare made warriors an important class (KNIGHTS IN EUROPE AND SAMURAI IN JAPAN)
Differences:
-Knights were supposed to know the concept of chivalry
-Samurai were supposed to know the concept of Bushido or, “Way of a Warrior”
-samurai would commit self-die to atone for their transgressions in order to obtain power.
-Japan Feudalism : based on the ideas of Confucius
-European Feudalism: based on Roman imperial laws and customs
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