Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
ch10inner/eastasia
Chapter 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The 1100 mile waterway linking the Yellow and Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire | Grand Canal |
| Empire unifying China and part of Central Asia, founded in 618 and ended 907. The Tang emperors presided over a magnificent court at their capital, Chang'an | Tang Empire |
| One of the founders of the Tang Empire and its second emperor (626-629). He led the expansion of the empire into Central Asia | Li Shimin |
| Country centered on the high, mountain-bounded plateau north of India. Tibetan political power occasionally extended farther to the north and west between the 7th and 13th centuries | Tibet |
| A system in which, from the time of the Han empire, countries in East and Southeast Asia not under the direct control of empires based in China nevertheless enrolleed as tributary states, acknowledging the superiority of the emperors in China | Tributary system |
| A bacterial disease of fleas that can be transmitted by flea bites to rodents and humans; humans in late stages of the illness can spread bacteria by coughing. Its difficulty of prevention and high mortality have caused many outbreaks in the world | Bubonic plague |
| A group of Turkic-speakers who controlled their own centralized empire from 744-840 in Mongolia and Central Asia | Uigurs |
| Empire in central and southern China while the Liao people controlled the north. Empire in southern China while the Jin people controlled the north. Distinguished for its advances in technology, medicine, astronomy, and mathematics | Song Empire |
| A very large flatbottom sailing ship produced in the Tang, Ming, and Song Empires, specially designed for long distance commercial travel | junk |
| A mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, in various proportions. The formula, brought to China in the 400s or 500s, was first used to make fumigators to keep away insect pests and evil spirits. In later centuries, it was used to make explosives | gunpowder |
| The Japanese word for a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on highly disciplined meditation. It is known in Sanskrit as dhyana, in Chinese as chan, and in Korea as son | Zen |
| Korean kingdom founded in 918 and destroyed by a Mongol invasion in 1259 | Koryo |
| new approaches to understanding classic Confucian texts that became the basic ruling philosophy of China from the Song period to the 12th century | Neo-Confucianism |
| Type in which each individual character is cast on a separate piece of metal. It replaced woodblock printing, allowed for the arrangement of individual letters and other characters on page, rather than requiring the carving of entire pages at a time. | movable type |
| Aristocratic family that dominated the Japanese imperial court between the 9th and 12th centuries | Fujiwara |
| The first of Japan's decentralized military governments (1185-1333) | Kamakura shogunate |
| Quick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season. Originally introduced into Champa from India, it was later sent to China as a tribute gift by the Champa state | Champa rice |
Created by:
shopaholic5289
Popular World History sets