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Chapter 12 SE Asia/
Chapter 12 SE Asia-vocab
Question | Answer |
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Polo writings sparked interest on Europeans in China | Marco |
Dynasty a Dynasty founded by Li shimin who conquered many territories and undertook land reforms | Tang |
Self-governing states that sent tribute | tributary states |
Sejong replaced the Chinese writing made it easier | Hangul |
wealthy land owning class | gentry |
number of people who can read and write | literacy rate |
treeless plains | steppes |
Khan toppled the song dynasty named China dynasty Yuan | Kublai |
Worship of forces of nature early Japanese | Shinto |
Tidal Wave | tsunamis |
Khan created vast empire, established peace & prosperity | genghis |
chain of islands | archipelago |
Chinese explorer during Ming dynasty | Zheng He |
through mothers decent | Matrilineal |
lesser lords | samurai |
What was an Indian stupa in China | Pagoda |
the amount of payment a woman brings to a marriage | dowry |
a porecelain with an unusual blue-green glaze | celadon |
borrowing adapting certain foreign ways | selective |
brought Chinese ideas and Confucian traditions to Korea | wudi |
"brilliant" dynasty | Ming |
code of honor | bushido |
buddhism a Buddist sect in Japan " non-knowing" | Zen |
dome shaped shrines to Buddha | Stupa |
Supreme military commander | Shogun |
reform redistribution of land to peasants | land |
dynasty a time of treat achiecement in which a faster growing type of rice created food surplus and allowed commerce, learning & the arts | Song |