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krodriguezSS13
Ch 13 vocab and comprehension questions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Silk Road | A chain of traded routes stretching from China to the Mediterranean Sea |
| Dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family |
| Tang | A dynasty that ruled China for almost 300 years |
| Song | A dynasty that ruled China after the Tang |
| Merit system | A system of hiring people based on their abilities |
| Kublai Khan | A Mongol emperor of China |
| What is the Grand Canal? | A waterway linking the Huang and Chiang Rivers |
| Why was the Grand Canal important? | It helped join northern and southern China and supply the capital with grain. |
| Describe one important change in government made by the Song. | They used the merit system to hire government officials |
| How did this change affect China? | The government was improved because qualified people were given jobs, not just the friends of the bosses |
| How did the Mongols conquer China? | By forceful conquest |
| Why do you think 5e Mongols did not adopt Chinese customs? | The Mongols wanted their dynasty to be Mongol, not Chinese. |
| Archipelago | A group or chain of many islands |
| Kyoto | The capital city of medieval Japan |
| Feudalism | A system in which poor people are legally bound to work for wealthy landowners |
| Samurai | Japanese warriors |
| Shogun | The supreme military commander of Japan |
| What are the geographical features of Japan? | Japan is an archipelago with mountainous volcanic islands |
| When did Japan start to develop its own traditions? | The 800s |
| What led to Japan’s isolation? | The fact that it is an island nation, the policy of Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| What happened to the emperor and the nobles during the 1000s? | The emperor lost power, the nobles gained power |
| What led to the establishment of shoguns? | The emperor gave the title of shogun to Minamoto Yoritomo who set up the Kamakura shogunate |
| How did trade develop between Japan and Europe in the 1500s? | Portuguese ships landed on Japan’s coast in 1543 and the Japanese who were interested in their products began to develop trade relations with the Europeans |
| How and why did the Tokugawas isolate Japan? | The Tokugawas worried that Europeans might try to conquer Japan, so they outlawed Christianity, forced Europeans to leave, closed Japans’s ports and stopped building large ships that could travel long distances. |
| Sultan | A Muslim ruler |
| Caste system | A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life |
| Mughal Empire | A period of Muslim rule of Indian from the 1500s to 1700s |
| Akbar | The greatest Mughal leader of India |
| Taj Mahal | A tomb built by Shah Jahan for his wife |
| What are the major geographic features of the Indian subcontinent? | The Himalayas are in the north, south of them is a large plain with two great river systems the Indus and Ganges, the Arabian |
| How might India’s history have been different if there had been no mountain passes in the north? | Conquerors and invaders might not have reached India |
| What was the Delhi Sultanate? | the period of history from 1206 to 1526 when Muslim rulers or sultans controlled northern India and parts of present day Bangladesh and Pakistan |
| How did Hindus and Muslims live together in India during this time? | Muslims didn't become part of Hindu society and the two cultures had many conflicts |
| Why was Akbar called “the Great”? | he was just a ruler who ruled the Mughal Empire successfully for 49 years. He encouraged the arts and for Hindus and Muslims to live together peacefully. Most of northern India was under his control |
| What caused the decline of the Mughal Empire? | rulers after Akbar spent money on extravagant buildings and expensive wars and reversed Akbar's policies towards Hindus which caused Hindus to rebel and cost the empire even more money |
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