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Chapter 12 SE Asia.
Chapter 12 SE Asia Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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polo writings sparked interest on Europeans in China | Marco |
Dynasty a dynasty founded by Li Shimin who conguered many territories and undertook land reform | Tang |
self-governing states that sent tributes | tributaries |
sejong replaced the Chinese wtiting 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 waves | tsunami |
khan created vast empire, established peace and 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 porcelain 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 Buddhist 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 achievment in which a faster growing type of rice created food surplus and allowed commerce, learning, and the arts | Song |