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Chapter 12 SE Asia.
Chapter 12 SE Asia Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |