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Chapter 12 SE Asia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| polo writings sparked interest on Europeans in China | Marco |
| Dynasty: a dynasty founded by Li shimin who conquered many territories and undertook land reform | Tang |
| states: self-governing states that sent tribute | Tributary States |
| Sejong replaced the Chinese writing, made it easier | (King Sejong),hangul |
| wealthy land owning class | gentry |
| rate-number of people who can read & write | literacy rate |
| treeless plains | steppes |
| Khan topppled the Song dynasty named china dynasty Yuan | Kublai |
| worship of forces of nature early Japanese | Shinto |
| tidal waves | tsunamis |
| Khan created vast empire, established peace & prosperity | Genghis |
| chain of islands | Archipelago |
| Chinese explorer during Ming dynasty | Zheng He |
| through mothers descent | 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 borrowing |
| 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 reform |
| dynasty: a time of great achievement in which a faster growing type of rice created food suprlus and allowed commerce, learning & the arts | Song |