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Chapter 12 SE Asia
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 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 |