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World History
Middle Ages in Asia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How far is China from Japan? | 500 miles |
| Which country is closest to Japan? | Koreas |
| Who migrated to Japan and brought Buddhism? | The Koreans |
| Who founded the Sui Dynasty? | Sui Wendi |
| Which dynasty was considered to be the golden ages of China? | Tang Dynasty |
| During the Song Dynasty, _______ was improved and ________ flourished. | Agriculture; trade |
| Who led the Mongols and invaded China in 1215? | Genghis Khan |
| What does the name "Genghis Khan" mean? | Universal ruler |
| Who helped the Japanese win over the Mogol invasion? | Kamakura shogunate |
| Who was the grandson of Genghis Khan and founded the Yuan Dynasty? | Kublai Khan |
| What is the period of which samurais fought each other in Japan after the central power fell? | Sengoku |
| What does "Sengoku" mean? | Warring States |
| What does the Japan "Ri ben" means? | origin of the sun |
| What does "gentry" mean? | Wealthy class of well-to-know people |
| What are the achievements of the Sui Dynasty? | Built the Grand Canal and united the northern & southern China |
| What was Kublai Khan famous for? | Reuniting China for the first time in 300 years |
| What did Tang Taizong do in order to claim the throne? | Kill his own rival brother and forced his father to step aside. |
| Who was an empress who ruled China until the age of 80? | Wu Zhao |
| Which two dynasties has most of the inventions were made in China? | Tang and Song |
| How long did the Tang dynasty ruled China? | 300 years |
| Where did the Mogols come from? | Eastern Asian steppe |
| When did the Portuguese traders first come to Japan? | 1543 |
| When was the first mention of Japan from Chinese writing? | 300 A.D. |
| When did the Japanese hold off naval invasions? | 1274 & 1281 |
| Which clan established itself as a leading clan and claimed to be descended from the sun god, Amaterasu? | Yamato |
| Who was Oda Nobunaga? | Defeated his rivals and siezed the imperial capital of Kyoto in 1568. |
| Who was Hideyoshi? | Nobunaga's best general who invaded Korea in 1592. |
| ______ was a rich family who held the real power in Japan until the middle of the 11th century. | Fujiwara |
| _________ was a victorious family that fought for power during the late 1100s. | Minamoto |
| Who was Marco Polo? | A young Venetian trader who visited China and served the Great Khan for 17 years. |
| How many islands make up Japan's archipelago? | 4,000 |
| What was Kamakura? | A place where Japanese shoguns held real power at their military headquarters. |
| What are pastoralists? | Nomadic people who herded domesticated animals |
| Waht was Shinto? | Early Japanese religion, which was based on respects for forces on nature and worships on ancestors |
| What was Bushido? | The strict code of behavior followed by samuria warriors in Japan |
| What is a daimyo? | A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai. |
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