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JLC SS CH 12 Vocab
JLC SS Grade 6 Chapter 12 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Forbidden City | Made up of hundreds of buildings surrounded by high walls. |
| Taj Mahal | Greatest building in India |
| Empress Wu Hou | China's first female ruler |
| Song Dynasty | Reunited China – formed central government |
| deva-raja | “god-king” |
| Zheng He | Chinese explorer led the first of 7 voyages in 1405 |
| absolute power | Khamer rulers- Control everything in life |
| Angkor | First royal city built here |
| aristocrat | A noble |
| samurai | A class of Japanese warriors |
| typhoon | A tropical storm with heavy winds and rough seas |
| daimyo | A ruling samurai leader- most powerful samurai |
| A special, high ranking military office | shogun |
| Edo | City that was shogun capital |
| policy of isolation | Japan had very little contact with other cultures or goods |
| Muasaki Shikibu | Wrote The Tale of Genji |