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Ch 13 China, Japan, India (HMS)
Ch 13 China, Japan, India (HMS)
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History
8th Grade
02/21/2010

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Kublai Khan
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Mongol emperor of China
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merit system
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way of hiring people based on their abilities
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daimyo
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powerful warlord of a samurai clan
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Kyoto
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capital city of medieval Japan
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archipelago
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chain of many islands
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shogun
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supreme military commander of Japan
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feudalism
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system in which poor people are legally bound to work for wealthy landowners
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dynasty
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series of rulers from the same family
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Tang Taizong
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greatest ruler of Tang dynasty and a master of calligraphy
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Yozei
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emperor during the Heian period in Japan
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samurai
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Japanese warriors
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bushido
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strict rules of behavior for samurai
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Silk Road
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chain of trade routes from China to Mediterrean Sea
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Confucius
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famous Chinese teacher
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Marco Polo
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European Christian who visited China in 1271
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Song
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dynasty that ruled after the Tang
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Tang
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dynasty that ruled China for almost 300 years
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Tokugawas
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ruled Japan from 1603-1867
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Grand Canal
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waterway that limked the Huang and the Chang Rivers
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Honshu
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largest of the 4 main Japanese islands
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Shikoku
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smallest of the 4 main Japanese islands
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Hokkaido
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northernmost of the Japanese islands
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Kyushu
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southernmost of the Japanese islands
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Kyoto
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capital during medieval times; modeled after Chang'an
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Heian Period
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peaceful time in Japanese history but most people were poor
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merchants
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group at bottom of social pyramid
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ronin
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paid soldiers
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peasants
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made up 90% of Japanese population
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figurehead
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Japenese emperor was a _________________
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seppuku or hari-kiri
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done when samurai violated bushido
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Minamoto Yoritomo
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1st shogun and leader of Kamakura Shogunate
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shogunate
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military dynasty
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kamikaze
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"divine winds" or typhoons that stopped Kublai Khan's invasion
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Portuguese
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introduced Christianity and guns to Japan
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
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divided Japan into 250 regions ending samurai fighting
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Edo
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capital city during the Tokugawas; later called Tokyo
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Haiku poetry
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5 -7- 5 ; popular during Tokugawas
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Kabuki
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Japanese theater popular during Tokugawas
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Confucius
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self-taught; wanted to work in government; became private teacher
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Confucius
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disliked by govt. during his life; ideas became popular during Tang and Song
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The Analects of Confucius
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book of sayings and teachings written by Confucius
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Bi Sheng
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inventor of movable type
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Taklamakan
Definition
desert that Silk Road went around
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