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| 234561732 | Li shimin | One of the founders of the Tang Empire and its second emperor (r. 626-649). He led the expansion of the empire into Central Asia. (p. 277) | 0 | |
| 234561733 | Tang Empire | Empire unifying China and part of Central Asia, founded 618 and ended 907. The Tang emperors presided over a magnificent court at their capital, Chang'an. (p. 277) | 1 | |
| 234561734 | Grand Canal | The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire. (p. 277) | 2 | |
| 234561735 | Tributary System | A system in which, from the time of the Han Empire, countries in East and Southeast Asia not under the direct control of empires based in China nevertheless enrolled as tributary states, acknowledging the superiority of the emperors in China. (279) | 3 | |
| 234561736 | Bubonic Plague | A bacterial disease of fleas that can be transmitted by flea bites to rodents and humans; humans in late stages of the illness can spread the bacteria by coughing. High mortality rate and hard to contain. Disastrous. (280) | 4 | |
| 234561737 | Uighurs | A group of Turkic-speakers who controlled their own centralized empire from 744 to 840 in Mongolia and Central Asia. | 5 | |
| 234561738 | Tibet | an Asian country under the control of China | 6 | |
| 234561739 | Song Empire | Empire in southern China (1127-1279; the 'Southern Song') while the Jin people controlled the north. Distinguished for its advances in technology, medicine, astronomy, and mathematics. (p. 285) | 7 | |
| 234561740 | Dhow | Ship of small to moderate size used in the western Indian Ocean, traditionally with a triangular sail and a sewn timber hull. (p. 382), a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs | 8 | |
| 234561741 | Junk | A very large flatbottom sailing ship produced in the Tang and Song Empires, specially designed for long-distance commercial travel. (p. 288) | 9 | |
| 234561742 | Gunpowder | a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks | 10 | |
| 234561743 | Neo-Confucianism | term that describes the resurgence of Confucianism and the influence of Confucian scholars during the T'ang Dynasty; a unification of Daoist or Buddhist metaphysics with Confucian pragmatism | 11 | |
| 234561744 | Zen | a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight, school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith | 12 | |
| 234561745 | Movable Type | Type in which each individual character is cast on a separate piece of metal. It replaced woodblock printing, allowing for the arrangement of individual letters and other characters on a page. Invented in Korea 13th Century. (293) | 13 | |
| 234561746 | Koryo | Korean kingdom founded in 918 and destroyed by a Mongol invasion in 1259. (p. 292) | 14 | |
| 234561747 | Fujiwara | Japanese aristocratic family in mid-9th century; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power. | 15 | |
| 234561748 | Kamakura Shogunate | The first of Japan's decentralized military governments. (1185-1333). (p. 294) | 16 | |
| 234561749 | Champa rice | Quick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season. Originally introduced into Champa from India, it was later sent to China as a tribute gift by the Champa state. (See also tributary system.) (p. 295) | 17 | |
| 234561750 | Malacca | a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm, Port city in the modern Southeast Asian country of Malaysia, founded about 1400 as a trading center on the Strait of Malacca. Also spelled Melaka. (p. 387) | 18 | |
| 234561751 | Yuan Empire | Empire created in China and Siberia by Khubilai Khan. (p. 349) | 19 |
