5098430940 | Equal Field System | Historical system of land ownership and distribution in China. The system worked on the basis that all land was owned by the government, which would then assign it to individual families. | 0 | |
5098442326 | Flying Cash | A paper currency of the Tang dynasty in China and can be considered the first banknote | 1 | |
5098447086 | Paper Money | A type of negotiable instrument known as a promissory note, made by a bank, payable to the bearer on demand | 2 | |
5098457135 | Junk | An ancient Chinese sailing ship design that is still in use today. | 3 | |
5098462469 | Scholar-Gentry | Civil servants appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance | 4 | |
5098466117 | Grand Canal | The longest canal or artificial river in the world | 5 | |
5098477990 | Hangzhou | A large city in the Zeijang province of China. | 6 | |
5098487212 | Song Dynasty | Culturally the most brilliant era in later imperial Chinese history. A time of great social and economic change, the period in large measure shaped the intellectual and political climate of China down to the twentieth century | 7 | |
5098495680 | Tributary System | The network of trade and foreign relations between China and its tributaries that helped to shape much of East Asian affairs | 8 | |
5098506683 | Song Taizu | A Chinese emperor, military leader, and statesman who began the reunification of china | 9 | |
5098523025 | Chang'an | An ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history, today known as Xi'an | 10 | |
5098535067 | Foot Binding | The compressing of the feet of girls with tight bandages so as to keep the feet from being over three or four inches long. | 11 | |
5098543129 | Neo-Confucianism | A movement in religious philosophy derived from Confucianism in China around AD 1000 in response to the ideas of Taoism and Buddhism. | 12 | |
5098547597 | Khan | Title given to rulers and officials in central Asia, Afghanistan, and certain other Muslim countries | 13 | |
5098554762 | Genghis Khan | Founder of the Mongol empire united the nomadic Mongol tribes, and by the time of his death his empire extended from China to the Black Sea | 14 | |
5098566786 | Khanates | A political entity ruled by a Khan or Khagan | 15 | |
5098568850 | Pax Mongolica | A time of peace and prosperity in the Mongol tribes | 16 | |
5098575917 | Karakorum | Former capital of the Mongol empire from 1235 to 1260 | 17 | |
5098581723 | Golden Horde | a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire | 18 | |
5098585440 | Kublai Khan | the grandson of Genghis Khan. led the Mongol empire. took Beijing as his capital. ruled the Yuan Dynasty | 19 | |
5098614195 | Yuan Dynasty | Era of rule by Kublai Khan and the Mongol empire over China | 20 | |
5098622231 | White Lotus Society | an ancient secret society that transcends the boundaries of the four nations, seeking philosophy, beauty and truth. They are devoted to the sharing of ancient knowledge across national and political divides | 21 | |
5098653024 | Yurt | a portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia | 22 | |
5098653025 | Tumen | a mongol army of 10,000 people. | 23 | |
5098664668 | Marco Polo | a Venetian merchant traveller whose travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde, a book that introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China | 24 | |
5098670114 | Yasa | A secret written code of law created by Genghis Khan. The sacred law of the Mongol army | 25 |
AP World History China and the Mongols Flashcards
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