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| 7810909906 | Neo-Confucianism | A philosophy that blended Confucianism with Buddhism thought. | 0 | |
| 7810930848 | Shinto | _____________ was the traditional Japanses religion based on veneration of ancestors & spirits of nature. | 1 | |
| 7810946898 | Shogun | Military leaders under the Bakufu are the ________. | 2 | |
| 7810973106 | Daimyo | Japanese feudal lord in charge of the samurai army | 3 | |
| 7810989651 | Sammurai | The military class of feudal Japan | 4 | |
| 7829411284 | Junks | The Tang & Song dynasty had large Chinese sailing ships used for long-distance travel that were called___________. | 5 | |
| 7829433955 | footbinding | In China a method of breaking and binding womens feet | 6 | |
| 7829474785 | Bakufu | After the Gempei Wars a military Government established in Japan which was called _______. | 7 | |
| 7829571385 | Tang Grand Canal | The _________ extended the chinese canal system to supplement the ________. | 8 | |
| 7829597949 | Bushi | The samurai served the _________ | 9 | |
| 7829603610 | Bushido | Japan's samurai Code of Honor | 10 | |
| 7829621326 | Seppuku | The samurai code (bushido) included the practice of __________ or disembowelment (a form of suicide) | 11 | |
| 7829633443 | serfs | Japanese peasants became ________ and considered property of the local lord | 12 | |
| 7829653212 | Gempei Wars | During the late twelfth century the ________ placed peasants against the samurai. | 13 | |
| 7829670505 | Bakufu | The Minamoto a powerful family that established the ________. | 14 | |
| 7829449379 | Footbinding | Seen as a sign of beauty and social position for women that confined them to the household | 15 | |
| 7829497856 | Bakufu | What was the name of the government that its emperor became a figurehead, while real power was concentrated in military including the samurai. | 16 | |
| 7829782857 | False | *True or False* Buddhism became more popular among China's neighbors than in China because it emphasize centralized government. (i.e. it was more accepting of women, supported the political system etc..) | 17 | |
| 7829904275 | Japanese | Who was more devoted to Confucianism the Korean, Chinese or Japanese? | 18 | |
| 7829973651 | *C* The Song placed importance on the scholar-gentry over that of the military weakened efforts to curb the threat of the nomads along China's northern border. | The position of the Chinese scholar-gentry was_______. A) mimicked by the Japanese B) admired by the Vietnamese C) weakened efforts to curb nomadic invasions D) declined during the Song dynasty E) was not supported by the Confucian philosophy | 19 | |
| 7830182199 | Japanese & Vietnamese | Who did not develop a scholar-gentry? | 20 | |
| 7835888118 | Wendi restored a strong Central government | What emperor united northern and southern China once again and what did he do? | 21 | |
| 7835916157 | China experienced a prolonged *Golden Age* China became the richest, most powerful and most advanced country in the world. | What did the Tang and the Song dynasties do to China? | 22 | |
| 7835940332 | The *Sui* dynasty | Wendi declared himself as the 1st emperor of whom? | 23 | |
| 7835951688 | completion of the Grand Canal | What was the Sui's emperors greatest accomplishment? | 24 | |
| 7835960480 | The *Huang He* and the *Chang Jiang* | What did the Grand Canals' waterway connect? | 25 | |
| 7835994188 | 2 | How many emperors lasted in the Sui dynasty? | 26 | |
| 7835998050 | a member of the Imperial Court | Who killed the second Sui emperor? | 27 | |
| 7836008480 | Sui Dynasty | What dynasty came after the Han but before the Tang and built a strong foundation although it was short-lived? | 28 | |
| 7836014487 | Tang dynasty | Who came after the Sui dynasty? | 29 | |
| 7836029841 | 1. Empire expanded 2. their armies reconquered the northern and western lands that China had lost 3. | Name some achievements under the Tang dynasty? | 30 | |
| 7836062513 | Korea | By 668, where did China extend its influence to? | 31 | |
| 7836079757 | Sui Dynasty | Built the Grand Canal, strengthened the government, and introduced Buddhism to China | 32 | |
| 7836107052 | Tang Dynasty | dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria | 33 | |
| 7836110285 | Song Dynasty | (960 - 1279 AD); this dynasty was started by Tai Zu; by 1000, a million people were living there; started feet binding; had a magnetic compass; had a navy; traded with india and persia (brought pepper and cotton); first to have paper money, explosive gun powder; *landscape black and white paintings | 34 | |
| 7836133946 | 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. | 35 | |
| 7836124155 | Yangdi | Second emperor of Sui; completes Grand Canal; high taxes and forced labor spur hostility resulting in his assassination in 618 | 36 | |
| 7836154920 | Taizu (Song emperor) | First Song dynasty emperor who reigned from 960-976 CE. He focused his rule on civil administration, industry, education, and the arts rather than on military affairs. Inaugurated bureaucracy of merit. | 37 | |
| 7836192601 | Sinification | Term used for the spread of Chinese culture. | 38 | |
| 7836202226 | Samurai | Mounted troops of the bushi; loyal to local lords, not the emperor | 39 | |
| 7836249896 | Ministry of Rites | administered the examinations for state office during the Tang dynasty | 40 | |
| 7836253209 | jinshi | title given to students who passed the most difficult examinations; became eligible for high office | 41 | |
| 7836208696 | Trung sisters | Leaders of one of the frequent peasant rebellions in Vietnam against Chinese rule; revolt broke out in 39 c.e.; demonstrates importance of Vietnamese women in indigenous society | 42 | |
| 7836220426 | Tale of Genji | written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any language; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society | 43 | |
| 7836490026 | Tribute System | A system of payment in which conquered peoples pay a tribute to the conquerer to show their superiority over the land. The tribute system was put into place in the Americas by the Aztecs and was later copied by other American civilizations. | 44 | |
| 7836259610 | Wuzong | Tang emperor (841-847); persecuted Buddhist monasteries and reduced influence of Buddhism in favor of Confucianism | 45 | |
| 7836264195 | Yang Guifei | royal concubine of Tang emperor Xuanzong; introduction of relatives into administration led to revolt | 46 | |
| 7836272212 | Khitans | founded Liao dynasty of Manchuria in 907; remained a threat to Song; very much influenced by Chinese culture | 47 | |
| 7836287548 | Flying Money | Chinese credit instrument that provided vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of a venture; reduced danger of robbery; an early form of currency | 48 | |
| 7836281341 | Jurchens | founders of Qin kingdom that succeeded the Liao in northern China; annexed most of Yellow River basin and forced Song to flee south | 49 | |
| 7836293307 | Taika reforms | attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolutist Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army | 50 | |
| 7836307974 | Empress Wu | Tang ruler 690-705ce in china; supported Buddhist establishment, tried to elevate Buddhism to stay in villages until they could repay aristocrats for land | 51 | |
| 7836335042 | Zen (Chan) | (knowledgable gentlemen)chinese class created by the marital approach; based on use of logic to resolve theological probelms | 52 | |
| 7836313082 | scholar-gentry | (knowledgable gentlemen)chinese class created by the marital approach; based on use of logic to resolve theological probelms | 53 | |
| 7836346857 | Xuanzong | (713-756) Marked the peak of Tang power. Advanced political and economic reform; turned to patronizing the arts and the pleasures of the imperial city. | 54 | |
| 7836422156 | explosive powder | discovered by Daoist alchemist while seeking elixirs during the Tang dynasty; popularly used in China to make fire crackers and weapons; quickly diffused throughout Eurasia | 55 | |
| 7836357428 | Zen (Buddhism) | Known as Chan Buddhism in China; stressed meditation and the appreciation of natural and artistic beauty. | 56 | |
| 7836361574 | Wang Anshi | Confucian scholar and chief minister of a Song emperor in 1070s; introduced sweeping reforms based on Legalists; advocated greater state intervention in society. | 57 | |
| 7836382483 | Moveable 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, rather than requiring the carving of entire pages at a time. It may have been invented in Korea in the thirteenth century. | 58 | |
| 7836436470 | Landscape Painting | a Sung technique developed and perfected, pictures of natural scenery done on silk, often combined elements of the mountains and water | 59 | |
| 7836448379 | Heian | Capital city of Japan under the Yamato emperors, later called Kyoto; built in order to escape influence of Buddhist monks; patterned after ancient imperial centers of China; never fully populated | 60 | |
| 7836468618 | Kamakura | The Kamakura shogunate (Japanese: 鎌倉幕府, Kamakura bakufu) was a military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 (or 1192, when it was formally recognized) to 1333. It was based in Kamakura. | 61 |
