Chapter 14&15 AP World History Flashcards
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| 5871419174 | Sinification | Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions of Asia | 0 | |
| 5871425042 | Genghis Khan | United the Mongols and conquered most of Asia | 1 | |
| 5871456975 | Controlled the Golden Horde | Batu | 2 | |
| 5871464930 | Controlled the Ilkhan Khanate | Hulagu | 3 | |
| 5871468897 | Controlled the Chengdai Khanate | Ogedei | 4 | |
| 5871471324 | Controlled the Great Khanate | Kublai | 5 | |
| 5871487048 | Prester John | Legendary mythical Christian king from Asia that Crusaders though would help them fight the Muslims. The Mongols were probably thee basis for this legend. | 6 | |
| 5871495913 | Kublai Khan | The grandson of Genghis Khan, he conquered China and made himself emperor establishing the Yuan Dynasty. | 7 | |
| 5871502511 | Timur (Tamerlane) | A Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes, a generation after Genghis Khan's dynasty, to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia. | 8 | |
| 5871513223 | Marci Polo | A European merchant and explorer who spent time in China at the court of Kublai Khan, the stories and items that he brought back to Europe sparked a desire for Asian goods and helped to launch the Age of Exploration. | 9 | |
| 5871527054 | Yamato (Tenno) Clan | The imperial family of Japan | 10 | |
| 5871531015 | Fujiwara | A powerful political family in feudal Japan that eventually intermarried with, and took power away from the emperors in the mid 800's, making the emperor a figurehead. | 11 | |
| 5871547037 | Minamoto Yoritomo | Became the first shogun in 1192 | 12 | |
| 5871550749 | Shogun | Title given to the most powerful samurai by the emperor, the title means "general" | 13 | |
| 5871557588 | Daimyo | Powerful samurai lords who controlled vast province, and constantly fought to become shogun | 14 | |
| 5871560170 | Samurai | The warrior class of feudal Japan | 15 | |
| 5871561505 | Bushido | The warrior's code of feudal Japan | 16 | |
| 5871564205 | Seppuku | The act of ritual suicide performed by the samurai, in which the abdomen is sliced open. | 17 | |
| 5871569843 | 47 Ronin | A true story about a group of samurai who committed seppuku after the death of their master in 1703 | 18 | |
| 5871576961 | Tokugawa | The last of the shogunates, they expelled all foreigners from Japan, and ruled the country from 1603 to 1853 | 19 |