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Jeopardy 15- East Asia

Garrett

Terms

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Chinese
Type of writing introduced into Japan from Korea around 405
civil service exam
Test for becoming a Tang or Song government official
Honshu
Largest island of Japan
Sea of Japan
Body of water that forms Korea's eastern boundary
Confucian learning
Body of knowledge that formed the basis of the Chinese civil service examination
porcelain
Shiny, hard, white pottery prized as the world's finest ceramic
Sumatra
Island where the capital city of the Srivijaya Empire was located
Zheng He
Chinese admiral who led an enormous Chinese fleet on seven extensive voyages
Chang'an
Tang capital city
mountainous
Main characteristic of Japan's terrain
Buddhism
Religion brought to Japan from China around 550
Korea
Asian country invaded by Japan in 1592
calligraphy
Artistic writing skill mastered by the scholar-gentry class
Tang
Dynasty of 618 to 907 that greatly expanded the empire
gunpowder
A mix of salpeter, sulfur, and charcoal first used for fireworks in Tang China
Hangzhou
New Song capital city in the south
magnetic compass
Floating magnetized needle first used by Chinese sailors
Java
Island location of the Sailendra kingdom
Shinto
Ancient religion of Japan
China
Country from which early Japan borrowed many ideas and customs
Tokugawa Shogunate
Line of shoguns who ruled from 1603 to 1868
Warring States Period
Violent era of disorder, from the mid-1400s to the mid-1500s
gentry
China's wealthy, powerful upper class
Kublai Khan
Mongol emperor who ruled all of China
Marco Polo
Italian merchant who served at Kublai Khan's court for many years
Wu Zhao
Tang-era ruler who was China's only female emperor
Grand Canal
Waterway that linked the Huang He and Yangtze rivers
samurai
Warriors pledged to serve their local lord
Hanoi
Capital city of Vietnam's Ly Dynasty
rice
New strains of the staple produced two crops per year instead of just one
celadon
Unique Korean pottery famous for its milky green glaze
archipelago
Term for an island chain like Japan
pagoda
Graceful temple form with multiple stories and upcurved eaves
Angkor Wat
Huge city-and-temple complex built by the Khmer in the 1100s
Ming
Dynasty that replaced the Mongols
Khmer
Empire that was Southeast Asia's main power from 800 to the 1200s
Hinduism and Buddhism
Religion(s) brought to Southeast Asia from India
shogun
Supreme military commander
corn, sweet potatoes
New food crop(s) introduced to China from the Americas
Kyoto (or Heiankyo)
Second Japanese imperial capital
Forbidden City
Palace complex of 9,000 rooms built by a Ming emperor
daimyo
Warrior lords who pledged to support their shogun
Yellow Sea
Body of water that forms Korea's western boundary
Mongols
Harsh people who occupied and ruled Korea from 1231 until the 1350s
Song
Dynasty that lost control of northern China
Yuan
China's Mongol dynasty
Arabs
People who won control of western Chinese lands by winning the Battle of Talus in 751
Tale of Genji
Long novel by Lady Murasaki Shikibu that told the story of Prince Genji
Song Taizi (Zhao Kuangyin)
Scholarly general who founded the Song dynasty
Sui
Brief dynasty that reunited northern and souther China
China
Country from which Korea borrowed many ideas and customs
Kamakura Shogunate
Military dynasty founded by Minamoto that ruled during the 1200s
Nara
First Japanese imperial capital
feudalism
Social and political system in Japan from about 800 to 1600
peasants
China's largest social class
Jin
Empire established by Manchurian people in northern China in the early 1100s
merchants
Class of people considered inferior by Confucian standards
Vietnam
Southeast Asian country controlled by China for 1,000 years
footbinding
Painful procedure that resulted in the highly desirable "lily foot"
Yalu
River that forms part of Korea's northern border
Mongols
People whose naval invasion the Japanese defeated in 1274 and 1281
bushido
Samurai code of honor
China (or Manchuria)
Korea's northern neighbor
high taxes, forced labor
Common causes of peasant revolts
tea
New product from Southeast Asia that Chinese soon drank, produced, and exported
Shilla (or Silla)
First Korean dynasty; it united the Korean peninsula
mechanical clock
Improved time-telling device invented during the Tang era
mountainous
Main characteristic of Korea's terrain
Tang Tiazong (Li Shimin)
First great Tang emperor
northern China
Region of China often invaded by nomadic outsiders
Choson (or Yi)
Third Korean dynasty; it ruled from 1392 to 1910
poetry
Type of literature produced by Li Bo and Du Fu
paper money
New type of currency issued by the Song government
Kaesong
Capital city of Korea's Koryo dynasty
hari-kari (or seppuku)
Ritual suicide practiced by samurai
Koryu (or Koryo)
Dynasty from which the modern name Korea developed
Buddhism
Religion that missionaries brought to Korea from China
Kyushu (or Shikoku)
Large southern island of Japan
Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu)
Peasant leader who founded the Ming dynasty
Strait of Malacca (or the Sunda Strait)
Strait that connects the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea
Hokkaido
Large northern island of Japan
moveable type
Individual characters arranged in frames that allowed for multiple prints
Sui Wendi
First emperor of the Sui dynasty
Vietnam, Tibet, Korea
The three neighboring lands that became tributary states to China

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