Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Study Guide: Early China and Japan

Terms to Know:

China:

Ancient China
Dynasty
Mandate of Heaven
Dynastic Cycle
Han, Tang, and Song Dynasties
-Golden Ages
Confucianism
Civil Service System
Bureaucracy
Scholars
Silk Road
Meritocracy
Mongols (Yuan Dynasty)
Ghengis Khan
Kublai Khan
Pax Mongolia
Pastoralist
Steppe
Nomad

Japan:

Topography
Demography
Arable Land
Terrace Farming
Heian Period
-Lady Murasaki
-Tale of Genji
-Haiku
-Kabuki Theater
Feudalism
-Emperor
-Shogun
-Daimyos
-Samurai
Bushido (vs. Chivalry)
Tokugawa Shogunate