study guide part two 7 and 8
List the Southeast Asian regions that were considered agricultural societies and the ones considered trading societies. Explain how they influenced each other.
Agricultural societies include: Vietnam, Angkor, Pagan, Sailendra and trading societies include: Srivijaya, Sultanate of Melaka
Discuss the importance of the kamikaze, the "divine wind," in early Japanese history.
Because of the kamikaze, they believed that they would always be protected from foreign invasion.
The __ were the heads of great noble families in Japan who controlled vast land estates and paid no taxes to the government.
daimyo
Made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures in a kiln, __ became popular during the Tang Era.
porcelain
The __were a class of people in China who controlled much of the land in the countryside and produced most of the candidates for the civil service.
scholar-gentry
In Japan, a powerful military leader who exercised actual power while ruling under the emperor's name was called a
shogun.
The sons of Genghis Khan divided his empire up into separate territories called
Khanates.
In India, the teachings of the Buddha came to be interpreted in two different ways: the school of Theravada and the school of
Mahayana.
Specify the reasons India was successful in world trade.
The places along the coast of India are ancient trade routes that made trade very available and easy to do for Hindu merchants. They would place themselves along the coast in key port cities and trade with ships from all around the world.
State the role that Vietnamese culture played in the eventual overthrow of Chinese rule.
They clung to their own identity, unwilling to change.
Resistance against the advances of Mahmud and his successors into northern India was led by the__, who were Hindu warriors.
Rajputs
The "way of the warrior," or Bushido, strictly governed the behavior of the Japanese military class.
Samurai
Name the two rivers in China that the Grand Canal connected. Explain why the canal was important.
The Grand Canal connected to the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. The new canal linked north and south, making it easier to ship rice from the south to the north.
Explain circumstances under which the Mongol dynasty ended. Name the dynasty that emerged as a result.
The Mongol dynasty ended because of too much spending on foreign conquests, corruption at court, and internal instability. The Ming dynasty came after the Mongol dynasty.
Choose three products developed by the Tang and discuss the importance of each.
Woodblock printing was important to mostly print religious books. Clockworks were important because to use for astronomical observations. Mechanical delights were used for parties to dip wine and have trays for party treats.
Southeast Asia has a mainland region and an extensive__, or chain of islands.
archipelago
Compare the geography of Japan and China. How did geography influence the development of their societies?
China had many different geographical features, including deserts, mountains, rivers such as the Yellow and Yangtze rivers, ocean border, and sea borders. Japan is an island nation that has geographical features such as mountains and volcanoes, as well as little fertile land. Due to its availability to other countries, China was a much more modern and conventional country that had ideas that were well known around the world. Japan developed in its own way, as it was excluded from the rest of Asia. It was unique and had its own style and customs.
