Youngblood World History Chapter 12

Mrs. Youngblood (United States of America)
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  1. Tang dynasty
    the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907
  2. land reform
    a redistribution of agricultural land
  3. Song dynasty
    the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279
  4. gentry
    people having high social status or power in a society
  5. dowry
    money brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
  6. pagoda
    an Asian temple
  7. steppe
    an extensive plain without trees
  8. Genghis Khan
    Mongolian emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227)
  9. Kublai Khan
    Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China; he establish the Yuan dynasty and built a great capital on the site of modern Beijing where he received Marco Polo (1216-1294)
  10. Yuan dynasty
    the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368
  11. Marco Polo
    Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)
  12. Ming dynasty
    the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
  13. archipelago
    a group of many islands in a large body of water
  14. tsunami
    a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave
  15. Shinto
    the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors
  16. samurai
    feudal Japanese military aristocracy
  17. Bushido
    traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living
  18. Zen
    school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan
  19. matrilineal
    based on or tracing descent through female ancestors
  20. stupa
    a dome-shaped Buddhist shrine
  21. paddy
    an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown
Created on 十二月 13, 2013 (updated 一月 7, 2014)

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