East China Vocabulary

East China Vocabulary

Terms to know

Neo-Confucianism

A movement in religious philosophy derived from Confucianism in China around AD 1000 in response to the ideas of Taoism and Buddhism.

Multiple Choice

Neo-Confucianism responded to the ideas of:

• Buddhism and Taoism

• Christianity and Taoism

• Islam and Christianity

• Buddhism and Christianity

Khanates

A political entity ruled by a khan, khagan, khatun, or khanum

Multiple Choice

How many Khanates did the Mongols had?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 5

Pax Mongolica

 A historiographical term modelled after the original phrase Pax Romana which describes the stabilizing effects of the conquests of the Mongol Empire on the social, cultural and economic life of the inhabitants of the vast Eurasian territory that the Mongols conquered in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Shogunate

The hereditary military dictatorship of Japan (1192–1867)

Multiple Choice

Describes the hereditary militarship of the country of

• China

• Korea

• Japan

• India

Shinto

Japan's indigenous religion

Bushido

The code of honor and morals developed by the Japanese samurai.

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Foot Binding 

Chinese custom of applying tight wrappings to the feet of young girls to modify their shape and size. It has been estimated that by the 19th century, 40–50% of all Chinese women may have had bound feet.

Champa Rice

A quick-maturing, drought resistant rice that can allow two harvests, of sixty days each in one growing season. 

Multiple Select

Select the benefits of this rice

• Drought resistant

• Allow two harvests

• It's really sweet

• It resist hot and cold temperatures

Goryeo

Goryeo was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392.