Medieval Asia Vocabulary

chain of island like Japan or Indonesia

• archipelago

• haiku

• kami

• khanates

Japanese equivalent to Barons - owned large tracts of land

• shogun

• samurai

• daimyo

• yurt

Beliefs of Shinto

• Four Noble Truths

• Five Pillars

• Four Affirmations

• Golden Rule

Ethical Code of Conduct for Samurai

• celadon

• chivalry

• kami

• bushido

Governmental structure of Japan due to its archipelago decentralization

• monarchy

• feudalism

• democracy

• oligarchy

Type of Mongolian structure pictured here

• Celadon

• Yurt

• Khanate

• Silla

Type of Poem Found Here

• Daimyo

• Haiku

• Kami

• Free Verse

Known as Temujin, founder of the Mongolian Empire in 1206

• Kublai Khan

• Marco Polo

• Il Khanate

• Genghis Khan

Japan's ruling dynasty

• Sui

• Silla

• Yamoto

• Yuan

Chinese dynasty founded by Mongolians

• Silla

• Yuan

• Sui

• Tang