Asian Exploration Key Vocab

This word means belonging or relating to an empire or the person or country that rules it

• imperial
• dynasty
• bureacracy
• democratic

This term refers to knowing where you are and following a route. This is crucial for ships in water

• navigation
• circumvention
• plotting
• steering

The act of buying and selling.

• commerce
• economics
• bureacracy
• imperial

A policial policy emphasizing staying apart form the affairs of other groups or nations

• isolationism
• bureaucracy
• imperialism
• economics

An extensive group of countries and areas under one supreme ruler. The Mongolians had a large one of these!

• empire
• country
• capital
• envoy

A succession of people from the same family who lead a country or empire

• dynasty
• imperialists
• dictators
• shaman

A person or company involved in trade

• merchant
• bureaucrat
• admiral
• envoy

A system of government where appointed officials, rather than elected representatives, make most important decisions

• bureaucracy
• dictatorship
• isolationism
• imperialism

A title given to the ruler of the Mongols

• khan
• Emperor
• Shaman
• Admiral

A Chinese philosopher whose teachings underpin much of east Asian culture

• Confucius
• Zheng He
• Ghengis Khan
• Shaman