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Social Studies 9R – Mr. Berman China and Japan Review Terms and Concepts for China and Japan: Dynasties (know the chronology, significant achievements and failures for each one) - Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming The Grand Canal Civil Service Examinations The Silk Road Footbinding (whom was it practiced by & why?) New inventions of the Tang and the Song Poetry of Li Bo and Tu Fu clans Genghis Khan Kublai Khan Marco Polo Ming Hongwu Yongle The Forbidden City Zheng He & his voyages Shintoism Kami Zen Buddhism Prince Shotoku Heian Period Shogun Daimyo Samurai Bushido Seppuku Questions to Consider: 1. Why are the Tang and Song dynasties regarded as a Golden Age in China’s history? 2. What skills and talents allowed Genghis Khan to conquer more than half of the known world? 3. How did the Mongols rule over their foreign Chinese subjects? What were the successes and failures of their approach? 4. Why did the Ming Dynasty undertake voyages of exploration? Why did these voyages eventually stop? 5. Describe Japan’s geography? How have the country’s features (location, climate, landforms/topography, natural resources) impacted its culture? 6. What did Japan “borrow” and adapt from China? 7. How did Japan become a feudal society in the 1100s? What were the characteristics of this society?