The Eastern Empire 2011 2012 WHI SOL Part

The Eastern Empire 2011 -2012 WHI SOL Part IX

What is the name of the highlighted area?

China

Name this technology developed during the tang and song dynasties.

porcelain

What is this textile technology developed in China

Silk

Name this technology develop during the tang and song dynasties.

The compass

What type of people used the compass?

Travelers

What type of travelers?

sailors

Name this technology develop during the tang and song dynaties.

Printing press

What is a printing press used for?

It is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink.

Who was the inventor of the first known movable type printing press technology?

Bi Sheng

Name this technology developed during the tang and song dynasties.

paper

These were caravan routes from China that crisscrossed central Asia and brought these innovations to far away places.

Silk Road

These people were extremely skilled on horseback, their discipline, their ruthlessness, and their courage in battle. They wanted the wealth and glory that came with conquering mighty empires. This desire exploded into violent conflict that transformed Asia and Europe forever. Who were they?

The Mongols

Where were the Mongols from?

They were from the Asian Steppes, north of China

Around 1200, a Mongol clan leader named Temujin sought to unify the Mongols under his leadership. He fought and defeated his rivals one by one. In 1206, Temujin accepted this title, which meant “universal ruler” of the Mongol clans.

Genghis Khan

By 1279, the Mongols extended their control of most of the land in Asia from the Pacific Ocean all the way to here

Eastern Europe

What Mongol leader conquered China?

Kublai Khan

What did Kublai Khan’s Dynasty become known as?

The Yaun Dynasty

This man was a trader from Venice, Italy. He traveled to the Mongol Court in China and ended up working for Kublai Khan.

Marco Polo

When the Chinese began to rebel against the Mongol rule, some of them used this martial art style developed at the Shaolin temple.

Kung fu

Kublai Khan tried to invade this country on two separate occasions, but both times he failed

Japan

Where is Japan on this map

What is the name of the sea that separates Japan from the Asia mainland?

Sea of Japan

Japan is an archipelago. What does that mean?

It is a chain of islands clustered together

Why were the Mongol navies unsuccessful in taking Japan?

During the invasion their ships were destroyed by typhoons

What is a typhoon?

It is the same as a hurricane. once you go west across the International Dateline and into the western Pacific Ocean, they're called typhoons.

The Japanese had a name for these winds that destroyed Kublai Khan’s fleet. What was the name for the winds?

Kamikaze

What does Kamikaze mean?

Divine Winds

Name three things that the Japanese adopted from the Chinese

Buddhism Writing Art

Were the Japanese ever conquered by China?

No

The Torii is a religious symbol. What religion does this symbol represent?

Shinto

What does it symbolize?

The division between the everyday world and the divine world

Why is Shinto special?

It is a religion that is indigenous to Japan

What does indigenous mean in the previous answer?

It means that it is from Japan

What do worshipers of Shinto believe in?

They worship the forces of nature (Kami) and their ancestors

In Japan this person was to be worshipped as a god because he was a descendant of the Sun goddess.

The Emperor

The Warrior class of Japan who served the nobles

Samurai

Samurai followed a strict code of behavior known as the “The Way of the Warrior”. What is the Japanese Term for this?

In Japan, true power was held by the "superior general of the emperors army”. What was the title for this position?

What is the name of the African Kingdom that emerged in the highlighted region?

Axum

What religion would Axum become?

Christianity

What is the name of the large desert in Northern Africa?

The Sahara

The Caravan routes that are in bold were part of this trade

The Trans-Saharan Trade

According to this chart, what were the two main sources of the Tran. Saharan trade?

Gold and Salt

What were three civilizations that came from thrived because of this trade in West Africa?

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

What river was important to all three of these empires?

Niger River

What religions were in the highlighted region?

Islam and Animism

Popular trading city for the Saharan trade, regained its significance as an educational center for Islamic scholars in Africa.

Timbuktu

Timbuktu was located in this area A B C D

B

What is the name of the empire that is highlighted?

Great Zimbabwe

Which two rivers would have been important for the trade of Great Zimbabwe ?

the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers