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Civilizations of East Asia

Teacher: Katie
Horizontales
The yield of sources of income that a nation or state collects and deposits into its treasury for public use.
This dynasty rose to power in 960.
In the 13th century, the ******* seized the northern part of Korea.
During the long period between the Sui and Song dynasties, the Chinese economy grew in size and **********.
One of the greatest masters of ******** prose was Dandin, a 7th century author.
A chain of islands; Japan's is a mountainous one.
This dynasty lasted for nearly 300 years, from 618 until 907.
From the 8th century on, Indian architects built monumental ***** temples.
Neo-Confucianists divide the world into a ******** world and a spiritual world.
A school of Buddhism that developed in northwest India, stressing the view that nirvana can be achieved through devotion to the Buddha.
Daoism also influenced the portrayal of humans as ************ in the midst of nature.
"General"; a powerful military leader in Japan.
Song rulers were forced to move the imperial court to this location, especially because of the threat from their northern neighbors.
The period between the Tang and Ming dynasties was in many ways the great age of Chinese **********.
Due largely to their military prowess, the ******* rose to power in Asia with stunning speed.
The **** dynasty is viewed as the great age of poetry in China.
After Shotoku Taishi's death in 622, political power fell into the ******** clan.
"Great names"; head of noble families in Japan who controlled vast landed estates and relied on samurai for protection.
This religion was brought to China in the first century A.D. by merchants and missionaries from India.
The ancestors of present-day Japanese settled in the ****** Plain near the location of the modern cities of Osaka and Kyoto.
Because of their geographical *********, the Japanese developed a number of unique qualities.
The tang dynasty is viewed as the great age of ****** in China.
The Tale of ***** is still popular in Japan today.
Verticales
Under this form of Buddhism, there are different paths to enlightenment.
The ***** Peninsula, only slightly larger than the state of Minnesota, is relatively mountainous.
Influenced by ******, artists went into the mountains to find the Dao, or Way, in nature.
When news of the Mongol conquests in Asia reached Europe, ********** traveled to Mongol territories to learn about them.
Three religions--Buddhism, *************, and Islam-- spread along the Silk Road.
Neo-Confucianism teaches that the world is real, not an ********.
Kublai Khan set up a new Chinese dynasty, the Yuan, and established his capital at *********.
The invention of block printing in the eighth century provided new ways to ***********.
The highpoint of Chinese mathematics occurred in the 1200s with the emergence of a system of *******.
After the king of **** was assassinated, Korea sank into civil war.
The once-united empire of Genghis Khan was split into several separate territories called ********, each under the rule of one of his sons.
In 581, a new empire was set up under this dynasty.
During much of the history of early Japan. aristocratic men believed that prose fiction was merely "****** gossip" and was thus beneath them.
"The teachings of the elders," a school of Buddhism that developed in India; its followers view Buddhism as a way of life.
In 109 B.C., the northern part of the Korea Peninsula came under ******* control.
The ********** were one of the first peoples in Southeast Asia to develop their own state and their own culture.
"Those who serve"; Japanese warriors similar to the knights of medieval Europe.
Empty spaces were left in Daoist paintings because in the Daoist ******, one cannot know the whole truth.
This cruel ruler used forced labor to build the Grand Canal, which he used to keep a eye on his empire.
Wu Zhao was an effective empress during this early dynasty.