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Cultures of East Asia Chapter Review

/ MAIN Ideas
1. The Sui dynasty reunified China, after which the Tang and Song dynasties produced an age of prosperity and achievement.
2. The Mongols built a vast empire across much of Asia, founded the Yuan dynasty in China, and opened China and the region to greater foreign contacts and trade.
3. Geography and cultural borrowing from China shaped the early civilizations of Japan and Korea.
4. Geography and the cultures of India and China influenced the early civilizations of Southeast Asia.

Reviewing Vocabulary, Terms, and People

In the space provided, write the word from the word bank below that best matches each description.

gentry / Genghis Khan / Anawrahta
Shinto / Taizong / porcelain

1. Type of ceramic often known as china

2. Chinese emperor who relied on talented ministers to help him govern

3. Religion based on a belief that everything in nature has a kami, or spirit

4. Leader whose name meant “Universal Ruler”

5. Class composed of scholar-officials and leading landowners

6. Pagan king who supported Theravada Buddhism and united much of what is now Myanmar

Comprehension and Critical Thinking

Read each pair of people or events. Circle the one that occurred first.

7. Taizong OR King Anawrahta

8. Sui dynasty OR Tang dynasty

9. Song dynasty OR Tang dynasty

10. Dai Viet OR Trung Trac

11. Genghis Khan OR Kublai Khan

12. Fujiwara family OR Yamato clan

13. magnetic compass OR movable type

Reviewing Themes

Read the numbered lists of terms. Fill in the blank with the theme that best fits each list.

Themes

economic systems / geography and environment / science and technology / belief systems

14. earthquakes, tsunamis, mountains, monsoons, seas, deltas, archipelagos

15. paper money, taxes, sea trade

16. gunpowder, magnetic compass, Khmer irrigation system

17. Shinto, kami, Buddhism, monk, shrine, Amaterasu

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Full Survey Chapter 11 Cultures of East Asia