1.1 Vocab

Question 1

Champa Rice

Answer 1

Rice that matured quickly and was drought resistant

Question 2

Proto-industrialization

Answer 2

Phase of industrialization that was not factory based

Question 3

artisans

Answer 3

person who makes objects from raw materials

Question 4

Scholar gentry

Answer 4

members of China’s landowning families (new social class made during the Song Dynasty)

Question 5

Filial piety

Answer 5

Respect for parents and ancestors in societies influenced by Confucian

Question 6

Grand Canal

Answer 6

A canal made to deliver water to farm areas and deliver goods by it

Question 7

Song Dynasty

Answer 7

dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279

Question 8

Imperial bureaucracy

Answer 8

Chinese organization in which appointed officials enforced/carried out the policies of the empire

Question 9

meritocracy

Answer 9

political system in which economic goods and/or political power are vested in individual people based on talent, effort, and achievement (used in China)

Question 10

Woodblock printing

Answer 10

technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China

Question 11

Foot binding

Answer 11

The process of making feet smaller to fit societal norms (done by aristocrats)

Question 12

Buddhism

Answer 12

Widespread religion in Asia

Question 13

Theravada Buddhism

Answer 13

Branch of Buddhism that believes in personal spiritual growth, strongest in South East Asia

Question 14

Mahayana Buddhism

Answer 14

Branch of Buddhism that believes in focuses on spiritual growth for all, strongest in China and Korea

Question 15

Tibetan Buddhism

Answer 15

Branch of Mahayana Buddhism that focuses on Chanting.

Question 16

Syncretic

Answer 16

The combination of different thoughts and beliefs

Question 17

Zen Buddhism

Answer 17

Type of Buddhism that focuses on direct experience, mediation

Question 18

Neo-Confucianism

Answer 18

a revival of Confucian teachings during the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty with aspects of Buddhism and Taoism

Question 19

Heian period

Answer 19

The last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. Japan emulated Chinese traditions in politics, art and literature

Question 20

Nuclear families

Answer 20

The nuclear family consists of a nuclear family (mother, father, and their kids).
Popular in Vietnam

Question 21

Polygyny

Answer 21

Relationship in which a man has more than one wife