Chapter 7

Chapter 7
Section 1
1.
Delhi sultanate-Muslim government in India. Prosecutes non-muslims and want people to convert.
Tamerlane-Muslim General that wanted to conquer the world.
Urdu- A language that combined Hindu with Muslim.
Babur-Mongol General. Claimed to be decended from Genghis Khan and Tamerlane. Created a mongol kingdom in India.
Akbar-Grandson of Babur. Ruled with fairness thoughout the whole reigion. Everything went back to normal after death.
Taj Mahal-A fine sample of mongol Architecthure
Vasco de Gama- Portugeese sailor that created a bond between Europe and India.
2.
Sultan- Muslim Rulers
Purdah- The practice of secluding women
3. Muslim invaders had fast horses and very diciplined soldiers while the Hindus quarreled with each other and only had slow war elephants.
4.
Muslim Hindu

One God Many gods
Eat Cows Cows are Sacred
Music offends God Celebrate with music
5. Akbar thought that Hinus should be equal to Muslims. He supported a religion that fused both into one.
6. The mongols considered the Christians a threat that converts people to their side.

Section 2
1.
Diamond Sutra- The very first printed work. Printed by a Bhuddist.
Li Po- One of China's greatest poets.
2.
a) Any one could qualify for the chineese civil service
b) In pratice only the wealthy with good education could pass the test.
3.
a) Block printing is when you carve symbols into wood, ink it, and then stamp it onto paper
b) Bhuddist probably made this, as it was needed to make sacred texts.
4. The T'ang and Sung artists were interested in pottery, literature, nature, and landscape painting.
5. Footbinding crippled the Chineese women, as their feet were made too small for their body. They had to take very small steps (considered to be beutiful).

Section 3
1.
Kublai Khan- Created Mongol Dynasty in China (Yuan).
Marco Polo- Italian Explorer. Served under Kublai
Cheng Ho- Leader of a fleet of Ming ships. First to explore out of China
2. Kublai created his own dynasty and kept his people from the Chinese culture
3. Roads in China allowed trading of wares and travel to be done much faster and more efficiently
4. The ming sea voyages invovled 63 ships being sent out with over 27000 perple on them to explore the world and learn sea routes.
5. The Ming made sure that the Portugeese only traded when the Chinese ships met the portugeese ships. They were not allowed to land.

Section 4 Review

Locate:
Hokkaido: The second largest island of Japan, north of the largest island, Honshu.
Honshu: The Largest island of Japan, contains Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara.
Shikoku: Just south of Honshu , in the most western part of the Pacific Ocean.
Kyushu: The southern-most island out of Japan’s 4 large islands, south- west of Shikoku.
Sea of Japan: Between Eastern Asia, Korea and Japan.
Heian: A city on the island of Honshu, just north- west of the city Nara.

Identify:
Shinto: The religion that most Japanese believed in.
Yamato: The strongest clan in Japan during 400 A.D.
Lady Murasaki: The author of the book “The Tale of Genji”.

Define:
Archipelago: A chain of islands.
Clan: Family groups who traced their origins to a common ancestor.
Kami: Spirits that the Japanese believed controlled the forces of nature.

One advantage of the geography of Japan is that they have a mild climate, abundant rainfall and fertile soil. One disadvantage of the geography is that Japan is mountainous, thus, only about 20% of the land is suitable for farming.
The Yamato rulers had the respect of the people because they traced their ancestors back to the first emperor, claiming divine descent.
a) 3 aspects of Chinese culture that the Japanese borrowed: Adapting Chinese writing for their own language, welcoming Chinese Buddist missionaries and borrowing Chinses styles in art and literature.
b) The Chinese idea that the Japanese rejected was the civil service system because it didn’t fit with their system.

Japanese women kept diaries and composed poetry to contribute to the development of Japanese literature.

Section 5

Identify:
Hideyoshi: A powerful general in the late 1500s that established the foundations for a unified.
Tokugawa Ieyasu: Seized power after Hideyoshi’s death. He established the Tokugawa shogunate, which lasted until 1868.
Zen: A Buddhist sect that originated in China.
Noh: Japanese dramas (plays).
Kabuki: Dramas that were violent and emotional.

Define:
Samurai: Warrior knights.
Shogun: The title of chief general, obtained from the emperor.
Daimyo: The strongest samurai, just below the shogun.
Bushido: The Samurai code, meaning the way of the warrior.
Haiku: A short 3 line poem, of only 17 syllables.

a) The highest class of the feudal society was the Emperor.
b) The lowest class of the feudal society were the Merchants.

The samurai code emphasized simplicity, courage and honour.
One example of how the Tokugawa shoguns limited the power of the daimyo was by forcing them to spend every other day in the Tokugawa capital of Edo, present day Tokyo and by forcing their families to live in Edo everyday, to prevent revolts.
The 2 cultural traditions that influenced the arts in Japan were: The fact that Japanese were to respect the forces of nature, and the Noh plays, which incorporated dances and poetry that taught Zen ideas.

Recalling Facts

Arrange the events in each of the following groups in the order in which they occurred.

a) Delhi sultanate established.
b) Hindu princes compete for control of the northern plain.
c) The Mogul Empire enjoys a golden age under Akbar.

Order (From earliest to latest): 1. [B], 2. [A], 3. [C]

a) Marco Polo travels across Kublai Khan’s empire.
b) China restricts all foreign traders to Canton.
c) China enjoys a golden age under the T’ang dynasty.

Order (From earliest to latest): 1. [C], 2. [A], 3. [B]

a) Tokugawa shoguns expel all foreigners.
b) Yamato clan wins control of Japan.
c) Japanese adapt ideas from China.

Order (From earliest to latest): 1. [B], 2. [C], 3. [A]