CHINA VOCABULARY DIGITAL PRESENTATION

TERMS

• Confucianism|Genghis Khan
• Buddhism|Kublai Khan
• Daoism|Mongol Acsendancy
• Imperial|Marco Polo
• Bureaucracy

CONFUCIANISM

• Confucianism: Belief based on the ideas of Confucious (section: Changes in Belief Systems Pg: 214
• Confucious had principles that he emphasized on.
• Sentence: One of Confucious's principles was "Respect family and older generations".

BUDDHISM

• Buddhism: Religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama. (Section: The Spread of Buddhism Pg.214)
• Buddhism spread to China, Korea, and Japan.
• Buddhism had principles created by Siddhartha Gautama, one of them is: "Suffering is a part of life".

DAOISM

• Daoism: Belief system where you seek harmony, nature, and your inner feelings.(section: Influences on Confucianism pg. 215)
• Daoism started in the 500's in China.
• Daoism has influenced China to seek harmony and nature.

IMPERIAL

• Imperial: Being related to an empire. (Section: Building the Imperial State pg.223
• Rulers of the Tang Dynasty made an imperial state.
• In the text it states that the imperial state helped the Tang rulers rule more efficiently.

BUREAUCRACY

• Bureaucracy: A divided government with departments.(Section:Chinese Government Pg.224)
• The Chinese Government was like a pyramid.
• Since the Chinese government was like a pyramid the emperor was at the top, then the advisers, then the bureaucracy.

GENGHIS KHAN

• Genghis Khan: "Universal Ruler" (Section: A Great Leader Pg.232)
• Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes.
• Genghis Khan would fight or kill all of his rivals to become a great leader.

KUBLAI KHAN

• Kublai Khan: Ghengis Khan's grandson. (Section: The Mongol Empire Pg.234)
• Kublai Khan defeated the Song control in 1279.
• Kublai Khan was also a strong leader because he helped the Mongols control all of China.

MONGOL ASCENDANCY

• Mongol Ascendancy: Period of Mongol control. (Section: Trade Routes Pg.236)
• Mongol Ascendancy made traveling over land safe.
• Traveling overland helped increase trade.

MARCO POLO

• Marco Polo: Famous European trader. (Section: Foreign Contacts Pg.236)
• Marco Polo was an assistant of Kublai Khan.
• Since Marco Polo was an assistant of Kublai Khan, they went on missions together.
• After a while he created a successful book about the missions.