| A | B |
|---|
| Li Bo | the greatest Tang poet |
| pagoda | mulitstoried Buddhist temple with eaves that curve up at the corners |
| Kublai Khan | grandson of Genghiz Kahn who established the Yuan dynasty |
| Zheng He | Chinese admiral who commanded expeditions |
| Sejong | Korea's most celebrated ruler |
| hangul | an alphabet using symbols to represent the sounds of spoken Korean |
| archipelago | chain of island |
| shogun | supreme military commander |
| haiku | form of Japanese poetry that expresses a feeling, thought or idea in three lines, or 17 syllables |
| Genghiz Khan | Mongol chieftan who became the world's most successful conqueror |
