| A | B |
|---|
| Genghis Khan | Ruler of Mongols who invaded China |
| Kublai Khan | Founder of the Yuan dynasty |
| Empress Wu | Only female to rule China |
| Zheng He | Greatest sailor of the Ming dynasty |
| Prince Shotoku | Regent of Japan who spread Buddhism |
| Isolationism | Policy of avoiding contact with others |
| Porcelain | A thin, beautiful chinese pottery |
| Gun Powder | A mixture of powder used in guns and explosives |
| Wood Block Printing | Printing in which a page is pressed into wood, covered with ink, and pressed into paper |
| Shinto | Traditional religion of Japan |
| Mountains/Volcanoes | Natural landforms; Japan is mostly covered with them |
| Disunion | Period of much disorder in China |
| Buddhism | Dominant religion in both China and Japan |
| Clans | Early Japanese Villages were contolled by these |
| Confucianism | A Chinese Philosophy; it was adopted by the Japanese as away to teach people how to behave |
| Song Dynasty | Invented movable type and paper money |
| Tang Dynasty | Known for gunpowder and wood block printing |
| Ming Dynasty | Known for its great sailors; it restored the Great Wall of China and built the Forbidden City |
| Yuan Dynasty | Was ruled by Mongol Emperors |
| Mongols | Invaded Japan in the 1270's |
| Oda and Tokagawa | Leaders that worked to unify Japan in the 1500's |
| Samurai | A trained professional warrior |
| Bushido | Code of Honor |
| Daimyo | Large Landowner |
| Shogun | General who rules in Emperor's name |
| Asia | Continent on which both Japan and China are located |
| Confucianism, Buddhism, Language | Things that Japan learned from China and Korea |
| Pacific Ocean | Borders China to the East; Borders Japan to the East |
| Yellow River | Major river that crosses the Great Wall of China |
| Mongolia | Country that borders China to the North |
| Tokyo | Capital of Japan |
