| A | B |
|---|
| meritocracy | people are promoted for their talents or performance |
| Silk Road | trade route through Asia |
| mandarins | wealthy elite Chinese group |
| Kublai Khan | first great Mongol emperor of China |
| Marco Polo | European who visited China |
| labor-intensive farming | work is performed by human effort |
| agriculture | hard work is done by animals or machinery |
| clan | group of families descended from a common ancestor |
| Yamato Clan | became the first emperor of Japan |
| Shogun | "general", political and military leader |
| Shogunate | military government |
| Samurai | powerful landowning warriors |
| Daimyo | most powerful Samurai, "lord" |
| Bushido | Samurai code of Honor |
| Samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants | Four social classes of Japan |
