Prentice Hall World History Connections to Today Chapter 13

independet state that has to acknowledge the supremacy of another state and pay tribute to him

A multistoried temple with eaves that curve up at the corners

reunited North and South China, founder of Sui dynasty, encouraged economical and political developement, under him society was peaceful and stable

(627 - 647) personal name was Li Shimin; great general, war hero; expands China's borders; encourages trade; allows buddhism to spread; let christians and muslims practice; let people who passed the civil exam work for government

the only woman to assume the title of emperor for herself in China

A canal linking northern and southern China

(r. 960-976) founder of Song dynasty; originally a general following fall of Tang; took title of Taizu; failed to overcome noorthern Liao dynasty that remained independent.

a great poet of the Tang Dynasty; Wu Zhao takes critism from him

Korean ceramic pottery with a thin blue or green glaze, similar to porcelain

Led 7 voyages among the most impressive in history, between 1405 and 1433

What the Chinese called giraffes

Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China

Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)

Shillah, Koryo, and Choson(Yi)

founded the Choson dynasty in Korea

Yi emperor who ruled in the 1400s. directed the development of the Korean alphabet

alphabet that uses symbols to represent the sounds of spoken Korean

chain of islands

Clan gods or goddesses, generally nature spirits (Japanese)

In the Japanese writing system, phonetic symbols representing sounds