China :Vocabulary Digital Presentation
By: Francis G.
Core:A
Teacher:Mr.Nuno

TERMS

• Confucianism -Genghis Khan
• Buddhism -Kublai Khan
• Daoism -Mongol Ascendancy
• Imperial -Marco Polo
• Bureaucracy

CONFUCIANISM

• Def-teachings and beliefs of Confucian
• (Confucianism, pg 214)
• Made school the reason for success
• Confucian stated that the more information you know the more successful you are

BUDDHISM

• Def-religion based on teachings of Siddhartha Gautama
• (The Spread of Buddhism, pg 214)
• Buddha means "enlightened one"
• The Buddha was named the enlightened one since he was able to meditate for long periods of time without earthly possessions.

IMPERIAL

• Def-related to an empire (Building the Imperial State,pg 223)
• "Tang made china a imperial country"
• The tang made it into a imperial country so it was easier to control.

MARCO POLO

• Def-young trader for Venice,Italy(Foreign Contacts,pg 236)
• "Wrote a book about his adventures"
• Since Marco Polo was good at adventuring,he was useful to Kublai Khan.

KUBLAI KHAN

• Def-Grandson of Genghis reigned 1260-1294 (The Mongol Empire,pg 234)
• "Kublai was interested in Chinese culture"
• Kublai Khan was a smart ruler looking for the enemies weak point.

GENGHIS KHAN

• Def-Ruler of all Mongols(A Great Leader,pg 223)
• Means"universal ruler"
• Genghis military strategy enabled him to rule all of Central Asia.

IMPERIAL

• Def-related to empire(Building the Imperial State,pg 223)
• Made ruling more"efficient"
• China was so hard to control they had to rule using a Imperial style way of ruling u .

BUREAUCRACY

• Def-gov. Divided into departments(Chinese Goverment,pg 224)
• "Certain dep. in charge of certain area"
• The tang gov. was like a pyramid and bureaucracy was the third most important.

MONGOL ASCENDANCY

• Def-period of mongols controlling Central Asia(Trade Routes,pg 236)
• "Ascendancy derives from the word scandere"
• Due to the mongols overwhelming power they were able to control Central Asia.

DAOISM

• Def-harmony with nature and inner feelings (Influences on Confucianism,pg 215)
• Began in China in 500 B.C.E
• Confucianism was able to modify daoism beliefs.