Unit 3
An Age of Exchange and Encounter, 500-1500
Chapter 12-Empires in East Asia
1. Define each term and briefly explain its connection to the empires in East
Asia empires between 600 and 1600.
a. Tang Taizong
f. Marco Polo
b. Wu Zhao
g. Shinto
c. Genghis Khan
h. Angkor Wat
d. Clan
e. Kublai Khan
2. Describe why the reform of the civil service under
the Tang so important.
3. List two agricultural changes that developed during
the Song Dynasty and explain how these changes
supported other developments.
4. Describe the impact of the following inventions that
were developed during the Tang and Song dynasty’s:
Porcelain, Mechanical clock, Printing, explosive powder,
paper money, and magnetic compass
5. Why were nomadic and settled peoples often in conflict with one another
in ancient Mongolia?
6. List three of the most important
accomplishments of the Mongol Empire.
7. Define a Khanate and explain how the
Mongols ruled people they conquered.
8. Describe three ways the Mongols ruled
ancient China. How did Kublai Khan treat
his Chinese subjects?
9. List two ways the Great Khan encouraged trade.
10. Describe the impact of Chinese culture on Japan.
11. Briefly describe how Japanese feudalism operated.
12. Explain how the Kamakura Shogunate was organized and kept its power.
13. Describe the two sources of
prosperity for the Southeast Asian
Empires.
14. List three major
accomplishments of the Koryu
Dynasty.
Due: December 3rd/4th