Unit 1 East Asia

Religion of China

• Buddhism

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

China's government was led by a succession of rulers from the same family

• missionary

• dynasty

• feudalism

• religion

people who work to spread religious beliefs, especially in a foreign country

• diplomat

• buddhist

• missionary

• noble

Achievement of Emperor Wendi's Sui Dynasty

• weak central government

• Printing Press

• Grand Canal

• Great Wall

*Founded by Siddhartha Gautama

*Believe in Nirvana

*Believe in reincarnation

*Do not believe in a god/gods

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Judaism

• Shintoism

Buddhism promised relief from suffering by offering Enlightenment attracted the

• most powerful

• poverty

• military

• land owners

China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea

• Countries of East Asia

• Countries of Europe

• Countries of West Asia

• Countries of East Africa

Asia's largest desert

• Gobi

• Sahara

• Tibet

• Andes

Natural boundy between India & China

• Korean Peninsula

• Himalayan Mountains

• Plateau of Tibet

• Pacific Ocean

long chain of islands

• mountains

• archipelago

• peninsula

• desert