AP World History Chapter 9 Strayer – Flashcards
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An Lushan
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Foreign-born general who led a major revolt against the Tang dynasty in 755-763, perhaps provoking China's turn to xenophobia
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Chinese Buddhism
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China's only large-scale cultural borrowing before the 20th century. Was popular between 300-800ce. Suffered persecution during the 9th century
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Bushido
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The "way of the warrior", referring to the military virtues of the Japanese samurai, including bravery, loyalty and an emphasis on death over surrender
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Chu Nom
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A variation of Chinese writing developed in Vietnam that became the basis for an independent national literature
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Foot Binding
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Chinese practice of tightly wrapping girls' feet to keep them small. Begun in the tang dynasty
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Hangul
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A phonetic alphabet created in Korea in the fifteenth century
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Kami
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Sacred spirits of Japan, whether ancestors or natural phenomenon; their worship later came to be called Shinto
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Heian
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Japan's second capital city, modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an
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Hangzhou
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China's capital city during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people
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Jurchen
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A nomadic people that established a state that included parts of northern China
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Koryo
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Korean dynasty (918-1392)
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Murasaki Shikibu
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A woman author from Japan. Active in the Heian court. Wrote around 1000ce
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Khitan
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A nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern china (901-1125)
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Nara
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Japan's first capital city modeled on the Chinese capital city of Chang'an
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Kumsong
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The capital of Korea in the medieval era, modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an
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Pure Land Buddhism
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A school of Buddhism that proved to be immensely popular in China; emphasized salvation by faith in the Amitabha Buddha
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Silla dynasty
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The first ruling dynasty to bring a measure of political unity to the Korean peninsula (688-900ce)
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Neo-Confucianism
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A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty China; it revived Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements
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Shotoku Taishi
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Japanese statesman (572-622) who launched the drive to make Japan into a centralized bureaucratic state modeled on China; he is best known for the Seventeen Article Constitution
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Samurai
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Members of Japan's warrior class, which developed as political power became increasingly decentralized
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Song Dynasty Economic Revolution
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A major economic quickening that took place in China under the Song dynasty (960-1279ce) marked by rapid population growth, urbanization, economic specialization, the development of an immense network of internal waterways, and a great increase in industrial production and innovation
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Tribute System
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Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and people's that assumed the subordination of all non-Chinese authorities and required the payment of tribute to the Chinese emperor
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Tanka
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Highly stylized form of Japanese poetry that has been a favored means of expression for centuries
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Sui Dynasty
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Ruling dynasty of China (589-618ce) that effectively reunited the country after several centuries of political fragmentation
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Tang Dynasty
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Ruling dynasty of China from (618-907ce) noted for its openness to foreign cultural influence
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Trung Sisters
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Two Vietnamese sisters who launched a major revolt against the Chinese presence in Vietnam in 39ce.
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Korean Dynasty (1392-1910)
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Yi
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Xiongnu
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Major confederacy that was established around 200 bce. and eventually reached from Manchuria to Central Asia
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Uighurs
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Turkic empire of the steppes, flourished in the 8th century
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Wendi, Emperor
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Sui emperor (581-604) who particularly patronized Buddhism
