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| 11364645205 | Junk | A Chinese boat similar to the Dhow, it had multiple sails and it could be as long as 400 feet. The hull had compartments that the walls of those strengthened the ship and made sinking less likely. | 0 | |
| 11364645206 | Wood Block Printing | Method to print where an artist carves a block of wood so that the carved parts would appear as a blank space on the page. The artist then coats the rest with ink and a mirror image is created when pressed against a page. (like a stamp) | 1 | |
| 11364645207 | Nuclear Family | Families that consisted of just a wife, husband, and their children. Unlike the Chinese who lived in extended families. | 2 | |
| 11379607723 | Scholar Gentry | Government officials together; a social class in China that had well-paying jobs to men of modest backgrounds, created because of the Song Dynasty expanding the bureaucracy. | 3 | |
| 11379607724 | Daimyo | Landowning aristocrats that battled for supreme power over the land,while the majority of people worked as rice farmers. | 4 | |
| 11379638962 | Sui Dynasty | (581- 618 CE) Sui Yangdi unified China through violence and repression. Started the Grand Canal, which was used to transport rice and other crops. During this Dynasty the city leaders had a wall built. Rule lasted only 40 years - ended bc of high taxes, etc. | 5 | |
| 11379638963 | Tang Dynasty | (607- 907 CE) During this time, China enjoyed relative prosperity and stability. Dominated its neighbors, viewed themselves as the "Middle Kingdom" (better than the rest). Emperor had neighbors paying tributes for them. Collapsed because of the Uighurs rebelling. | 6 | |
| 11380226521 | Silla Kingdom | (not part of China) In Korea, payed a large tribute to the emperor. Was a tributary system, a state that had to honor the Chinese emperor. | 7 | |
| 11380226522 | Song Dynasty | (960- 1279 CE) Nomadic pastoralists from Manchuria who set up their own empire. They ruled a smaller region than Tang. China was prosperous during this rule and the arts flourished. Emperor made efforts to expand educational opportunities. Bureaucracy was too large for them, so it became a weakness, and so the Mongols took over. | 8 | |
| 11380226523 | Yuan Dynasty | (1260- 1378 CE) established by the nomadic Mongol Empire who vanquished the government. The Song Empire had been paying tribute to the Mongols, but that wasn't enough to save China from Mongol domination. | 9 | |
| 11380226524 | Ming Dynasty | (1368- 1644 CE) Ming rulers managed to stabilize the East Asian region for nearly 300 years. The Ming era would see the arrival of the Portuguese and other Europeans. Fell because of the powerful Manchu (from Manchuria) who seized power and established the Qing Dynasty. | 10 | |
| 11380226525 | Minamoto Clan | (12th century- 16th century) Rose to power after the Heian. Installed a shogun, emphasized military prowess. | 11 | |
| 11380226526 | Shogun | Installed bu Minamoto Clan. A military ruler to reign supreme. Was separate from emperor ( who had less power) | 12 | |
| 11380226527 | Samurai | Professional warriors who in return for their sacrifice received clothing, shelter, and food from their landlord. | 13 | |
| 11380226528 | Uighurs | An ethnic group living in Central Asia on land controlled by China, arrived from the West to restore power to the government and defeat the rebels. The Tang never recovered their power, and had to pay an annual tribute to the Uighurs. Caused the collapse of the Tang Dynasty. | 14 | |
| 11380226529 | Foot Binding | Began during Song Dynasty- girls at a very young age from aristocratic families had their feet wrapped so tightly that the bones wouldn't fit naturally. Small feet was considered a sign of beauty, but it was very painful. Many women struggled to walk and some needed to be carried around by servants. Poor people did not do it because it signified a woman's social status. | 15 | |
| 11380226530 | Du Fu | Known as "poet-historian" of China's Post-Classical Era. When Tang Dynasty started to fall, writing dealt with the hardships of life. | 16 | |
| 11380226531 | Chan (Zen) Buddhism | New form of Buddhim that emphasized direct experience and meditation as opposed to formal learning based on scripture. Buddhism's popularity in China grew because of this, and remained popular among ordinary Chinese systems. | 17 | |
| 11380226532 | Shotoku Taishi | (lived 574- 622) Prince of the dominant Yamato region. Wrote a new constitution that consolidated power for all of Japan in one ruler. Argued for a centralized government with a merit based system of selecting bureaucrats. | 18 | |
| 11380226533 | Fujiwara Clan | (710- 794 CE) A clan that took control of the government and moved the capital city to Nara. Continued in the tradition of Shotoku in modeling itself after Tang China. | 19 | |
| 11380226534 | Heian | Became capital in 794. Heian Period (794- 1185 CE), tried to emulate Chinese political traditions. Not successful, because Heian Japan slipped back into a pattern of political decentralization. | 20 | |
| 11380226535 | Murasaki Shikibu | A noblewoman who lived at the Japanese court, wrote The Tale of Gengi. | 21 | |
| 11380226536 | The Tale of Gengi | A story written by Murasaki Shikibu. Melancholy story about life among Japan's elite, focuses on the psychological development of one main character (like modern stories). Often cited at the world's first novel. | 22 | |
| 11380226537 | Bushido | A code that consisted of stressed frugality, loyalty, the martial arts, and honor unto death. | 23 |
