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| 103297794 | Taika reforms | Attempt to remake the Japanese monarch into an absolutist Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army. | 0 | |
| 103297795 | Heian | Japanese city later called Kyoto; built to escape influence of Buddhist monks. | 1 | |
| 103297796 | Tale of Genji | Written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any language; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society. | 2 | |
| 103297797 | Fujiwara | Mid-9th-century Japanese aristocratic family; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power. | 3 | |
| 103297798 | Bushi | Regional warrior leaders in Japan; ruled small kingdoms from fortresses; administered the law, supervised public works projects, and collected revenues; built up private armies. | 4 | |
| 103297799 | Samurai | Mounted troops of the bushi; loyal to local lords, not the emperor. | 5 | |
| 103297800 | Seppuku | Ritual suicide in Japan; also known as hari-kiri; demonstrated courage and was a means to restore family honor. | 6 | |
| 103297801 | Ba***u | Military government established by the Minamoto after the Gumpei Wars; centered at Kamakura; retained emeror, but real power resided in military government and samurai. | 7 | |
| 103297802 | Shoguns | Military leaders of the bakufu. | 8 | |
| 103297803 | Hojo | A warrior family closely allied with the Minamoto; dominated the Kamakura regime and manipulated Minamoto rulers; ruled in name of emperor. | 9 | |
| 103297804 | Ashikaga Takuaji | Member of Minamoto family; overthrew Kamakura regime and established Ashikaga Shogunate (1336-1573); drove emperor from Kyoto to Yoshio. | 10 | |
| 103297805 | Daimyo | Warlord rulers of small states following Onin War and disruption of Ashikaga Shogunate; holdings consolidated into unified and bounded ministates. | 11 | |
| 103297806 | Choson | Earliest Korean kingdom; conquered by the Han in 109 BCE. | 12 | |
| 103297807 | Sinification | Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions. | 13 | |
| 103297808 | Silla | Korean kingdom in the Southeast; became a vassal of the Tang and paid tribute; ruled Korea from 668. | 14 | |
| 103297809 | Yi | Korean dynasty (1392-1910); succeeded Koryo dynasty after Mongol invasions; restored aristocratic dominance and Chinese influence. | 15 | |
| 103297810 | Trung sisters | Leaders of a rebellion in Vietnam against Chinese rule in 39 CE; demonstrates importance of women in Vietnamese society. | 16 | |
| 103297811 | Khmers and Chams | Indianized Vietnamese peoples defeated by Northern government at Hanoi. | 17 | |
| 103297812 | Nguyen | Southern Vietnamese dynasty with capital at Hue that challenged northern Trinh dynasty with center at Hanoi. | 18 | |
| 103297813 | Kami | Nature spirits of Japan. | 19 | |
| 103297814 | Fujiwara | Japanese aristocratic family in mid-9th century; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power. | 20 | |
| 103297815 | Minamoto | Defeated the rival Taira family in Gempei Wars and established military government in 12th-century Japan. | 21 | |
| 103297816 | Tribute System | System in which people surrounding China sent emissaries who offered tribute to the Chinese emperor and acknowledged the superiority of the emperor and China. | 22 | |
| 103297817 | Trinh | Dynasty that ruled in north Vietnam at Hanoi, 1533 to 1772; rivals of Nguyen family in South. | 23 |
