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| 10877525872 | Taika Reforms | Attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolute Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army. | 0 | |
| 10877525873 | The Tale of Genji | Written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any language; related history of prominent and amorous son of the Japanese emperor; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society | 1 | |
| 10877525874 | The Fujiwaras | Japanese aristocratic family in the mid-9th century; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power | 2 | |
| 10877525875 | 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. | 3 | |
| 10877525876 | Samurai | Mounted troops of Japanese warrior leaders (bushi); loyal to local lords, not the emperor. | 4 | |
| 10877525877 | Sepukku | Ritual suicide or disembowelment in Japan; commonly known in West as hara-kiri; demonstrated courage and a means to restore family honor. | 5 | |
| 10877525878 | Taira Family | Powerful Japanese family in the 11th and 12th centuries; competed with Minamoto family; defeated after Gempei wars. | 6 | |
| 10877525879 | Minamoto Family | Defeated the rival Taira family in Gempei wars and established military government (bakufu) in 12th-century Japan. | 7 | |
| 10877525880 | Gempei Wars | Waged for five years from 1180, on the Honshu island between Taira and Minamoto families; resulted in destruction of Taira. | 8 | |
| 10877525881 | Bakufu | Military government established by the Minamoto following the Gempei Wars; centered at Kamakura; retained emperor, but real power resided in military government and samurai. | 9 | |
| 10877525882 | Shoguns | Military leaders of the bakufu (military governments in Japan). | 10 | |
| 10877525883 | Hojo Family | Warrior family closely allied with Minamoto; dominated Kamakura regime and manipulated Minamoto rulers who claimed to rule in name of Japanese emperor at Kyoto. | 11 | |
| 10877525884 | Ashikaga Takuaji | Member of the Minamoto family; overthrew the Kamakura regime and established the Ashikaga Shogunate from 1336-1573; drove emperor from Kyoto to Yoshino. | 12 | |
| 10877525885 | Ashikaga Shogunate | Replaced the Kamakura regime in Japan; ruled from 1336 to 1573; destroyed rival Yoshino center of imperial authority. | 13 | |
| 10877525886 | When did the Japanese civil wars take place? | The wars raged from 1467 to 1477, during the collapse of centralized authority (shogunate). | 14 | |
| 10877525887 | Daimyos | Warlord rulers of 300 small states following civil war and disruption of Ashikaga Shogunate; holdings consolidated into unified and bounded mini-states. | 15 | |
| 10877525888 | What helped some women avoid the drop in female status during the age of warring daimyos? | The growth of commerce and the handicraft industries. | 16 | |
| 10877525889 | Choson Kingdom | Earliest Korean kingdom; conquered by Han armies in 109 BCE. | 17 | |
| 10877525890 | Who conquered the Choson Kingdom? | It was conquered by the Han emperor Wudi. | 18 | |
| 10877525891 | Koguryo | Tribal people of northern Korea; established independent kingdom in the northern half of the peninsula in 37 BCE; began a process of Sinification. | 19 | |
| 10877525892 | Silla Kingdom | Independent Korean kingdom in the southeastern part of the peninsula; defeated Koguryo with the help of their chinese Tang allies; sumbitted as a vassal of the Tang emperor and agreed to tribute payment; ruled united Korea by 668. | 20 | |
| 10877525893 | Paekche Kingdom | Independent Korean kingdom in southwestern part of peninsula; defeated by rival Silla kingdom and its Chinese Tang allies in 7th century. | 21 | |
| 10877525894 | Sinification | Extensive adoption of Chinese culture in other regions; typical of Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. | 22 | |
| 10877525895 | Koryo Dynasty | Korean dynasty that ruled from 935-1392, replaced the Silla dynasty | 23 | |
| 10877525896 | What was the status of artisans and traders in Korea? | They had very low status, and traders were so weak that they never really formed a distinct class. | 24 | |
| 10877525897 | Yi Dynasty | Korean Dynasty that succeeded Koryo dynasty following period of Mongol invasions; established in 1392; ruled Korea to 1910; resotred aristocratic dominance and Chinese influence. | 25 | |
| 10877525898 | What was the status of women like in Korea? | Women had higher status in Korea than in China- they had greater freedom and more influence. They were generally the dominant force in both local and large urban markets and the trading systems. | 26 | |
| 10877525899 | Khmers | Indianized rivals of the Vietnamese; moved into Mekong River delta region at time of Vietnamese drive to the south. | 27 | |
| 10877525900 | Trung Sisters | Leaders of one of the frequent peasant rebellions in Vietnam against Chinese rule; revolt broke out in 39 CE; demonstrates importance of Vietnamese women in indigenous society. | 28 | |
| 10877525901 | Ho Xuan Huong | A Vietnamese poet who wrote about women's hardships under the Confucian codes. An example of something she ridiculed was polygamy. | 29 | |
| 10877525902 | Le Dynasty | The first dynasty formed after Vietnam gained independence from China; a source of legitimacy for later dynasties. | 30 | |
| 10877525903 | Chams | Indianized rivals of the Vietnamese; driven into the highlands by the successful Vietnamese drive to the south. | 31 | |
| 10877525904 | Nguyen Dynasty | Rival Vietnamese dynasty that arose in southern Vietnam to challenge traditional dynasty of Trinh in north at Hanoi; kingdom centered on Red and Mekong rivers; capital at Hue. | 32 | |
| 10877525905 | Trinh Dynasty | Dynasty that ruled in north Vietnam at Hanoi, 1533 to 1772; rivals of Nguyen family in South. | 33 |
