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| 11357974180 | An Lushan | Foreign-born general who led a major revolt against the Tang dynasty in 755-763, perhaps provoking China's turn to xenophobia. | 0 | |
| 11357978463 | bushido | The "way of the warrior," referring to the military virtues of the Japanese samurai, including bravery, loyalty, and an emphasis on death over surrender. | 1 | |
| 11357981095 | Chinese Buddhism | China's only large-scale cultural borrowing before the twentieth century; it entered China from India in the first and second centuries C.E. but only became popular in 300-800 C.E. through a series of cultural accommodations. At first supported by the state, it suffered persecution during the ninth century but continued to play a role in Chinese society. | 2 | |
| 11357983671 | chu nom | A variation of Chinese writing developed in Vietnam that became the basis for an independent national literature; "southern script." | 3 | |
| 11357987260 | foot binding | Chinese practice of tightly wrapping girls' feet to keep them small, begun in the Tang dynasty; an emphasis on small size and delicacy was central to views of female beauty. | 4 | |
| 11357990034 | hangul | A phonetic alphabet developed in Korea in the fifteenth century | 5 | |
| 11357993316 | Hangzhou | China's capital during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people | 6 | |
| 11357996596 | Heian | Japan's second capital city (now known as Kyoto), modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an; also used to describe the period of Japanese history from 794 to 1192 C.E. | 7 | |
| 11358001096 | Jurchen | A nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern China (1115-1234). | 8 | |
| 11358003727 | kami | Sacred spirits of Japan, whether ancestors or natural phenomena; their worship much later came to be called Shinto. | 9 | |
| 11358009216 | Khitan | A nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern China | 10 | |
| 11358012431 | Koryo | Korean dynasty (918-1392). | 11 | |
| 11358015294 | Kumsong | The capital of Korea in the medieval era, modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an. | 12 | |
| 11358018321 | Murasaki Shikibu | Perhaps Japan's greatest author, a woman active at the Heian court who is best known for The Tale of Genji, which she wrote around 1000 C.E. | 13 | |
| 11358020741 | Nara | Japan's first capital city, modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an. | 14 | |
| 11358023000 | Neo-Confucianism | A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty China; it revived Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements. | 15 | |
| 11358025996 | Pure Land Buddhism | a school of Buddhism that proved to be immensely popular in China; emphasized salvation by faith in the Amitabha Buddha. | 16 | |
| 11358030146 | samurai | Members of Japan's warrior class, which developed as political power became increasingly decentralized. | 17 | |
| 11358032551 | Shotoku Taishi | 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, which lays out the principles of this reform | 18 | |
| 11358037889 | Silla dynasty | The first ruling dynasty to bring a measure of political unity to the Korean peninsula (688-900). | 19 | |
| 11358040230 | Song dynasty economic revolution | A major economic quickening that took place in China under the Song dynasty (960-1279); 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. | 20 | |
| 11358042927 | Sui dynasty | Ruling dynasty of China (581-618) that effectively reunited the country after several centuries of political fragmentation. | 21 | |
| 11358045510 | Tang dynasty | Ruling dynasty of China from 618 to 907; noted for its openness to foreign cultural influences. | 22 | |
| 11358047661 | tanka | Highly stylized form of Japanese poetry that has been a favored means of expression for centuries. | 23 | |
| 11358056088 | tribute system | Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and peoples that assumed the subordination of all non-Chinese authorities and required the payment of tribute—produce of value from their countries—to the Chinese emperor (although the Chinese gifts given in return were often much more valuable). | 24 | |
| 11358058905 | Trung sisters | Two Vietnamese sisters who launched a major revolt against the Chinese presence in Vietnam in 39 C.E.; the rebellion was crushed and the sisters committed suicide, but they remained symbols of Vietnamese resistance to China for centuries. | 25 | |
| 11358062671 | Uighurs | Turkic empire of the steppes; flourished in the eighth century C.E. | 26 | |
| 11358066379 | Emperor Wendi | Sui emperor (r. 581-604) who particularly patronized Buddhism | 27 | |
| 11358069689 | Xiongnu | Major nomadic confederacy that was established ca. 200 B.C.E. and eventually reached from Manchuria to Central Asia. | 28 | |
| 11358073085 | Yi | Korean dynasty (1392-1910). | 29 | |
| 11358109836 | political disunity | caused the fall of the Han dynasty | 30 | |
| 11358118844 | migration of Chinese to the South | -caused by the migration of the nomads who were creeping down -resulted in 60% of pop. in the south -resulted in the destruction of forestes and land because of agriculture | 31 | |
| 11358134434 | Sui dynasty | dynasty that came after the collapse of the Han dynasty, known for the grand canal. The emperors were unpopular and failed to conquer korea which wasted resources. was overthrown | 32 | |
| 11358151653 | tang and song dynasty | overthrew the Sui dynasty. Was known for the centralized government, major departments, censorate, and gov. officials were chosen on examination system | 33 | |
| 11358171965 | 6 major departments | personnel, finance, rites, army, justice, and public works | 34 | |
| 11358175080 | censorate | agency that watched over the rest of the government to make sure everything ran smoothly | 35 | |
| 11358179714 | golden age | -focus on arts and literature like painting, poetry, and ceramics -revival of Confucianism mixed with Buddhism and Daoism | 36 | |
| 11358192123 | economic revolution | advancements in agriculture, adoption of fast ripening and drought resistant strain of rice that resulted in a rapid growth in population | 37 | |
| 11358201174 | urbanization in china | people moved to cities, Hangzhou had a population over a million | 38 | |
| 11358207273 | Chinese industrial production | iron industry boomed and was used for armor, weapons, and bells | 39 | |
| 11358211989 | chinese innovations | woodblock and moveable type that led to the first printed books, large ships, magnetic compass, and gunpowder | 40 | |
| 11358219050 | women in the song dynasty | with the revival of confucianism, the women became subordinate and the patriarchal restrictions began tightened | 41 | |
| 11358239437 | textiles in china | when chinas economy became more commercial, factories and workshops were built and run by men. The women lost their jobs which they did at home and had to find new jobs | 42 | |
| 11358301660 | jobs that women took up after factories jobs were taken away | restaurant owners, sold fish and vegetables, maids, cooks, dressmakers, concubines, courtesans, entertainers, prostitutes | 43 | |
| 11358318536 | trends for women in the tang dynasty | property rights expanded, promotion of further education for women | 44 | |
| 11358321397 | northern nomads | had an intense interaction with the Chinese and began to trade with them, began raiding, extortion, and trading | 45 | |
| 11358332084 | nomads | pastoral and semi-agricultural people in the norther steppe | 46 | |
| 11358336687 | nomads point of view | saw chinese as a threat, because of the great wall, military was directed to them, trading was difficult | 47 | |
| 11358343664 | reality of nomad and chinese relationship | chinese needed nomads for horses, fur, hides, amber, and the trading routes were nomad territories | 48 | |
| 11358350548 | nomads | barbaric and primitive | 49 | |
| 11358353190 | chinese | sophisticated and civilized, felt superior to all non-chinese and other cultures | 50 | |
| 11358360659 | tribute system | -acknowledgement of chinese superiority by foreigners and non-chinese authorities -foreigners would go to the chinese court and perform rituals and would present a good from their homeland -chinese emperor would grant them permission to trade and would give them gifts | 51 | |
| 11358390910 | reality of tribute system in china | large nomadic groups benefitted from china because of the gifts that were given by the emperor | 52 | |
| 11358412906 | china and korea | initial outlet for chinese influence=temporary conquest by china during the han dynasty -resistance urged china to withdraw its military presence -tribute system and trading relationship still existed cultural elements adopted -buddhism -confucianism -government set up -chinese models of family life and female behavior | 53 | |
| 11359211110 | chinas impact of korean women | couldn't live with parents after marriage, husband not burried with wifes family, cant remarry, females cant own property, cant marry more than one women | 54 | |
| 11359220798 | china and vietnam | -part of china for more than 1000 yrs. adopted chinese cultural elements -confucianism -daoism -buddhism -administrative techniques -examination system -artistic and literary styles | 55 | |
| 11359234012 | elements forced upon the vietnames | -confucian based schools, chinese is the official language for business, clothing and hairstyles were mandatory, chinese style agriculture | 56 | |
| 11359247168 | result of culture on vietnamese | resistance and rebellion (ex. the trung sister rebellion, successful rebellion in the 10th century when the Tang dynasty was weaker) | 57 | |
| 11359258838 | vietnamese cultural elements | language, cockfighting, chewing betel nuts, greater role for women in the social and economic life | 58 | |
| 11359262902 | china and japan | physically separated from china, never invaded or conquered by china, they got to pick and choose what elements they wanted from the chinese, they still retained a unique and distinct culture | 59 | |
| 11359275799 | early japan | organized around family based clans that controlled certain regions, family descended from a common ancestor | 60 | |
| 11359290242 | shinto | belief that kamis (spirits) live within all people, animals, and nature | 61 | |
| 11359300411 | chinese elements that were adopted by japan | buddhism and confucianism, chinese style court rituals and court rankings, chinese calendar, chinese based taxation systems, chinese style law codes and government departments, chinese style writing system | 62 | |
| 11359315819 | heian period | pursuit of beauty, art, literature, calligraphy, poetry. But they neglected responsibilities and the government broke down | 63 | |
| 11359327801 | mikado | emperor; very little power; figurehead | 64 | |
| 11359331677 | shoguns | generals and powerful lords, most political and military power | 65 | |
| 11359335282 | daimyos | local lords, owned estates, had private armies, always fighting each other | 66 | |
| 11359339651 | samurai | warriors, loose fitting armor, fought with swords and on horseback with bows and arrows | 67 | |
| 11359345876 | seppuku | ritualistic suicide belly slashing | 68 | |
| 11359348273 | code of bushido | samurai code of honor | 69 | |
| 11359350874 | peasants | worked on the land; paid heavy taxes; received protection in return | 70 | |
| 11359356306 | japanese women | escaped the more oppressive features of Chinese confucian culture and could inherit property, live apart from their husbands, get divorced, and remarry | 71 | |
| 11359368649 | imapctful innovations of the chinese | printing and books and gunpowder | 72 | |
| 11359372244 | effects of printing books | mass literacy, increased education and scholarship, spread of religion, exchange of information | 73 | |
| 11359376553 | effects of gunpowder | helped with cannons and firearms | 74 | |
| 11359379849 | gunpowder revolution | when gunpowder empires started and grew as a result of their use of firearms, cannons, and other explosives | 75 |
