Chpt. 15 vocab. China ect.
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| 5474836198 | Sui Dynasty | The short dynasty between the Han and the Tang; built the Grand Canal, strengthened the government, and introduced Buddhism to China | 0 | |
| 5474836199 | Tang Dynasty | dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria | 1 | |
| 5474836200 | Song Dynasty | (960 - 1279 AD); this dynasty was started by Tai Zu; by 1000, a million people were living there; started feet binding; had a magnetic compass; had a navy; traded with india and persia (brought pepper and cotton); first to have paper money, explosive gun powder; *landscape black and white paintings | 2 | |
| 5474836203 | Grand Canal | The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire. (p. 277) | 3 | |
| 5474836205 | equal-field system | This Chinese system allotted land to individuals and their families according to the land's fertility and the recipients' needs. | 4 | |
| 5474836208 | tribute | 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 | 5 | |
| 5474836215 | fast-ripening rice | acquired by Chinese through trade with Vietnam. ripens twice a year, which allowed farmers to harvest more crops. allowed China's population to expand | 6 | |
| 5474836218 | foot binding | practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller; produced pain and restricted women's movement; made it easier to confine women to the household | 7 | |
| 5474836219 | vassel state | one country ruled/controlled by another country | 8 | |
| 5474836220 | gunpowder | The formula, brought to China in the 400s or 500s, was first used to make fumigators to keep away insect pests and evil spirits. In later centuries it was used to make explosives and grenades and to propel cannonballs, shot, and bullets. (p. 289) | 9 | |
| 5474836221 | Mandate of Heaven | Chinese belief that the emperors ruled through the approval of the chief diety on their ability to look after the welfare of the population. | 10 | |
| 5474836222 | flying cash | Enabled merchants to deposit good or cash at one location and draw the equivalent in cash or merchandise elsewhere in China. | 11 | |
| 5474836226 | neo- Confucianism | term that describes the resurgence of Confucianism and the influence of Confucian scholars during the T'ang Dynasty; a unification of Daoist or Buddhist metaphysics with Confucian pragmatism | 12 | |
| 5474836229 | Heian Japan | A period in time where cultural development took place. Japan's ideas, traditions, and culture, was influence by Chinese cultures. | 13 | |
| 5474836231 | shogun | the supreme military commander of Japan | 14 | |
| 5474884915 | ancestor reverence | Religious beliefs or practices that involve addressing prayers or offerings to the spirits of dead relatives. | 15 | |
| 11859748191 | Genghis Khan | Ruler who made alliances with other leaders. Brought all the Mongol tribes together into one great nation. | 16 | |
| 11859749944 | Marco Polo | a 13th century explorer who was the 1st person to travel the trade route of the East and spent considerable time in Khubilai Khan's court. | 17 | |
| 11859755348 | Khubilai Khan | Genghis Khan's grandson, perhaps one of mongol empires greatest rulers, spread rule into all of china. Generous. | 18 | |
| 11859775465 | Yuan dynasty | Chinese dynasty that was founded by the Mongol ruler Khubilai Khan | 19 |
