From the AP Edition of World Civilizations: The Global Experience (Fifth Edition) is Chapter 12 Vocabulary. It is for my AP World History class at East Career & Technical Academy.
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| 37936363 | Period of the 6 Dynasties | (220- 585 C.E.) featured endless wars fought by the patch work of regional kingdoms that followed the fall of the Han | 0 | |
| 37936364 | Wendi | Member of prominent northern Chinese family during period of Six Dynasties; proclaimed himself emperor; supported by nomadic peoples of northern China; established Sui dynasty | 1 | |
| 37936365 | Yangdi | Second member of Sui dynasty; murdered his father to gain throne; restored Confucian examination system; responsible for construction of Chinese canal system; assassinated in 618 | 2 | |
| 37936366 | Li Yuan | Also known as Duke of Tang; minister for Yangdi; took over empire following assassination of Yangdi; first emperor of Tang dynasty; took imperial title of Gaozu | 3 | |
| 37936367 | Ministry of Public Rites | Administered examinations to students from Chinese government schools or those recommended by distinguished scholars | 4 | |
| 37936368 | Jinshi | Title granted to students who passed the most difficult Chinese examination on all of Chinese literature; became immediate dignitaries and eligible for high office | 5 | |
| 37936369 | Chan Buddhism | Known as Zen in Japan; stressed meditation and appreciation of natural and artistic beauty; popular with members of elite Chinese society | 6 | |
| 37936370 | Mahayana (Pure Land) Buddhism | Emphasized salvationist aspects of Chinese Buddhism; popular among masses of Chinese society | 7 | |
| 37936371 | Wuzong | Chinese emperor of Tang dynasty who openly persecuted Buddhism by destroying monasteries in 840s; reduced influence of Chinese Buddhism in favor of Confucian ideology | 8 | |
| 37936372 | Yang Guifei | (719-756) Royal concubine during reign of Xuanzong; introduction of relatives into royal administration led to revolt | 9 | |
| 37936373 | Khitan Nomads | Nomadic peoples of Manchuria; militarily superior to Song dynasty China but influenced by Chinese culture; forced humiliating treaties on Song China in 11th century | 10 | |
| 37936374 | Zhao Kuangyin | (r.960-976) Founder of Song dynasty; originally a general following fall of Tang; took title of Taizu; failed to overcome northern Liao dynasty that remained independent | 11 | |
| 37936375 | Zhu Xi | (1130-1200) Most prominent of neo-Confucian scholars during the Song dynasty in China; stressed importance of applying philosophical principles to everyday life and action | 12 | |
| 37936376 | Wang Anshi | Confucian scholar and chief minister of a Song emperor in 1070s; introduced sweeping reforms based on Legalists; advocated greater state intervention in society | 13 | |
| 37936377 | Southern Song | Rump state of the Song Dynasty from 1127 to 1279; carved out of the much larger domains of the Tang and northern Song; Culturally, one of the most glorious reigns in Chinese history | 14 | |
| 37936378 | Jurchens | Founders of Qin kingdom that succeeded the Liao in northern China; annexed most of the Yellow River basin and forced Song to flee to south | 15 | |
| 37936379 | Grand Canal | Built in 7th century during reign of Yangdi during Sui dynasty; designed to link the original centers of Chinese civilization on the north China plain with the Yangtze river basin to the south; nearly 1200 miles long | 16 | |
| 37936380 | Junks | Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, sternpost rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders; dominant force in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula | 17 | |
| 37936381 | Flying Money | Chinese credit instrument that provided credit vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of the voyage; reduced danger of robbery; early form of currency | 18 | |
| 37936382 | Changan | Capital of Tang dynasty; population of 2 million, larger than any other city in the world at that time | 19 | |
| 37936383 | Hangzhou | Capital of later Song dynasty; located near East China Sea; permitted overseas trading; population exceeded 1 million | 20 | |
| 37936384 | 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 | 21 | |
| 37936385 | Bi Sheng | A remarkable artisan that devised the technique of printing with movable type in the mid-11th century | 22 | |
| 37936386 | Li Bo | Most famous poet of the Tang era; blended images of the mundane world with philosophical musings | 23 | |
| 37936387 | Gunpowder | The formula, brought to China, 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 | 24 |
