From the AP Edition of World Civilizations: The Global Experience (Fifth Edition) is Chapter 13 Vocabulary. It is for my AP World History class at East Career & Technical Academy.
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| 38143819 | 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 | 0 | |
| 38143820 | Taika Reforms | Attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolute Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army | 1 | |
| 38143821 | Heian | Built by Emperor Kammu, later known as Kyoto, it was the capital of Japan where dignitaries lived that focused on "Court Culture"; a beautiful complex of palaces and gardens made of unpainted wood, sliding panels, matted floors and wooden walkways that was remodeled to look like Chang'an; built in order to escape influence of Buddhist monks | 2 | |
| 38143822 | Tale of Genji | Written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any language; relates life history of prominent and amorous son of the Japanese emperor; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society | 3 | |
| 38143823 | Fujiwara | Japanese aristocratic family in the mid-9th century; exercised extreme influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial family | 4 | |
| 38143824 | 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 | 5 | |
| 38143825 | Samurai | Mounted troops of Japanese warrior leaders (bushi); loyal to local lords, not the emperor | 6 | |
| 38143826 | Seppuku | Ritual suicide or disembowelment in Japan; commonly known in West as hara-kiri; demonstrated courage and a means to restore family honor | 7 | |
| 38143827 | Gumpei War | Wages for 5 years from 1180 on Honshu between the Taira and Minamoto families; ended in destruction of Taira | 8 | |
| 38143828 | 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 | |
| 38143829 | Shoguns | Military leaders of the bakufu (military governments in Japan) | 10 | |
| 38143830 | Hojo | Warrior family closely allied with the Minamota; dominated Kamakura regime and manipulated Minamota rulers who claimed to rule in name of the Japanese Emperor at Kyoto | 11 | |
| 38143831 | Ashikaga Takuaji | Member of the Minamota family; overthrew the Kamakuro regime and established the Ashikaga Shogunate from 1336-1573; drove emperor from Kyoto to Yoshino | 12 | |
| 38143832 | Onin War | Struggle between rival heirs of Ashikaga Shogunate (1467-1477); led to warfare between rival headquarters and Kyoto and destruction of old capital | 13 | |
| 38143833 | Daimyos | Warlord rulers of 300 small states following civil war and disruption of the Ashikaga Shogunate; holdings consolidated into unified and bounded ministates | 14 | |
| 38143834 | Choson | Earliest Korean kingdom; conquered by Han emperor in 109 BCE | 15 | |
| 38143835 | Koguryo | Tribal people of North Korea; established an independant kingdom in the northern half of the peninsula in 37BCE; adopted cultural sinification | 16 | |
| 38143836 | Sinification | Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions; typical of Korea and Japan, less typical of Vietnam | 17 | |
| 38143837 | Silla | Independent Korean kingdom in southeastern part of peninsula; defeated Koguryo along with their Chinese Tang allies; submitted as a vassal of the Tang emperor and agreed to tribute payment; ruled united Korea by 668 | 18 | |
| 38143838 | Yi | Korean dynasty that succeeded Koryo dynasty following period of Mongol invasions; established in 1392; ruled Korea to 1910; restored aristocratic dominance and Chinese influence. | 19 | |
| 38143839 | Trung Sisters | Leaders of one of the frequent peasant rebellions against the Chinese in Vietnam; revoly broke out in 39 CE; shows importance of Vietnamese women in the indigenous society. | 20 | |
| 38143840 | Khmers | Indianized rivals of the Vietnamese; moved into Mekong River delta region at time of Vietnamese drive to the south. | 21 | |
| 38143841 | Chams | Indianized rivals of the Vietnamese; driven into the highlands by the successful Vietnamese drive to the south. | 22 | |
| 38143842 | Nguyen | Rival Vietnamese dynasty that arose in Southern Vietnam to challenge the Trinh dynasty at Hanoi;kingdom centered on red and Mekong rivers with capital at Hue. | 23 | |
| 38143843 | Ashikaga Shogunate | Replaced the Karamkura regime in Japan; ruled from 1336 to 1571; destroyeyd rival Yoshino center of imperial authority | 24 | |
| 38143844 | Minamoto | Defeated the rival Taira family in Gempei Wars and established military government (bakufu) in 12th century Japan | 25 |
