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278134696Taika ReformsAimed at completely revamping the imperial administration along Chines lines- failed0
278134697The Tale of GenjiWritten by Lady Murasaki, it describes his devotion to the pursuit of aesthetic enjoyment1
278134698FujiwaraOne of the aristocratic families that had exceptional influence over imperial affairs2
278134699BushiWarrior leaders that administered law, supervised public work projects, and collected revenue3
278134700SamuraiMounted troops loyal to the Bushi4
278134701SeppukuRitual suicide that a beaten or disgraced warrior would perform, term means disembowelment5
278134702Taira, MinamotoProvincial families that packed the court bureaucracy, and competition for power turned into open feuding in the mid-12th century6
278134703Gempei WarsFor five years, ___ brought great suffering to the peasantry whose farmlands were ravaged. It was the battles between the Taira and Minamoto7
278134704MinamotoWinners of the Gempei Wars8
278134705BakafuMilitary government established by Minamoto after Gempei Wars- marked the beginning of the feudal age in Japan9
278134706ShogunsMilitary leaders of the bakufu10
278134707HojoOne of the warrior families that had been closely allied to the Minamoto that soon dominated the Kamakura regime11
278134708Ashikaga TakuajiLed a revolt of the bushi that overthrew the Kamakura regime12
278134709Ashikaga ShogunateThis was established by Ashikaga Takuaji after his revolt of the bushi was successful13
278134710DaimyosWarlord rulers of the nearly 300 little kingdoms of Japan14
278134711KoguryoTribal peoples in the north of Korea that resisted Chinese rule15
278134712Silla and PaekcheTwo southern rivals that the independent Koguryo state was at war with16
278134713SinificationThe extensive adoption of Chinese culture17
278134714KhmersToday's Cambodians that the Nam Viet's had willingness to intermarry with18
278134715Trung SistersLed uprisings in 39 C.E. in Vietnam- hostile to the Confucian codes and family systems19
278134716Ho Xuan HuongOne of the most famous of Vietnamese women who wrote poetry, and flouts Confucian decorum and mocks her male suitors20
278134717NguyenRival that emerged to challenge the claims of legitimacy of the Trinh family that ruled the north21
278134718HueCapital of Nguyen22
279863732FalseJapan, Korea, and Vietnam were all ruled directly by China for centuries23
279863733JapanThe one (out of Japan, Korea, and Vietnam) that was not ruled directly by China24
279863734Taika ReformsSought to remake the Japanese monarch into an absolutist Chinese style emperor, and to create in Japan a genuine professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army to match those of Han and Tang China25
279863735TrueThe Tale Of Genji, the first novel in any language, Genji's life is almost wholly devoted to the pursuit of aesthetic pleasure26
279863736FalseWomen at the Heian court, whose sole purpose in life was to serve men, were not permitted to cultivate aesthetic pleasure27
279863737SeppukuBeaten or disgraced samurai practiced ___ to prove their courage and restore their family's honor28
279863738FalseThe rise of the samurai led to the creation of a free peasantry in Japan29
279863739ZenType of Buddhism the samurai were largely influenced by30
279863740FalseThe feud between the Taira and Minamoto families led to a steady increase in the power and authority of the imperial household31
279863741TrueThe feudal age of Japan began with the victory of the Minamoto family and the creation of the bakufu, or military government32
279863742TrueEven though there was chaos and suffering during the warlord period of the 15th and 16th centuries, there was economic and cultural growth in Japan at this time33
279863743Pure LandBuddhism that the Japanese peasants turned to34
279863744TrueJapanese painters consciously imitated the monochrome paintings of Song China, which they regarded as the apex of the genre35
279863745MilitaristicIn both western Europe and Japan, feudalism was highly ___36
279863746FalseIn both western Europe and Japan, feudalism led to strong parliamentary institutions and a powerful lawyer class37
279863747Western EuropeIn which of the two (western Europe or Japan) did feudalism lead to strong parliamentary institutions and a powerful lawyer class38
279863748TrueAfter the Silla kingdom of Korea fought China to a standstill, China withdrew its armies in exchange for regular tribute payments and the Silla monarch's submission as a vassal of the Tang emperor39
279863749TrueIn both pottery and printing, the Koreans borrowed from the Chinese and then outdid their teachers40
279863750AristocratsThe only people who really mattered for anything in Korean society41
279863751HanThe Chinese first conquered the Viets during the ___ dynasty42
279863752TrueWomen in Vietnamese society had a more favored position than women in Chinese society43
279863753TangThe Vietnamese gained their independence from China after the fall of the Tang dynasty44
279863754PeasantsLocal Vietnamese officials tended to identify with ___45

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