AP World History Chapter 13 Vocabulary Flashcards

25 terms.

237619664	Taika Reforms	Attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolute Chinese style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army.	0
237619665	The Tale of Genjii	Written by Lady Muraski; first novel in any language; relates life history of prominent and amorous son of the Japanese emperor; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society.	1
237619666	Fujiwara	Japanese aristocratic family in mid-9th century; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power.	2
237619667	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.	3
237619668	Samurai	Mounted troops of Japanese warrior leaders; loyal to local lords, not the emperors.	4
237619669	Sepukku	Ritual suicide or disembowelment in Japan; commonly known in West as hara-kiri; demonstrated courage and a means to restore family honor.	5
237619670	Taira	Powerful Japanese family in 11th and 12th centuries; competed with Minamoto family; defeated after Gempei Wars.	6
237619671	Minamoto	Defeated the rival Taira family in Gempei Wars and established military government in 12th-century Japan.	7
237619672	Gempei Wars	Waged for five years from 1180, on Honshu between Taira and Minamoto families; resulted in destruction of Taira.	8
237619673	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
237619674	Shoguns	Military leaders of the bakufu (military governments in Japan).	10
237619675	Hojo	Warrior family closely allied with Minamoto; dominated Kamakura regime and manipulated Minamoto rulers who claimed to rule in name of Japanese emperor at Kyoto.	11
237619676	Ashikaga Takuaji	Member of the Minamoto family; overthrew the Kamakura regime and established the Ashikaga Shogunate from 1336-1573; drove emperor from Kyoto to Yoshino.	12
237619677	Ashikaga Shogunate	Replaced the Kamakura regime in Japan; ruled from 1336-1573; destroyed rival Yoshino center of imperial authority.	13
237619678	Daimyos	Warlord rulers of 300 small states following civil war and disruption of Ashikaga Shogunate; holdings consolidated into unified and bounded mini-states.	14
237619679	Choson	Earliest Korean kingdom; conquered by Han emperor in 109 B.C.E.	15
237619680	Koguryo	Tribal people of northern Korea; established an independent kingdom in the northern half of the peninsula in 37 B.C.E.; adopted cultural sinification.	16
237619681	Silla	Independent Korean kingdom in southeastern part of peninsula; defeated Koguryo along with their Chinese Tan allies; submitted as a vassal of the Tang emperor and agreed to tribute payment; ruled united Korea by 668.	17
237619682	Paekche	Independent Korean kingdom in southeastern part of peninsula; defeated by rival Silla kingdom and its Chines Tang allies in 7th century.	18
237619683	Sinification	Extensive adaptation of Chines culture in other regions; typical of Korean and Japan, less typical of Vietnam.	19
237619684	Khmers	Indianized rivals of the Vietnamized; moved into Mekong river delta region at time of Vietnamese drive to the south.	20
237619685	Trung Sisters	Leaders of one of the frequent peasant rebellions in Vietnam against Chinese rule; revolt broke out in 39 C.E.; demonstrates importance of Vietnamese women in indigenous society.	21
237619686	Chams	Indianized rivals of the Vietnamese; driven into the highlands by the successful Vietnamese drive to the south.	22
237619687	Nguyen	Rival Vietnamese dynasty that arose in southern Vietnam to challenge traditional dynasty of Trinh in north at Hanoi; kingdom centered on Red and Mekong rivers; capital at Hue.	23
237619688	Trinh	Dynasty that ruled in north Vietnam at Hanoi, 1533-1772; rivals of Nguyen family in south.	24