Chapter 11: Central and Eastern Asia Flashcards
whap vocab chp 11
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38890092 | grand canal | facilitated communication and trade w/ growing pop. centers. linked y ellow river in n.china w/ yangzi river s.china | 0 | |
38890093 | tang empire | cr8d 618 expanded w.ward into central asia | 1 | |
38890094 | li shimin | tang emperor allowed local rulers to excerise significant power (2 avoid Overcentralization) | 2 | |
38890095 | Mahayana | "Gr8 Vehicle" Buddhism .bodhisattvas postponed nirvana 2 help enlighten otherst | 3 | |
38890096 | tributary system | indp. countries sent reg. embassies to the capital to pay tribute | 4 | |
38890097 | Uigurs | new turkic group that controlled much of central asia | 5 | |
38890098 | song empire | est.960 central china | 6 | |
38890099 | junks | stern-mounted rudder improved steering of large ships in uneasy seas. keep them afloat in emergencies | 7 | |
38890100 | gunpowder | used to propel cluster if flaming arrows in2 oncoming cavalry | 8 | |
38890101 | chan buddhism/zen/son | salvation through mental discipline alone | 9 | |
38890102 | shamanism | belief in the ability of certain individuals to make direct contact w/ ancestors and invisible spirit world | 10 | |
38890103 | Koryo--Korea | Korean peninsula was united under Koryo ruling house after the fall of the Tang in early 900s | 11 | |
38890104 | movable type | China benifited from Korea's expirements with this | 12 | |
38890105 | tenno (emperor) | hereditary head of state | 13 | |
38890106 | samurai | new warring class | 14 | |
38890107 | Kamakura Shogunate | the 1st of 3 decentralized military regimes of Japan | 15 | |
38890108 | Annam | what china called early vietnam | 16 | |
38890109 | Champa rice | fast maturing rice of the regionsnet by champa to song as tribute | 17 |