AP World History 3B Flashcards

5416629440	Tang Taizong	Second emperor of Tang dynasty (627-649). Murdered two brothers, thrust father aside to take throne. A Strong ruler- his personal name was Li Shimin; great general, war hero; expands China's borders; encourages trade; allows buddhism to spread; let christians and muslims practice.	0
5416629449	Uighurs	one of the invaders from the north-east, their invasion/betrayal weakened the Tang dynasty and added to their downfall	1
5416630348	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	2
5416630349	Sui	a dynasty that ruled in China ad 581-618 and reunified the country.	3
5416630350	Tang	a dynasty ruling China 618-c. 906, a period noted for territorial conquest and great wealth and regarded as the golden age of Chinese poetry and art.	4
5416631007	Song	the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy	5
5416631008	Bushido	"the way of the warrior"; Japanese word for the Samurai life ; Samurai moral code was based on loyalty, chivalry, martial arts, and honor until the death	6
5416632143	Grand Canal	The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire.	7
5416632144	Civil service exams	Government jobs were given to people who scored the highest, not based on social status. Can give the power to move up in social class	8
5416632917	Gun powder	created in China and spread by the Mongols	9
5416632918	"flying cash"	There was so much trade going on in Tang and Song China that they ran out of coins. Block stamps made it possible	10
5416634834	Neo-Confucianism	term that describes the resurgence of Confucianism and the influence of Confucian scholars during the Tang Dynasty; a unification of Daoist or Buddhist metaphysics with Confucian pragmatism	11
5416638121	The 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 the mannered style of Japanese society	12
5416639795	Kamakura & Muromachi	"Japans medieval age"	13
5416641029	Samurai	Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.	14
5416642355	South pointing needle	Compass, Chinese invention	15
5416643121	"Middle Kingdom"	A reference to China, reflecting the traditional Chinese view of China as the center of the known universe.	16
5416643122	Daimyo	A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai; warlord but not as powerful as a shogun.	17
5416644184	Equal-field system	The Tang plan to avoid the concentration of land in the hands of the wealthy	18
5416644996	fast-ripening rice	The most important new crop introduced into China during the Tang and Song periods was	19
5416644997	Block-printing	Made it possible for popular works to be widely available by the late ninth century	20
5416645591	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
5416645592	Nam Viet	A Vietnamese Kingdom Conquered by the Chinese.	22
5416645606	Shogun	In feudal Japan, a noble similar to a duke. They were the military commanders and the actual rulers of Japan for many centuries while the Emperor was a powerless spiritual figure.	23
5416647184	Seppuku	form of ceremonial suicide of defeated or disloyal samurai to avoid dishonor	24
5416649445	Temujin	Genghis Khan's real name	25
5416649446	Genghis Khan	A Mongolian general and emperor of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, known for his military leadership and great cruelty. He conquered vast portions of northern China and southwestern Asia.	26
5416650370	Marco Polo	Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.	27
5416651323	Khubilai Khan	Reigned in China after establishing the Yuan Dynasty; he actively promoted Buddhism; descendant of Chinggis Khan.	28
5416651324	Tamerlane	A "second Genghis Khan" who united Mongols and led them in a series of conquests. His enemies called him "Prince of Destruction"; he subdued Asia, Persia, Mesopotamia and India. Samarkland.	29
5416653032	Mehmed II (the conqueror)	Sultan of Ottoman empire. renamed constantinople to istanbul	30
5418760375	Khan	A Mongol ruler	31
5418762491	Battle of Manzikert	Seljuk Turk victory in 1071 over Byzantium; resulted in loss of the empire's rich Anatolian territory.	32
5418763349	ilkhanate	Mongol state that ruled Persia after abolition of the Abbasid empire in the thirteenth century	33
5418763350	Changatai	The Chagatai Khanate was a Mongol, and later linguistically Turkicized, khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan, second son of the Great Khan Genghis Khan, and his descendents and successors. Initially it was considered a part of the Mongol Empire, but it later became fully independent	34
5418764563	Golden Horde	Mongol khanate founded by Genghis Khan's grandson Batu. It was based in southern Russia and quickly adopted both the Turkic language and Islam. Also known as the Kipchak Horde.	35
5418764564	Great Khan	The main successor of Genghis Khan, direct ruler of all Mongol lands in east Asia and overlord of all other Mongol realms (most prosperous khan)	36
5418765521	Ilkhanate of Persia	Mongols in Persia, Khubilai Khan's brother, topple Abbasid. Persians still administered	37
5418766573	Yuan Dynasty	1271-1368 CE. Established when the Mongols conquered the Chinese Song Dynasty. Mongol reign short-lived, ending when the Mongols were driven from China in the 1300s.	38
5418766574	Kamikaze	Divine wind	39
5418766959	Bubonic Plague	Called Black Death, disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism. Rats, fleas.	40