AP World History - Chapter 13 Flashcards

7664549586	Taika reforms	attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolutist Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army.	0
7664549587	Tale of Genji	written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any language; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society.	1
7664549588	Fujiwara	mid-9th-century Japanese aristocratic family; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power.	2
7664549589	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
7664549590	samurai	"mounted troops of the bushi; loyal to local lords, not the emperor."	4
7664549591	seppuku	ritual suicide in Japan; also known as hari-kiri; demonstrated courage and was a means to restore family honor.	5
7664549592	Taira	powerful Japanese family in 11th and 12th centuries; competed with Minamoto family; defeated after Gempei Wars.	6
7664549593	Minamoto	defeated the rival Taira family in Gempei Wars and established military government (bakufu) in 12th-century Japan.	7
7664549594	Gempei wars	waged for five years from 1180 on Honshu between the Taira and Minamoto families; ended in destruction of Taira.	8
7664549595	bakufu	"military government established by the Minamoto following Gumpei wars; centered at Kamakura; retained emperor, but real power resided in military government and samurai."	9
7664549596	shoguns	military leaders of the bakufu.	10
7664549597	Hojo	a warrior family closely allied with the Minamoto; dominated Kamakura regime and manipulated Minamoto rulers; ruled in name of emperor.	11
7664549598	Ashikaga Takuaji	member of Minamoto family; overthrew Kamakura regime and established Ashikaga shogunate (1336-1573); drove emperor from Kyoto to Yoshino.	12
7664549599	Ashikaga Shogunate	replaced the Kamakura regime and ruled from 1336 to 1573; destroyed rival Yoshino center of imperial authority.	13
7664549600	daimyos	warlord rulers of small states following Onin war and disruption of Ashikaga shogunate; holdings consolidated into unified and bounded mini-states.	14
7664549601	Choson	earliest Korean kingdom; conquered by Han in 109 B.C.E.	15
7664549602	Koguryo	tribal people of northern Korea; established an independent kingdom in the northern half of the peninsula; adopted cultural Sinification.	16
7664549603	Silla	Korean kingdom in southeast; became a vassal of the Tang and paid tribute; ruled Korea from 668.	17
7664549604	Paekche	independent Korean kingdom in southwestern part of peninsula; defeated by rival Silla kingdom and its Chinese Tang allies in 7th century.	18
7664549605	Sinification	extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions.	19
7664564013	Tribute System	Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and people's that assumed the subordination of all non-Chinese authorities and required the payment of tribute to the Chinese emperor	20
7664549606	Yi Dynasty	dynasty (1392-1910); succeeded Koryo dynasty after Mongol invasions; restored aristocratic dominance and Chinese influence.	21
7664549607	Khmers	Indianized Vietnamese peoples defeated by northern government at Hanoi.	22
7664549608	Trung sisters	leaders of a rebellion in Vietnam against Chinese rule in 39 C.E.; demonstrates importance of women in Vietnamese society.	23
7664549609	Chams	Indianized rivals of the Vietnamese; driven into the highlands by the successful Vietnamese drive to the south.	24
7664549610	Nguyen	southern Vietnamese dynasty with capital at Hue that challenged northern Trinh dynasty with center at Hanoi.	25
7664549611	Trinh	"dynasty that ruled in north Vietnam at Hanoi, 1533 to 1772; rivals of Nguyen family in south."	26