AP World History Chapter 9 Strayer Flashcards

940906987	An Lushan	Foreign-born general who led a major revolt against the Tang dynasty in 755-763, perhaps provoking China's turn to xenophobia	0
940906988	Chinese Buddhism	China's only large-scale cultural borrowing before the 20th century. Buddhism entered China from India in the first and second centuries C.E but only became popular between 300-800 C.E through a series of cultural accommodations. At first supported by the state, Buddhism suffered persecution during the 9th century but continued to play a role in Chinese society.	1
940906989	Bushido	The "way of the warrior", referring to the military virtues of the Japanese samurai, including bravery, loyalty and an emphasis on death over surrender	2
940906990	Chu Nom	A variation of Chinese writing developed in Vietnam that became the basis for an independent national literature; "southern script"	3
940906991	Foot Binding	Chinese practice of tightly wrapping girls' feet to keep them small. Begun in the tang dynasty; an emphasis on small size and de;icacy was central to views of female beauty.	4
940906992	Hangul	A phonetic alphabet created in Korea in the fifteenth century	5
940906993	Kami	Sacred spirits of Japan, whether ancestors or natural phenomenon; their worship later came to be called Shinto	6
940906994	Heian	Japan's second capital city(now known as Kyoto), modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an; also used to describe the period of Japanese history from 794 to 1192 C.E	7
940906995	Hangzhou	China's capital city during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people	8
940906996	Jurchen	A nomadic people that established a state that included parts of northern China	9
940906997	Koryo	Korean dynasty (918-1392)	10
940906998	Murasaki Shikibu	Perhaps Japan's greatest author, a woman active at the Heian court who is best known for "The Tale of Genji", which she wrote around 1000 C.E	11
940906999	Khitan	A nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern china (901-1125)	12
940907000	Nara	Japan's first capital city modeled on the Chinese capital city of Chang'an	13
940907001	Kumsong	The capital of Korea in the medieval era, modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an	14
940907002	Pure Land Buddhism	A school of Buddhism that proved to be immensely popular in China; emphasized salvation by faith in the Amitabha Buddha	15
940907003	Silla dynasty	The first ruling dynasty to bring a measure of political unity to the Korean peninsula (688-900ce)	16
940907004	Neo-Confucianism	A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty China; it revived Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements	17
940907005	Shotoku Taishi	Japanese statesman (572-622) who launched the drive to make Japan into a centralized bureaucratic state modeled on China; he is best known for the Seventeen Article Constitution,which lays out the principles of this reform.	18
940907006	Samurai	Members of Japan's warrior class, which developed as political power became increasingly decentralized	19
940907007	Song Dynasty Economic Revolution	A major economic quickening that took place in China under the Song dynasty (960-1279ce) marked by rapid population growth, urbanization, economic specialization, the development of an immense network of internal waterways, and a great increase in industrial production and innovation	20
940907008	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 --produce of value from their countries--to the Chinese emperor(although the Chines gifts given in return were often much more valuable).	21
940907009	Tanka	Highly stylized form of Japanese poetry that has been a favored means of expression for centuries	22
940907010	Sui Dynasty	Ruling dynasty of China (589-618ce) that effectively reunited the country after several centuries of political fragmentation	23
940907011	Tang Dynasty	Ruling dynasty of China from (618-907ce) noted for its openness to foreign cultural influence	24
940907012	Trung Sisters	Two Vietnamese sisters who launched a major revolt against the Chinese presence in Vietnam in 39ce;.the rebellion was crushed and the sisters committed suicide, but they remained symbols of Vietnamese resistance to China for centuries.	25
940907013	Yi	Korean Dynasty (1392-1910)	26
940907014	Xiongnu	Major nomadic confederacy that was established around 200 bce. and eventually reached from Manchuria to Central Asia	27
940907015	Uighurs	Turkic empire of the steppes, flourished in the 8th century	28
940907016	Wendi, Emperor	Sui emperor (581-604) who particularly patronized Buddhism	29