AP World History P.6 Chapter 8 Flashcards
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| 9126257315 | Bushido (pron. boo-SHEE-doh) | The "way of the warrior," referring to the military virtues of the Japanese samurai, including bravery, loyalty, and an emphasis on death over surrender. |  | 0 |
| 9126264451 | Chinese Buddhism | Buddhism was China's only large-scale cultural borrowing before the twentieth century; Buddhism entered China from India in the first and second centuries C.E. but only became popular in 300-800 C.E. through a series of cultural accommodations. At first supported by the state, Buddhism suffered persecution during the ninth century but continued to play a role in Chinese society. |  | 1 |
| 9126269995 | Chu Nom (pron. choo nom) | A variation of Chinese writing developed in Vietnam that became the basis for an independent national literature; "southern script." |  | 2 |
| 9126279105 | Song Economic Revolution (pron. soong) | A major economic quickening that took place in China under the Song dynasty (960-1279); 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. |  | 3 |
| 9126284966 | Emperor Wendi (pron. WEN-dee) | Sui emperor (r. 581-604) who particularly patronized Buddhism. |  | 4 |
| 9126291890 | Foot Binding | Chinese practice of tightly wrapping girls' feet to keep them small, begun in the Tang dynasty; an emphasis on small size and delicacy was central to views of female beauty. |  | 5 |
| 9126296283 | Hangul (pron. HAHN-gool) | A phonetic alphabet developed in Korea in the fifteenth century. |  | 6 |
| 9126301773 | Hangzhou (pron. hong-joe) | China's capital during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people. |  | 7 |
| 9126308323 | Khitan/Jurchen people (pron. kee-tahn) | A nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern China (907-1125) (1115-1234). |  | 8 |
| 9126320865 | Shotoku Taishi (pron. show-TOE-koo tie-EESH-ah) | 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. |  | 9 |
| 9126324719 | Silla dynasty (pron. SILL-ah or SHILL-ah) | The first ruling dynasty to bring a measure of political unity to the Korean peninsula (688-900). |  | 10 |
| 9126331542 | Sui dynasty (pron. sway) | Ruling dynasty of China (581-618) that effectively reunited the country after several centuries of political fragmentation. |  | 11 |
| 9126337391 | Tang dynasty (pron. tahng) | Ruling dynasty of China from 618 to 907; noted for its openness to foreign cultural influences. |  | 12 |
| 9126339694 | Tribute System | Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and peoples 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 Chinese gifts given in return were often much more valuable). |  | 13 |
| 9126347596 | Xiongnu (pron. SHE-OONG-noo) | Major nomadic confederacy that was established ca. 200 B.C.E. and eventually reached from Manchuria to Central Asia. |  | 14 |