AP World History Strayer Chapter 8 Vocabulary Flashcards

Unit Three Part Three

7736199660	Sui Dynasty	Definition: Short dynasty between Han and Tang. Significance: Built Grand Canal, strengthened government, and introduced Buddhism to China.	0
7736199661	Tang Dynasty	Definition: Dynasty often referred to as "China's Golden Age". (618 CE - 907 CE) Significance: China expands to Vietnam, Imperial examination perfected. New technologies (paper money, gunpowder, junks, etc...) through silk road.	1
7736199662	Song Dynasty	Definition: (960 CE - 1279 CE) Started by Tai Zu. Significance: Million people there. Foot binding, magnetic compass, navy, and traded with India and Persia.	2
7736199663	Hangzhou	Definition: Capital of later Song Dynasty. Significance: Permitted overseas trading with population exceeding 1 million.	3
7736199664	Economic Revolution	Definition: Rapid population growth, economic speculation, increase in industrial production and innovations (Song dynasty). Significance: Made China "by far the richest, most skilled, and most populous country on Earth."	4
7736199665	Foot Binding	Definition: Practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet to make them smaller. Significance: It was associated with images of female beauty and eroticism.	5
7736199666	Tribute System	Definition: Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and people that assumed subordination of all non-chinese authorities. They required all foreigners wanting access to China to pay tribute. Significance: System the attempted to regulate their relationships with Northern Nomads.	6
7736199667	Khitan/Jurchen People	Definition: Nomadic people who established a state that included parts of Northern China. Significance: Was a nomadic group who "picked up the pieces" after collapse of Tang Dynasty.	7
7736199668	Silla Dynasty (Korea)	Definition: First ruling dynasty to bring a measure of political unity to Korean Peninsula. Significance: Allied with China to bring political unity to the peninsula for the first time.	8
7736199669	Hangul	Definition: Phonetic alphabet in Korea (14th century). Significance: Helped Korea move toward greater cultural independence.	9
7736199670	Shotoku Taishi	Definition: Japanese statesman who launched the drive to make Japan into centralized bureaucratic state modeled on China. Significance: Launched a series of large-scale missions to China.	10
7736199671	Bushido	Definition: "Way of the Warrior". Significance: A distinct set of values for Samurais.	11
7736199672	Chinese Buddhism	Definition: Entered China through cultural accommodations. Significance: Useful to helping nomadic rulers govern northern China because it was foreign.	12
7736199673	Emperor Wendi	Definition: Sui Emperor who patronized Buddhism. Significance: He was responsible for the monasteries constructed at the base of China's 5 sacred mountains.	13
7736199674	Trung Sisters	Definition: Two sisters who began the Vietnam revolution against China Significance: They became a symbol for Vietnam to look towards during Chinese rule	14
7736199675	Chu nom	Definition: The writing system of Vietnam Significance: United Vietnam even during times of civil war	15