Ways of the World Chapter 8 Vocabulary Flashcards

11292136443	Sui Dynasty	Definition: Short dynasty between Han and Tang.	0
11292136444	Tang Dynasty	Definition: Dynasty often referred to as "China's Golden Age". (618 CE - 907 CE)	1
11292136445	Song Dynasty	Definition: (960 CE - 1279 CE) Started by Tai Zu.	2
11292136446	Hangzhou	Definition: Capital of later Song Dynasty.	3
11292136447	Economic Revolution	Definition: Rapid population growth, economic speculation, increase in industrial production and innovations (Song dynasty).	4
11292136448	Foot Binding	Definition: Practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet to make them smaller.	5
11292136449	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.	6
11292136450	Khitan/Jurchen People	Definition: Nomadic people who established a state that included parts of Northern China.	7
11292136451	Silla Dynasty (Korea)	Definition: First ruling dynasty to bring a measure of political unity to Korean Peninsula.	8
11292136452	Hangul	Definition: Phonetic alphabet in Korea (14th century).	9
11292136453	Shotoku Taishi	Definition: Japanese statesman who launched the drive to make Japan into centralized bureaucratic state modeled on China.	10
11292136454	Bushido	Definition: "Way of the Warrior".	11
11292136455	Chinese Buddhism	Definition: Entered China through cultural accommodations.	12
11292136456	Emperor Wendi	Definition: Sui Emperor who patronized Buddhism.	13
11292136457	Chu nom	Definition: The writing system of Vietnam	14
11292136458	Izumi Shikibu	Japanese poet who had an affair with the two sons of the emperor	15
11292136459	Xiongnu	A confederation of nomadic peoples living beyond the northwest frontier of ancient China. HAN Dynasty	16