AP World History Chapter 8 Vocab Flashcards

11363899820	Sui Dynasty	(589-618 CE) The Chinese dynasty that was like the Qin Dynasty in imposing tight political discipline; this dynasty built the Grand Canal which helped transport the rice in the south to the north.	0
11363902815	Tang Dynasty	dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria	1
11363904744	Song Dynasty	(960-1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than military.	2
11363907614	Hangzhou	China's capital during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people.	3
11363909687	Gunpowder	Invented within China during the 9th century, this substance was became the dominate military technology used to expand European and Asian empires by the 15th century.	4
11363912943	Economic Revolution	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.	5
11363915511	Foot Binding	Practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller; produced pain and restricted women's movement; made it easier to confine women to the household.	6
11363918654	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).	7
11363921622	Xiongnu	nomadic raiders from the grasslands north of China during the reign of Han dynasty; emperor Wudi fought against them in the mid-100s BC	8
11363924654	Khitan and 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.	9
11363928186	Silla Dynasty	The dynasty in Korea that rallied to prevent Chinese domination in the seventh century CE.	10
11363933132	Hangul	alphabet that uses symbols to represent the sounds of spoken Korean	11
11363933133	chu nom	A variation of Chinese writing developed in Vietnam that became the basis for an independent national literature; "southern script."	12
11363935620	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.	13
11363939819	Bushido	The Feudal Japanese code of honor among the warrior class.	14
11363942148	Izumi Shikibu	Female growing up in the imperial court who caused controversy with her erotic poetry and affairs.	15
11363944672	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.	16
11363947670	Emperor Wendi	Sui emperor (r. 581-604) who particularly patronized Buddhism.	17