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AP World History Strayer Chapter 8 Vocabulary Flashcards

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11399219222Sui Dynasty*Definition:* Short dynasty between Han and Tang. *Significance:* Built Grand Canal, strengthened government, and introduced Buddhism to China.0
11399219223Tang 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
11399219224Song 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
11399219225Hangzhou*Definition:* Capital of later Song Dynasty. *Significance:* Permitted overseas trading with population exceeding 1 million.3
11399219226Economic 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
11399219227Foot 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
11399219228Tribute 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
11399219229Khitan/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
11399219230Silla 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
11399219231Hangul*Definition:* Phonetic alphabet in Korea (14th century). *Significance:* Helped Korea move toward greater cultural independence.9
11399219232Shotoku 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
11399219233Bushido*Definition:* "Way of the Warrior". *Significance:* A distinct set of values for Samurais.11
11399219234Chinese Buddhism*Definition:* Entered China through cultural accommodations. *Significance:* Useful to helping nomadic rulers govern northern China because it was foreign.12
11399219235Emperor 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
11399219236Trung Sisters*Definition:* Two sisters who began the Vietnam revolution against China *Significance:* They became a symbol for Vietnam to look towards during Chinese rule14
11399219237Chu nom*Definition:* The writing system of Vietnam *Significance:* United Vietnam even during times of civil war15
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