AP World History - Chapter 8 IDs Flashcards

11389794150	Sui Dynasty	The short dynasty between the Han and the Tang; built the Grand Canal, strengthened the government, and introduced Buddhism to China	0
11389794151	Tang Dynasty	618-907 CE The Chinese dynasty that was much like the Han, who used Confucianism. This dynasty had the equal-field system, a bureaucracy based on merit, and a Confucian education system	1
11389794152	Song Dynasty	960 - 1279 AD this dynasty was started by Tai Zu; by 1000, a million people were living there; foot binding; had a magnetic compass; had a navy; traded with India and Persia (brought pepper and cotton); first to have paper money, explosive gun powder; *landscape black and white paintings	2
11389794153	Hangzhou	China's capital city during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people	3
11389794154	Economic Revolution	A major economic quickening that took place in China under the Song dynasty 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	4
11389794155	Foot Binding	a practice in Chinese society to wrap women's feet tightly, causing bones to break, in order to make them smaller significance: demonstrated Chinese patriarchal society	5
11389794156	Tribute System	Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and people's that assumed the subordination of all non-Chinese authorities and required the payment of tribute to the Chinese emperor	6
11389794157	Xiongnu	Major confederacy that was established around 200 bce. and eventually reached from Manchuria to Central Asia	7
11389794158	Khitan/Jurchen People	A nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern China 901-1125 Khitan: Nomadic peoples of Manchuria; militarily superior to Song dynasty China but influenced by Chinese culture significance: brought the end of the Song dynasty Jurchen Jurchen: nomadic people that conquered Khitan, overran northern China, and captured the Song capital	8
11389794159	Silla Dynasty (Korea)	The first ruling dynasty to bring a measure of political unity to the Korean peninsula 688-900CE	9
11389794160	Hangul	A phonetic alphabet created in Korea in the fifteenth century	10
11389794161	Chu nom	A variation of Chinese writing developed in Vietnam that became the basis for an independent national literature	11
11389794162	Shotoku Taishi	Japanese statesman 572-622CE who launched the drive to make Japan into a centralized bureaucratic state modeled on China; he is best known for the Seventeen Article Constitution	12
11389794163	Bushido	Traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living "the way of the warrior;" bravery, loyalty, endurance, honor, preference from death over surrender	13
11389794164	Izumi Shikibu	illustrious female poet from Japan	14
11389794165	Chinese Buddhism	China's only large-scale cultural borrowing before the 20th century. Was popular between 300-800ce. Suffered persecution during the 9th century	15
11389794166	Emperor Wendi	Member of prominent northern Chinese family during period of Six Dynasties; proclaimed himself emperor; supported by nomadic peoples of northern China; established Sui dynasty	16
11389798675	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.	17