AP World History Strayer Chapter 8 Vocabulary Flashcards

8056278099	Sui Dynasty	Definition: Short dynasty between Han and Tang. Significance: Built Grand Canal, strengthened government, and introduced Buddhism to China.	0
8056278100	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
8056278101	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
8056278102	Hangzhou	Definition: Capital of later Song Dynasty. Significance: Permitted overseas trading with population exceeding 1 million.	3
8056278103	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
8056278104	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
8056278105	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
8056278106	Xiongnu	Definition: Major nomadic confederation that was established in 200 BCE and eventually reached from Manchuria to Central Asia. Significance: Persuaded a Chinese emperor to negotiate an arrangement that recognized the nomadic state as political equal.	7
8056278107	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.	8
8056278108	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.	9
8056278109	Hangul	Definition: Phonetic alphabet in Korea (14th century). Significance: Helped Korea move toward greater cultural independence.	10
8056278110	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.	11
8056278111	Bushido	Definition: "Way of the Warrior". Significance: A distinct set of values for Samurais.	12
8056278112	Izumi Shikibu	Definition: Mid Heian period Japanese poet. Significance: She wrote about political posturing and love affairs of aristocratic men and women.	13
8056278113	Chinese Buddhism	Definition: Entered China through cultural accommodations. Significance: Useful to helping nomadic rulers govern northern China because it was foreign.	14
8056278114	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.	15