Chapter 8: Vocabulary Ap World History Flashcards

12562206179	An Lushan	One of the Tang dynasty's foremost military commanders who mounted a rebellion and captured the capital at Chang'an and the secondary capital at Luoyang in 755.	0
12571130959	Bushido	the code of honor and morals developed by the Japanese samurai.	1
12576782752	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.	2
12576805419	Chu Nom	a style of writing adapted from China to Vietnam. It became the basis for the development of an independent national literature.	3
12576834356	Foot Binding	Chinese practice of tightly wrapping girls' feet to keep them small, begun in the Tang dynasty; an emphasis on small size and delicacy was central to views of female beauty.	4
12576847356	Hangul	Korean alphabet	5
12576864424	Hangzhou	China's capital during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people.	6
12576883025	Heian	Capital city of Japan under the Yamato emperors, later called Kyoto; built in order to escape influence of Buddhist monks; patterned after ancient imperial centers of China; never fully populated	7
12576901161	Jurchen	A nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern China (1115-1234).	8
12576920165	Kami	Any sacred being worshipped in Shinto including nature spirits and ancestors	9
12576931547	Khitan	Nomadic peoples of Manchuria; militarily superior to Song dynasty China but influenced by Chinese culture; forced humiliating treaties on Song China in 11th century	10
12576946566	Koryo	Korean dynasty (918-1392)	11
12576957945	Kumsong	The capital of Korea in the medieval era	12
12576985353	Marusaki Shikibu	wrote the world's 1st novel- Tale of Genji; for entertainment	13
12576992218	Nara	First Japanese imperial capital	14
12577003058	Neo-Confucianism	A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty China; it revived Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements.	15
12577029539	Pure Land Buddhism	A school of Buddhism that taught that believers would be reborn in a blissful, pure land or paradise.	16
12577052092	Samurai	Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.	17
12577063423	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).	18
12577078809	Trung Sisters	Two Vietnamese sisters who launched a major revolt against the Chinese presence in Vietnam in 39 C.E.; the rebellion was crushed and the sisters committed suicide, but they remained symbols of Vietnamese resistance to China for centuries.	19