AP World History: Chapter 8 Flashcards

15777526873	Sui dynasty	Short dynasty between Han and Tang. Built Grand Canal, strengthened government, and introduced Buddhism to China.	0
15777526874	Tang dynasty	China expands to Vietnam, Imperial examination perfected. New technologies (paper money, gunpowder, junks, etc...) through silk road. (618 - 907 C.E.)	1
15777526875	Song dynasty	Million people there. Foot binding, magnetic compass, navy, and traded with India and Persia. (960 - 1279 C.E.)	2
15777526876	Hangzhou	Capitol of later Song Dynasty	3
15777526877	gunpowder	an explosive consisting of a powdered mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal.	4
15777526878	economic revolution	Rapid population growth, economic speculation, increase in industrial production and innovations (Song dynasty). Made China the richest, most skilled, and most populous country on Earth.	5
15777526879	foot binding	practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet to make them smaller.	6
15777526880	tribute system	Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and people that assumed subordination of all non-chinese authorities.	7
15777526881	Xiongnu	major nomadic confederation that was established in 200 BCE and eventually reached from Manchuria to Central Asia.	8
15777526882	Khitan	a nomadic people from Northeast Asia who from the 4th century inhabited an area corresponding to parts of modern Mongolia, Northeast China and the Russian Far East.	9
15777526883	Jurchen	a Tungusic people who inhabited the region of Manchuria until around 1630, at which point they were reformed and combined with their neighbors as the Manchu.	10
15777526884	Silla dynasty	First ruling dynasty to bring a measure of political unity to Korean Peninsula. Allowed China to bring unity to the Korean peninsula	11
15777526885	hangul	phonetic alphabet in Korea	12
15777526886	chu nom	a logographic writing system formerly used to write the Vietnamese language.	13
15777526887	Shotoku Taishi	Japanese statesman who launched the drive to make Japan into centralized bureaucratic state modeled on China.	14
15777526888	bushido	"way of the warrior"	15
15777526889	Izumi Shikibu	Mid Heian period Japanese poet. Wrote about political posturing and love affairs of aristocratic men and women.	16
15777526890	Chinese Buddhism	Entered China through cultural accommodations. Useful to helping nomadic rulers govern northern China.	17
15777526891	Emperor Wendi	Sui Emperor who patronized Buddhism. Built monasteries at the base of China's 5 sacred mountains.	18