Pre-AP World History – Chapter 8 Vocabulary List #1

a sect of Buddhism that developed in Eastern Asia that emphasized meditation

a military government run by a shogun where the emperor has no political power. a "tent-government" ( in Japan )

supreme military ruler in Japan

3 political organizations in Korea

ritual suicide performed by a samurai warrior who broke the code of bushido

a time period in Japan led by the Fujiwara family. Japan was greatly influenced by Chinese culture in this time period

code of conduct followed by Samurai warriors in Japan

nomads who set up the Xi Xia Empire in the Western frontier of China during the Song Dynasty

new interpretation of Confucianism based on Buddhism; developed in China; worshipped Menicus

a green blazed porcelain art form that started in Korea

1st politically unified Korean Dynasty

2nd politically unified Korean Dynasty

earliest capitals of Japan during a high-end period

Confucian scholar; a philosopher who studied Confucianism during the Middle Ages; developed Neo-Confucianism

a novel written about the Fujiwara family (Prince Gengi); written in Japanese

an early Tang emperor, the only woman in Chinese history to rule in her own name

female subordination; tightly wrapping a young girls foot to make sure it doesn't grow (more attractive to have small feet in China); they broke the arch of the girl's foot

a female Chinese poet during the Song Dynasty

a Japanese animistic religion that emphasizes nature and spirits (kami) that inhabit objects in nature

spirits that inhabit objects in nature

a noble family who controlled Japanese government for 300 years

2nd Japanese family who established the Bakufu military government

the warrior class of Japan; part of the feudal military aristocracy

a 200 year period in China with violence and a lack of centralized government between the Zhou and the Qin Dynasties

northen peoples who destroyed Laio capital in Mongolia and made their own empire (The Jin); they took tribute from the Song and forced the Song to flee south

early agricultural settlers in the Red River delta in modern-say Vietnam

enormous Buddhist temple located near Nara

original capital of the Song empire; given up when the Jurchens invaded

a time period after the fall of the Han Dynasty; China fragmented into regional kingdoms that were chaotic and constantly at war with each other

the short dynasty between the Han and the Tang; built the Grand Canal, strengthened the government; introduced Buddhism to China; repaired the Great Wall

1st emperor of the Tang Dynasty; took over the empire following the assassination of Yangdi (he took on the imperial name of Gaozu)

golden age dynasty much like that of the Han; used Confucianism, and equal field system, a merit system, and an education system, unified China and parts of Central Asia; an imperial dynasty

capital of the Tang Dynasty; larger than any other city in the world at this time

2nd emperor of the Tang Dynasty; known for peace and prosperity; started achievements of the Tang Dynasty and reconquered the Northern and Western lands China lost during the Han Dynasty

the educated upper class in China

Confucian exam that the people of China had to pass in order to become a government official

a system from the time of the Han Dynasty where small countries/states were not politically under China's control, but were forced to pay tribute in order to recognize China's superiority

a Chinese custom; the tributary states had to send delegations to China to present the tribute to the emperor, and kneel in front of him and praise him and bow down to him

agricultural reform in China under the Tang Dynasty favoring peasants; 1/5 of the land went to the peasants' descendants and the rest went to the government

a canal built by the Sui that linked the Yellow and Yangzi Rivers and served as a key component to internal trade within the Chinese Empire

one of Chinas most admired poets during the Tang Era; known for freedom of spirit and love for nature (Daoist)

one of China's most admired poets during the Tang Era; more formal poetry which concerned social injustice and the suffering of ordinary people

nomadic Turkish peoples who sacked Chang'an and Luoyang

known for advances in technology, medicine, math, and science; started by Tai Zu; foot binding; magnetic compass; navy; paper money; gun power

nomadic peoples of Manchuria; challengers to the Song Dynasty from Siberia to Inner Asia