World History Chap.12 Sec. 1

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Sui Dynasty

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Dynasty after Han Dynasty. Greatest accomplishment: completion of Grand Canal (connected Huang He and Yangtze Rivers)

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Sui Wendi

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1st Emperor of Sui Dynasty. United Northern and Southern China. Restored a strong central gov't

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Tang Dynasty

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Dynasty ruled for 300 years. Empire expanded. Expanded networks of roads and canals. Prosperus Dynasty.

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Tang Taizong

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2nd Emperor of Tang Dynasty. Expanded the Empire. Reconquered the northern and western lands that China had lost in Han Dynasty.

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Wu Zhao

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Only woman ever to be emperor of China. Assumed title of emperor for herself. Extended China's influence over Korea.

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Song Dynasty

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Lasted 3 centuries. Took over after division of Tang Dynasty; Tried to buy peace with northern enemies, this failed to stop the threat.

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Movable Type

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Individual characters arranged in frames, used over and over.

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Gentry

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A class of powerful, well to do people who enjoy a high social status

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Jurchen

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Manchurian people that conquered northern China and made Song Dynasty flee south.

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Pastoralists

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herding domesticated animals

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Clans

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People who claimed to be desceded from a common ancestor

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Ghengis Khan

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Mongol clan leader who was a brilliant organizer; gifted strategist; used new weapons and technologies and used cruelty as a weapon.

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Kublai Khan

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Founded Yuan Dynasty. United China for the first time in 300 years. Improved trade; built palace in Beijing.

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Marco Polo

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Venetian trader who traveled the Silk Roads who served Kublai Khan's court.

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Porcelain

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Bone hard,white ceramic made of a special clay and a mineral found only in Chinese.

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Foot Binding

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Practice of wrapping feet at young age; wealthy prestigious women.

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Acupuncture

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Treatment of inserting slender needles in the body at specific points.

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Steppe

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dry wind swept plains

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Yurt

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Mobile tent on wheels

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Typhoon

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Tropical cyclones

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Kamikaze

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Divine Wind

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Venice

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City in Italy that Marco Polo was from.

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Shinto

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Japan's earliest religion that means way of the gods.

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Typhoon

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Tropical cyclones

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regent

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one who rules on behalf of another

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etiquette

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the code governing correct behavior and appearance

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Samurai

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bodyguard of loyal warriors

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Bushido

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Code that samurai lived by

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Shogun

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Supreme general of the emperor's army.

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Khmer Empire

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The empire that ruled Southeast Asian mainland for centuries.

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Angkor Wat

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Largest religious sculpture made by the Khmer dedicated to the god Vishnu.

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Koryu Dynasty

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original name of Korea. Dynasty that ruled for four and half centuries.

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Kami

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Divine spirits of nature

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Yamato

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People who worshipped the Sun Gods

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Torii

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Symbol of the Shinto

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Amaterasu

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The sun goddess

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Zen Buddhism

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Buddhist meditation mixed with Shinto beliefs

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Prince Shotoku

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Japanese prince that tried to adopt Chinese model of government.

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Heian

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Where Japanese moved capitol to in 794.

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Lady Murasaki

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Woman of Heian court that wrote "The Tale of Genji"

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Feudalism

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Pol. system in which warlords used land given by shogun.

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Minamoto Yoritomo

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Leader given shogun title

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daimyo

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military governor controlled by shogun.

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Srivijaya

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Dynasty that ruled Sumatra, Borneo, and Java from the 7th to the 13th century.

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Ly Dynasty

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Dynasty of Vietnam that established capitol at Hanoi

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Koryu

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Origin of modern Korea name

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celadon

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milky green glazed pottery

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A southeast Asian Empire, centered in what is now Cambodia, known for its rice growing

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Khmer Empire

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A dynasaty that ruled what is now Korea from 935-1392AD. Known for its Celadon Pottery, Moveable Type, and it's use of a civil service system.

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Koryu Dynasty

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Floating magnetized needle that always points north or south. Used in navigation

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Magnetic Compass

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What led to the fall of the Tang Dynasty?

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Tang rulers imposed crushing taxes in the mid 700's

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What was the largest unified land empire in history?

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The Mongol Empire

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A test to get a government job?

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Civil Service Examination

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Why did Kublai Kahn favor Mongols and Foreigners for government posts?

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Felt that foreigners were trust worthy and wanted people with no local loyalties

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What was women's status during the Tang and Song periods?

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Women were subserviant to men

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Which civilizations did rice cultivation help prosper?

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Khmer Empire and China

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What was an enduring characteristic of Japanese government?

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The ability to take another cultures idea, change it a little to make it uniquely their own

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How did the Mongol conquest effect Korea?

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Had to give 20,000 horses, clothing for 1 million soldiers, and many children and artisans were made slaves