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AP World History
Chapter 13 - more info
Question | Answer |
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When did Chinese influence in Japan peak? | 7th and 8th centuries |
760's CE Japanes emperor established new capital in | Heian (later called Kyoto). |
Courtlife in the Heian era was | ultracivilized. |
Seppuku | ritual suicide to prove warriors courage and restore their family's honor. |
Seppuku meant disembowelment. What was it known as in the West? | Hari-kiri or belly splitting |
12th century onward, Japan was dominated by | civil wars. |
Where did the Gempei Wars take place? | Main island of Honshu. |
When did the feudal age of Japan begin? | When Minamoto and samurai won. |
There was a declining influence of China as power of the | imperial house weakened and the aristocracy grew. |
What was a critical component of the daimyo army? | Armed peasants |
What new crop did Japanese produce and what products did they make, which led to economic and cultural growth? | Soybeans- new crop. Produced silk, hemp, paper, dyes |
Women in commercial classes had more | freedom through commerce. |
Where did the inheritance of warring elite go? | To the eldest son. (not the women) |
Men trained to impersonate women at | theatrical performances. |
Zen Buddhism played critical role in | securing place of the arts. |
Golden and Silver Pavilions | blended into natural settings, used for meditation. |
Famous garden made of volcanic rock | Ryoanji Temple |
Who was most profoundly influenced for the longest period of time by the Chinese? | Korea |
Parts of Korea | Koguyo (north); Silla and Paekche (south) |
Silla monarch | 668 - late 9th century |
Koryo dynasty | 918 - 1392 CE |
Tang made a deal with Silla, instead of trying to conquer them | Silla paid China tributary. |
Confucian examinations introduced during | Silla monarch. |
Buddhism was favored by who? | Korean elite |
Buddhist schools for elite were in | Chinese. |
Korea manfactured | oxide glazes and celadon porcelain. |
Aristocratic families were divided into several ranks and | did not intermarry or socialize with each other. |
Who filled most of the posts in Korean bureaucracy? | Aristocratic families |
Korea exported | raw materials. |
Korea traded mostly with China and Japan to provide Aristocrats with | fancy clothing, teas, artwork |
In Korean society, Aristocrats were | the only people who counted for anything |
What relieved some of the drudgery for common people? | Buddhist festivals |
What weakened the Silla and Koryo regimes? | Revolts by common people |
Yi Dynasty, established 1392, restored aristocratic dominance and ruled to | 1910. |
In 1st millenium, what did Chinese the Red River Valley was? | Another rice-growing civilization that they could annex into their country. |
What were the Viets first know as after the Qin raids in 220 BC? | Southern barbarians |
Chinese called Vietnamese "Nam Viet" meaning? | People of the South |
What did China trade with Vietnam? | China traded silk and got ivory, tortoise shells, pearls, and peacock feather |
Who did the Viets intermarry? | Mon-Khmer & Tai speaking people of Red River area |
What type of family did the Vietnamese favor? | The nuclear family |
Vietnamese women had more influence than | Chinese women. |
When did the Han conquer Vietnam? | 111 BC |
Who didn't Chinese culture make much of an impression on? | The peasantry |
Who led the most famous revolt against the Chinese in 39 BC? | The Trung sisters whose father was a local leader and was killed. |
Did Vietnamese women like Confucian norms and male dominance? | No |
When did Vietnam win their independence from China? | 939 CE |
Why was it hard for the Chinese to control them? | Distance and mountains |
Vietnamese took advantage of | the turmoil in China. |
Who were the main advasaries of the Vietnamese? | Chams and Khmers |
Who did local Vietnamese officials indentify with? | The peasantry rather than the court and higher administration. |