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WHAP Ch.2 East Asia
Term | Definition |
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Song Dynasty | (960-1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than military |
Six Ministries | Division of the Chinese bureaucracy into six categories: personnel, finance, rites, army, justice, and public works |
Censorate | Part of the Chinese bureaucracy that made sure government officials were doing their jobs |
Champa rice | Quick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season; originally introduced into Champa from India, it was later sent to China as a tribute gift |
Hangzhou | China's capital during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people |
Grand Canal | A canal linking northern and southern China |
foot binding | Practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller; produced pain and restricted women's movement; made it easier to confine women to the household |
tribute system | System where smaller countries pay a tax or even give goods to China in exchange for trade routes |
Korea | country near china |
Hangul | Korean alphabet represented through symbols |
Vietnam | long skinny country near china |
chu nom | A variation of Chinese writing developed in Vietnam |
Japan | asian island near china |
samurai | member of warrior class in japan |
bushido | japanese code of honor among the samurai |
Shinto | traditional religion of Japan who believe in spirits and gods (kami) |