9th grade china Flashcards
1
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bushido
A
Japanese warrior codes and traditions
2
Q
hangul
A
Korean alphabet
3
Q
jurchen
A
- founders of the qin
- annexed majority of yellow river basin
- forced song to flee to south
4
Q
samuri
A
-Japanese warriors loyal to lords, not emperor
5
Q
sui dynasty
A
- succeded han
- united n. china and reconquered southern china
6
Q
xiongnu
A
multilingual nomadic group that built an empire in central asia
7
Q
foot binding
A
- made womens’ feet smaller
- easier to confine women to house
8
Q
neo-Confucianism
A
- Confucianism
- no karma/darma
- no reincarnation
- appealed to Buddhists/daoists
- zen meditation
9
Q
tanka
A
-Japanese poem w/ 31 syllablesin 5 lines with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the rest
10
Q
Shintoism
A
- Japanese culture
- polytheistic with nature
- food offerings and prayer to nature spirits
- (like animism)
