AP World History
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kjunik on November 23, 2010
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DHS AP WORLD HISTORY, Mr. Junik's History Class
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Bakufu | the centralized government set up in Japan in the twelfth century |
| Bannermen | primary fighting force of Qing empire, Manchurians were organized into military units |
| Chinoiserie | general European term for Chinese art |
| Chonmin | Korean slave class |
| Clan | or lineage, extended kinship unit consisting of dozens or hundreds of joint and nuclear families linked together by a clan council of elders |
| Daimyo | prominent Japanese families who provided allegiance to the local shogun in exchange for protection |
| Dyarchy | Qing system where administrative positions were shared between the Chinese and Manchurians |
| Eta | Japanese outcasts |
| Fudai | "inside" daimyo, small daimyo directly subordinate to the shogunate |
| Han | separate Japanese territories |
| Hangul | phonetic alphabet based on Chinese for writing the Korean spoken language |
| Ie | Japanese nuclear family |
| Kabuki | new form of Japanese theatre that featured violence, music and dramatic gestures, popular in Tokugawa period, challenged the more traditional and restrained No drama |
| Queue | braided hair, the Manchurians forced the Chinese to shave their foreheads and braid their hair as a sign of submission |
| Ronin | "wave men," unemployed samurai who sometimes rebelled against the local authorities |
| Samurai | literally "retainer"; usually in service to a particular shogun, these warriors lived by a strict code of ethics and duty |
| Shogunate system | the system of government in Japan in which the emperor exercised only titular authority while the shogun exercised actual political power |
| "Thinning out" | Japanese euphemism for infanticide to keep the population rate down |
| Tozama | "outside" daimyo, larger and more independent lords |
| Tribute system | an important element of Chinese foreign policy, by which neighboring states paid for the privilege of access to Chinese markets, received legitimization and agreed not to harbor enemies of the Chinese Empire |
| Yangban | Korean aristocratic classes |
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