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Ch. 9
The Emergence of East Asia
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History
Undergraduate 1
10/28/2009

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Koryo
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Korea’s dynastic name. An era of creativity: celadon vases, poetry, and literature. Korea’s Buddhist Age.
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Vietnam
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I can see your BUTT!   :-P
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Annam
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The names given by the Chinese to modern-day Vietnam, meaning “peaceful” or “pacified South.”
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Shinto
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“the way of the gods” The animistic worship of the forces of nature that is the indigenous religion of Japan
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Samurai
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professional Japanese warriors
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Shōgun
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a military official who was the actual ruler of Japan in the emperor’s names from the late 1100’s until the mid-nineteenth century.
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Kamikaze
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means “divine winds.” A Japanese fighter pilot trained for a suicidal attack. They sank a portion of the invading Mongol Fleet in Japan in 1281
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Pure Land
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A variety of Japanese Buddhism that maintains that only faith is necessary for salvation.
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Zen
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A form of Buddhism, which taught that Buddha was only a man and exhorted each person to attain enlightenment by his or her own efforts.
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