| A | B |
|---|
| Wendi | Began the Sui Dynasty, established granaries |
| Yangdi | Son of Wendi, sought to restore examination system, overly fond of luxury |
| Li Yuan | overthrew Yangdi, founded Tang Dynasty,extended the empire greatly, repaired Great Wall |
| Changan | Capital of the Tang Dynasty |
| Ministry of Rites | Administered exams after the system was expanded by the Tang |
| Jinshi | Title given to those who passed the most difficult exam, led to a greater life |
| Taizong | Tang Emperor who supported Buddhism by endowing monasteries and collecting relics |
| Empress Wu | Leader of the Lang who was the most avid in the support of Buddhism, tried to make a state religion |
| Rivals of Buddhism | Daoism and Confucianism |
| Wuzong | Tang Emperor who persecuted Buddhism, eventually led to the decline of Buddhism dominance |
| Xuanzong | thwarted Empress Wei's plot for the throne, marked the high point of the Tang Dynasty |
| Yang Gufei | Eventually the royal concubine of Xuanzong, and distracted him from his empire while getting jobs for her relatives, eventually killed after a revolt |
| Taizu | Began the Song Dyasty |
| Khitans | People the Song couldn't defeat |
| Zhu Xi and the Neo-Confucians | revivers of ancient Confucian thinking, applied Confucianism to everyday life |
| Tangut | people the Song had to pay tribute to, shows how weak they were militarily |
| Jurchens | Overthrew the Khitans, and annexed much of the Yellow River Basin, forced the Song to flee south |
| Southern Song | The Song Dynasty continued on in the south after they were forced out, poor politics, outstanding culture |
| Grand Canal | built by Yangdi, linked the North China Plain with the Yangtze River Basin, allowed for the trandportation of goods and the prevention of famine |
| Junks | Large Chinese trade ships |
| Flying Money | credit vouchers designed to prevent travelers from being mugged |
| Footbinding | Process of tightly wrapping the feet of women to make them smaller and more dainty, led the to deformation of many feet, intended to inhibit the activities of housewives |
