| A | B |
|---|
| usurp | illegally take over |
| dowry | payment to the bridegroom or his family from the bride's family in an arranged marriage |
| tributary state | independent states that give money or tribute to another state |
| land reform | redistribution of land |
| gentry | wealthy landowning class in China |
| pagoda | a type of architecture that developed in China in which the eaves of the roof curve up on the corners |
| Sui Dynasty | Dynasty during which China was reunified after a long period of chaos following the fall of the Han Dynasty |
| Wendi | First Emperor of the Sui Dynasty |
| Yangdi | emperor who undid his father’s accomplishments by raising taxes and increasing forced conscriptions into the Chinese army |
| Grand Canal | a man-made waterway connecting the Huang He to the Yangtze River |
| Wu | a great Chinese leader during the Tang Dynasty who helped make stricter standards for the civil service system |
| Tang | the Chinese dynasty from 600s to 900s that was geographically nearly as large as the Han dynasty |
| Song | the Chinese dynasty from 900s to 1200s that marked a 2nd Golden Age |
| Tang Taizhong | the most admired Emperor of China |
