| A | B |
|---|
| shamanism | a belief that good & evil spirits inhabit both living & nonliving things |
| Three Kingdoms period | time when Korea ruled itself under teh Silla, Paekche, & Koguryo kingdoms |
| Tripitaka Koreanna | largest collection of Buddhist scriptures |
| Yi dynasty | called their kingdom Choson that adopted neo-Confucianism |
| Seljong | he ordered bronze instruments to measure rain & created hangul |
| hangul | an alphabet that represents Korean sounds |
| Yi-Sun-shin | Korean Admiral whose ironclad warships defeated the Japanese fleet |
| kami | spirit that Japanese clan's worshiped |
| Yamato Clan | hled a loose rule over most of Japan & their chief became emperor |
| Prince Shotoku | instituted programs the ecourage learning from Chinese civilization |
| "Great Change" | Taika reforms that made Japan's government more like China's |
| Nara | first capital of Japan which was a smaller version of China's capital |
| Heian Kyo | "the City of Peace & Tranquility" Japan's new capital |
| Lady Shikibu Murasaki | wrote The Tale of Genji |
| Yoritomo Minamoto | head of Minamoto family who was given the title shogun |
| shogun | general |
| shogunate | military government |
| samurai | powerful landowner-warriors |
| daimyo | most powerful samurai who were lords |
| Bushido | honor code followed by samurai |
