State-building The processes of creating and expanding states or empires typically to refer to
their government, economic, and cultural practices.
East Asia A region of Asia that includes China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and
Japan
South Asia A region that includes modern day India & P...
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State-building ✔✔The processes of creating and expanding states or empires typically to refer to
their government, economic, and cultural practices.
East Asia ✔✔A region of Asia that includes China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and
Japan
South Asia ✔✔A region that includes modern day India & Pakistan
Southeast Asia ✔✔A region that includes Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.
Afro-Eurasia ✔✔The vast region made up of Africa, Europe, and Asia
Middle East ✔✔Region of SW Asia that typically refers to the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Iraq, Syria,
etc.
Song Dynasty ✔✔(960-1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil
administration, industry, education, and arts other than military.
Song Taizu ✔✔First Song dynasty emperor who reigned from 960-976 CE. He focused his rule
on civil administration, industry, education, and the arts rather than on military affairs.
Footbinding ✔✔Practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them
smaller; produced pain and restricted women's movement; used at first by wealthy elite, but spread
to other classes.
, Daoism ✔✔Philosophical system developed by of Lao-Tzu advocating a simple honest life and
noninterference with the course of natural events, balance and harmony
Confucianism ✔✔The system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his
disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in
thought and conduct.
Filial Piety (Confucianism) ✔✔a virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors
Imperial Bureaucracy ✔✔Division of an empire into organized provinces to make it easier to
control
Neo-Confucianism ✔✔A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty China; it revived Confucian
thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements.
Hinduism ✔✔A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in
reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms, polytheistic
Buddhism ✔✔the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that
suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and
wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth. This is known as the
Four Noble Truths & the Eightfold Path.
Theravada Buddhism ✔✔the oldest of the two major branches of Buddhism. Traditional Buddhism
that follows closely the original teachings of the Buddha
Mahayana Buddhism ✔✔Also known as popular Buddhism, is allows people more ways to reach
enlightenment and boddhisatvas can help you reach enlightenment.
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