Ch. 11 VOCAB - Review

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In China, a class controlling land and producing civil service candidates...

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scholar-gentry

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A gift of money or property at marriage, typically from bride's parents to husband.

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dowry

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Archipelago

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chain of islands

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Revised Confucianism responding to Buddhism...

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neo-confuciansim

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Buddhist sect popular with Japanese aristocrats, part of samurai code.

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Zen

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Buddhism that views Buddha as divine and emphasizes devotion for achieving nirvana.

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Mahayana

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"teaching of the elders"; followers view Buddhism as a way of life

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Theravada

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Japanese state religion; divine emperor, sacred nation.

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Shinto

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Japanese warriors akin to medieval knights.

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samurai

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The way of the warrior; the strict code by which Japanese samurai lived.

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bushido