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Ancient China Flashcards

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YELLOW RIVER/Huang He river

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HELPED THEM DEVELOP AND GAVE THEM A GOOD PLACE TO FARM AND GROW CROPS

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PHILOSOHPHIY

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The study of basic questions about Human life used to guide the rulers of china

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CONFUSISUM

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it talks about the importance of relationships in the community

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legalisim

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believes that peace comes from having a strict and powerful government that hands out harsh punishments

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warring states period

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Time of civil war after the fall of the zhou dynasty, 7 dynasties fighting for control of china time of chaos in instability

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Feudal system

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Creates control by dividing land into smaller parts making it easier to rule
The rich controlled the poor

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The Great wall

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A barrier made by man of walls across China’s northern border
Protected the silk road and civilization.
$360b to build
2300yrs to build
Approximately 21,000 kilometers long

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silk road

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A trade network that stretched across Asia from China to Europe
Makes China powerful and rich
Interacted during trade= cultrual diffusion

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Mandate of heaven

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Guiding force for rulers believed that the king could rule as long as gods believed worthy.

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dynasty

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A line of rulers from the same family.

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Dynastic cycle

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The pattern of the rise and fall of dynasty’s

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filial piety

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Respect children owe their parents and ancestors

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Wu Wei

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A belief in Daoism about living in harmony and letting things take its natural course.

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Yin Yang

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Principal that opposites live together and depend on each other to live in harmony.

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Confucius

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He was the Founder of Confucianism based on respect and relationships ruler and subject, husband and wife, farther and son, older sibling younger sibling, Friend and friend.

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Laozi

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Founder of Daoism/Taoism it is based on living in harmony with nature and that life is full of opposites.

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Han Fei

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Founder of Legalism it is a belief that people are naturally selfish and peace comes with having a strict powerful government with harsh punishments.

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peasants

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someone that doesn’t have a lot of money and is not important.

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Terra Cotta warriors

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An army of warriors made from baked clay to protect Shi Huangdi after he died. Put next to his grave.

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Empress Lu

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She was the wife of the emperor and when he died she ruled in her sons name she ended up outliving her son and held on power crowning a couple infants and ruling in their place. cause a woman couldn’t rule.

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Emperor Wudi

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Unified China. To pay for military he took nobles property/raised taxes/took over businesses. Order the great wall to be built.

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Di Xin

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Lost mandate of heaven because he spent to much $ (wild parties) wine/women/wildness cruel. Committed suicide before being overthrown. Previous to suicide he defeated his enemies.

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Yang of Sui

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Born to a noble family and forced brother to commit suicide. He made a fairer system of picking gov officials and made them take tests to become an official and was assassinated 14yrs after he gained the throne and loved to read.

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Yi

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the right decisions for the greater good

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Li

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desribes the right actions you should take for the society

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hsiao

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that kids have to show respects to there parents

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dao

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“the way” all the things in the universe r connected

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Wu Zeitan (Empress)

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ONLY FEMALE EMPEROR,MADE A NEW DYNASTY AND WAS BRORN IN TO A RICH AND EDUCATED FAMILY.

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caravan

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a covered veicle with many cars pulled by camels or cattle

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kangxi

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EMPORER AT SEVEN DUE TO HIS FATHERS DEATH. LONGEST RAIN OF ANY EMPORER

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curtaral diffusion

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the spreading out and merging of pieces from different cultures

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silk

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mainly traded from china throhout the silk road

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Confucianism

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Founded by Confucius and is about relationships between different people.

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Daoism

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Founded by Laozi and is about living in harmony with nature.

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Legalism

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Founded by Han Fei and is the believes that people are naturally selfish and need strict rules with harsh punishments.

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Yangtze/Chang Jiang river

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Third longest river in the world and is 4000miles long and carries fertile yellow silt like the other yellow river.

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Shi Huangdi

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Unified China after the warring period
First emperor of China
Created a strict government using legalism
divided land into 36 sections to make it easier to rule

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