Asia Unit Flashcards
This philosophy developed in Japan around 1000 BCE
Shintoism
Laozi founded this philosophy
Taoism
This philosophy emphasizes power and harsh laws.
Legalism
This philosophy believes in “kami” or spirits in nature.
Shintoism
This philosophy encourages strong, positive behavior by leaders.
Confucianism
The name of this philosophy means “The Way.”
Taoism (Daoism)
This philosophy emphasizes the importance of family, respect for elders, and reverence for ancestors.
Confucianism
This philosophy began in India and spread to China.
Buddhism
This philosophy states that human existence is filled with suffering, and the only solution is to give up worldly goods in order to reach nirvana through reincarnation.
Buddhism
This philosophy emphasizes living in harmony with the forces of nature.
Taoism (Daoism)
This philosophy says that people are selfish and unworthy.
Legalism
China gets its name from this dynasty.
Qin
This dynasty began building the Great Wall.
Qin
This dynasty created a solar calendar.
Shang
This dynasty invented the calligraphy system of writing.
Shang
Founded Taoism
Laozi
Chinese philosopher whose works emphasized relationships and order between people
Confucius
Code of honor samurai needed to follow
Bushido
Top of the social order in feudal Japan
Emperor
Who had the most power in feudal Japan?
Shogun
Last dynasty to rule China
Qing
China’s enemy to the north
Mongols
He tried to get rid of his political enemies by forming the Red Guards
Mao
First leader of the Kuomintang
Sun
Emperor of Japan during WWII
Hirohito
Japanese suicide pilots who loaded their planes with explosives and crashed them into American ships
Kamikaze
He put down pro democracy demonstrations in the 1980s.
Dent
He led his followers on a 6,000 mile march to escape his enemies.
Mao
He eventually took over China and opened it up to the West.
Deng
He led China from 1949 to his death in 1976.
Mao
The Qing resisted modernizing this country in the 1800s
China
He led the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and tried to create a democracy
Sun
The Meiji tried to modernize this country starting in the 1860s
Japan
Because they wanted resources and status, they became imperialistic
Both China and Japan
The Tokugawa Shogun shut off this country from the outside world starting in the 1600s
Japan
They were forced to open up ports and trade with the British in the 1840s
China
They were pressed by foreigners to open up to trade
Both China and Japan
They had certain groups that resisted Christianity
Both China and Japan
They were forced to protect foreign sailors and trade with the US in the 1850s.
Japan
During the Shang Dynasty, writing became an art called
Calligraphy
The first historic dynasty in China was
Shang
Britain wanted China to open its ports which led to this event
Opium War
The Shogun were overthrown and Japan’s emperor modernized Japan
Meiji Restoration
Mao and his followers try to get rid of Western and traditional ideas.
Cultural Revolution
Under Deng, the Chinese government sent troops to stop the pro democracy demonstrations
Tiananmen Square Massacre
He founded a Shogunate in the 1600s and closed Japan
Tokugawa
This government, founded in 1644, was overthrown by Sun in 1012
Qing Dynasty
An attack on Christians and foreigners during the Qing Dynasty
Taiping Rebellion
Mao’s failed attempt to modernize China
Great Leap Forward
Nationalist army chased the Communist army for 6,000 miles
The Long March
An uprising in 1850 in China which weakened the Qing Dynasty
The Boxer Rebellion
Centralized system that runs the day to day business of government
Civil service system
Variations of a language
Dialects
