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China Flashcards

1
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A part/section of a country

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Region

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2
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The average weather conditions in a certain place

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Climate

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3
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A place in a desert where you can find water

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Oasis

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4
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A group of people

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Clan

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5
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A body of water that flows into a large body of water

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Tributary

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A strong metal made of a copper alloy

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Bronze

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A bone used to predict the future by heating and cracking it (ansestory worship)

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Oracle bones

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8
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Honoring ancestors in different ways

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Ansestory worship

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9
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A power of law that is believed to be granted by a god

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Mandate of Heaven

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10
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To make different things the same

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Standerdize

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11
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The spread of cultural traits

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Cultural diffusion

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12
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A group of of traveling people

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Caravan

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13
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A buisness that manufactures a prouduct

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Industry

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14
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A large complex organization

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Brueaucracy

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14
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The first emperor of China. Build the Great Wall to protect from north invaders. He standardized objects, and created cruel punishments. He was a harsh leader, censoring Confusion’s way of life.

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Qin Shihuangdi

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16
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Established trade relations with Central Asia. He helped the Chinese learn about different cultures. He is the father of the Silk Road.

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Zhang Qian

17
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Something that made communication and keeping records much easier

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Han dynasty invents paper

18
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It resulted in Buddhism spreading to China from India

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What did cultural diffusion result in?

19
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Inner China had better farmland that Outer China Rivers flow through Inner China

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Inner China vs Outer China

20
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Elevation is over 13,500 feet Snow falls all year Vegetation is made up of sparse scrubs/grasses

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Tibet-Qinghai Plateau

21
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One of the most dangerous deserts in the world Not much vegetation Has sand dunes

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Taklimakan Desert

22
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One of the largest deserts in the world Very few sand dunes Made up of pebbles and sand Vegetation is sparse

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Gobi Desert

23
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Full of hills and plains Short, warm summers Too cold/dry for growing crops

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Northeastern Plain

24
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Flat region of grasslands The Huang He (Yellow River) is in it Has a lot of yellow silt on the ground

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North China Plain

25
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Low, Wet costal plain The Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) is in it Climate is warm and wet Good for growing rice

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Chang Jiang Basins

26
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STUDY THIS MAP

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27
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Silk Road

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The Silk Road was made up of many trade routes that connected the East (Mediteranean area) and the

West (China and India)

Some popular trades were:

Silk (China) for glassware (Rome)

Silk (China for gold (Rome)

28
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Great Wall

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300,000 men were used to build it

If you died while working, you were buried in the wall

The men who worked on the wall faced very difficult conditions

29
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Han Dynasty

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Made iron swords and fish-scale armor. Used crossbows and kites (to send messages and scare people) for military

Government functioned as a bearucracy. Men had to pass a long/difficult test to be a civil servant

The Han invented the wheelbarrow and the chain pump. They could also pour iron into molds

The two most important industries were silk and salt. The new bamboo drills and machines used to make silk helped

Before the Han invented paper, they wrote on silk and bamboo

Accupunture is putting thin needles into a person. Moxibustion is a cone of powdered leaves/sticks is burned near or on someone. Balanced yin/yang

Compass invention if for good fortune while correctly positioning important monmunents. Seismograph detects direction of earthquake.

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Shang Dynasty

What did the Shang king do for nobles in exchange for their military help?

WHat group was the largest social class in the Shang Dynasty

What is true about Shang writing?

Where was the Shang Dyansty?

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Shang Dynasty

The king was not very likely to interfere with their control over the land that the noble(s) owned

Farmers

Characters stood for words instead of sounds

The Huang He valley

31
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Shang social classes

THE SHANG MADE BRONZE TOOLS

THE SHANG LIKED USING JADE AND BRONZE FOR ART

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Nobles

Artisans and Traders

Farmers

Slaves

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