China and Japan

Question 1

Huang He

Answer 1

Yellow River

In north

Question 2

Yangtze

Answer 2

River in east to Yellow Sea

Question 3

Mandate of Heaven

Answer 3

Way for people to think that it was ok for emperors and empires to die and fall. Heavenly and divine figures would strike them down if they weren’t doing the right thing; mandated by divine beings.

Question 4

Reasons that the rivers were essential in China

Answer 4

Fertile land

Question 5

Empires in order?

Answer 5

Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han

Question 6

Zhou dynasty’s improvements?

Answer 6

Better roads and canals for trade and agric
Coined money for trade
Cast iron and blast furnaces
Tools and weapons

Question 7

How did the Zhou dynasty fall?

Answer 7

Nomadic invasions, instability within empire

Question 8

Qin dynasty

Answer 8

Legalism, no human rights, led to peasant rebellions and falls

Question 9

Loess

Answer 9

Fertile soil from Huang He, from desert, w + n by wind

Question 10

Dynastic cycle

Answer 10

The cycle I which a dynasty forms, and is eventually fallen/ overthrown, and thus the cycle continues

Question 11

The Great Wall

Answer 11

Built by Shi , erected by unwilling peasants to protect China and unify everyone.

Question 12

Sui dynasty

Answer 12

Short; 2 emperors

Forced labor, lots of death, revolts and assassination of emperors

Question 13

Grand Canal

Answer 13

Completed during the Sui dynasty, is connected to Huang he and Yangtze, is a trade route from north to south

Question 14

Tang

Answer 14

After Sui dynasty, 300 yrs
Empire is expanded
Strong cent gov’t
Better infrastructure
Better trade,
Civil service examination developed
Better gov’t; less inheritance and more intelligent based
Lots of taxes though bc gov’t didn’t have $, hardship for people,
Control issues and attacks+rebellions= gov’t falling, assassinated emperors

Question 15

Tang Taizong

Answer 15

Brilliant leader, helped out the Tang Dynasty, expansions and a lot of infrastructure improvements

Question 16

Ch’ang-an

Answer 16

Constructed by Sui Wendi

Capital to many empires

Question 17

Sui Wendi

Answer 17

First emperor of the Sui dynasty

Question 18

Civil service examination

Answer 18

A series of tests one would have to pass to become a leader in theta get government. Led to better, more intelligent leaders.

Question 19

Gentry

Answer 19

Those with leader positions; were strengthened bc of civil service examination

Question 20

Song Dynasty

Answer 20

After tang., there are separate kingdoms because of many warlords, and so Taizu brings them back together. Reunites China and lots of innovation and has golden age. Agriculture and farming improve.

Question 21

Golden age

Answer 21

Poetry and art are sophisticated and developed. Beautiful stuff happens. Culture spreads, more trade and stuff. More people. Social classes develop. Women’s rights are not great. Technology and such develops.

Question 22

Foot binding

Answer 22

Crippled women’s feet by binding them, prevents further growth; shows wealth bc they didn’t need to use their feet.

Question 23

The movable type

Answer 23

Artisans and printers found a way to mass produce books called the movable type. Carved into wooden blocks and printed the carvings with ink.

Question 24

Kublai Khan

Answer 24

Mongol, lots of armies, conquers China, keeps some Chinese culture. Sends fleets to Japan and fails both times.

Question 25

Genghis khan

Answer 25

General. VERY harsh. New military tactics, VERY effective and powerful. TOTAL annihilation

Question 26

Mongols

Answer 26

Conquered China, trust issues but culture thrived, rebellions eventual overthrew the empire. Very harsh people.

Question 27

Silk Road

Answer 27

International trading route, many spices silk and other goods traded, cultural influences

Question 28

Beijing

Answer 28

Grand canal, highway to get goods from south in Beijing. New capital of China

Question 29

Marco Polo

Answer 29

Venetian trader on silk roads, visits China and serves Kublai khan 17 years
Is put in prison, but spread Chinese culture and fellow inmate kept record of the stories of the aspects of Chinese culture
Becomes best seller

Question 30

Clans

Answer 30

Many Mongolians were split up into clans.

Question 31

Nomad

Answer 31

Group of people who travel. Mongols were like this, then conquered China.

Question 32

Yuan

Answer 32

Dynasty of Mongols, come into power, very harsh and stuff but thriving culture, overthrown by Chinese rebellion, famine, flood disease (etc.)

Question 33

Hongwu

Answer 33

Led rebellion and conquered China over the Mongols.
Created stability and agricultural development, restored all of China’s former culture and destroyed that of the Mongols.
Becomes ruthless after awhile, kills thousands of officials.
Power struggle after he dies.

Question 34

Ming dynasty

Answer 34

Takes back China from Mongols, restores culture. Uprising ends it.

Question 35

Feudalism

Answer 35

Warlords take over their own territory and rule mini kingdoms. How Japan was ruled.

Question 36

Samurai

Answer 36

Early samurai protected local aristocratic landowners. In the late 1100s, however, the warrior class secured national power and dominated Japanese government until 1868.
	Samurai warriors followed an unwritten code that emphasized honor, bravery, and loyalty. This code came to be known as Bushido. Their reputation as fearsome warriors has become legendary.

Question 37

Bushido

Answer 37

unwritten code that emphasized honor, bravery, and loyalty followed by samurai

Question 38

Shogun

Answer 38

During the late 1100s, Japan’s two most powerful clans fought for power. After almost 30 years of war, the Minamoto family emerged victorious. In 1192, the emperor gave a Minamoto leader named Yoritomo the title of shogun, or “supreme general of the emperor’s army.” In effect, the shogun had the powers of a military dictator.

Question 39

Kamakura shogunate

Answer 39

The military base, able to beat Mongols. Drained treasury so samurai stay closer to local lords.

Question 40

Wu zhou

Answer 40

First leader of Zhou dynasty

Question 41

Himalayas

Answer 41

Mountain range