China--final Flashcards

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Sui wenti

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Unified china. Mirrored Qin emperor.

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Sui Yangti

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Finished grand canal

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3
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Genghis Khan

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Rules mongols. Largest land empire.

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4
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Khublai khan

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First emperor of Yuan. Grandson of Genghis.

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5
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Marco Polo

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17 years in China. European.

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6
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Wu chao (empress wu)

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Unethical, but did good things. Crazy lady.

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7
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Zhenghe

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Maritime explorer

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8
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Li po

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Poetry about pleasures

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9
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Du fu

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Poetry about confucian values

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10
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Emperor Hong Wu

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First of Ming. No foreign exploration.

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11
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Emperor Yung Lo

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Promoted foreign explo. 3rd of Ming

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12
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Henry Puyi

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Last emperor of China

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13
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Civil Service Examination

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Test on Confucian classics for merit.

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14
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Movable type print

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Song. Improved literacy rates

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15
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Woodblock printing

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Tang. Printing on textiles and then paper.

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16
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Khan

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Ruler of a khanate

17
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Scholar-gentry

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Gentry class who passed CsE and got a position

18
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Accomplishments of Sui and the impact

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Unify china and build grand canal

Brought order back to china and set foundation.
Connected the Yellow river to the capital, Chang’an for easier trade and travel

19
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Identify and explain importance of inventions of Sui Tang Song and Ming

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Sui: grand canal, unify china
Tang: woodblock printing, gunpowder, cannon
Song: paper money, movable type, early rice, compass
Ming: porcelain, big ships, explo, extend great wall

20
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Inventions of early ripening rice, movable type print, porcelain, mariners compass impact on china

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Print in bulk, increased agricultural yields, increase sea trade/ useful for navigation, valuable trade commodity

21
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Characteristics of poetry under Tang

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Brief
Single moment
Images of nature

22
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How role of the gentry changed in China

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Controlled much of the land
Scholar officials
Replaced aristocracy as the elite class

23
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Define and explain how the transformation of the CSE impacted China

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Schools set up, so more than just rich get educated. Literate bureaucracy. Efficient government

24
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Explain leadership of Kublai Khan and Genghis

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KK Less brutal, more

GK conquest, successful rule

25
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Impact of the Ming expeditions

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Returned with information, goods, money, and animals like giraffes

26
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Impact of the dynastic cycle on china development

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Same as with earlier in Chinese history

Justification for takeover, etc

27
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How china compared to the western world during Ming

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Exploding out, innovative, printing press, porcelain

28
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Label dynastic cycle

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Rise, prosperity, decline, fall