China Over 5,000 Years

Question 1

9 Major Dynasties

Answer 1

1. Zhou
2. Qin
3. Han
4. Sui
5. Tang
6. Song
7. Yuan
8. Ming
9. Qing

Question 2

Zhou Dynasty

Answer 2

1046 - 256 BCE

Question 3

Qin Dynasty

Answer 3

221 - 206 BCE

Question 4

Han Dynasty

Answer 4

202 -220 CE

Question 5

Sui Dynasty

Answer 5

581 - 618

Question 6

Tang Dynasty

Answer 6

618 - 907

Question 7

Song Dynasty

Answer 7

960 - 1279

Question 8

Yuan Dynasty

Answer 8

1271 - 1368

Question 9

Ming Dynasty

Answer 9

1368 - 1644

Question 10

Qing Dynasty

Answer 10

1644 - 1912

Question 11

Dynastic Cycle

Answer 11

1. A ruler unifies China and finds a dynasty
2. The country prospers
3. The population increases
4. Problems arise due to limited resources, corruption, and inequality between the rich and poor
5. Natural disasters, foreign invaders and political infighting trigger multiple crises
6. When these crises disrupt farming, the ensuing famine causes rebellion among the people
7. The central government collapses in war
8. The population decreases
9. A rebel leader emerges to begin a new dynasty and the dynastic cycle starts again

Question 12

Why is Eastern China the most populated?

Answer 12

• Good farming land
• Rain (Monsoons) + the Water Belt
• The Loess Plateau (the largest accumulation of dust of Earth) is very fertile
• North China Plain

Question 13

What are the cons of Eastern China’s geography

Answer 13

• Droughts after Monsoons
• Slit and mud

Question 14

Who are the Han Chinese?

Answer 14

• The Han Chinese make up 92% of people in China - 20% of the world’s population
• A melting pot of nomadic cultures and ethnicities

Question 15

What is the Mandate of Heaven

Answer 15

The idea that their is one rightful ruler of China, one who is blessed by the gods

Question 16

What is a revolution?

Answer 16

An attempt by the people to over throw their government in order to create something better

Question 17

Economic changes in the 17th to 18th century

Answer 17

Industrialization, capitalism, and technology materially improved the lives of many creating a middle class

Question 18

Social changes in the 17th to 18th century

Answer 18

A turn away from religion as the center of life (secularism) paved the new ways for people to unify - mainly through nationalism - ending wars of religion

Question 19

Political changes in the 17th to 18th century

Answer 19

Liberalism and democracy promised citizens inalienable rights, popular sovereignty, and a government beholden to its people

Question 20

What did Confucious believe in?

Answer 20

Harmony, social order, and respect for authority

Question 21

What are the 5 fundamental relationships?

Answer 21

1. Ruler to subject
2. Father to son
3. Husband to wife
4. Older brother to younger brother
5. Friend to friend