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China quiz on the dynasties Flashcards

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What are oracle bones?

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They are ox shoulder bones and turtle shells, that are used to write oracles on (questions to oracles about life, and what is going to happen)

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Who created Daoism?

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Laozi

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What is daoism?

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It is a Chinese religion that uses nature to show how life works

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Which dynasty were oracle bones created in?

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Shang

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What are oracle bones used for?

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they are used to write questions to oracles about what will happen

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Who used the mandate of heaven? And who created it?

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The Zhou dynasty, and every single dynasty after the Zhou

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What is filial piety?

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The duty of the child to the parents, it is part of Confucianism and it believed that you should respect your elders.

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The mandate of heaven is a double sided sword meaning?

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It let the dynasties say that they have the right to rule, but also lets the people have the right to rebel

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The civil service exam was created in which dynasty?

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The song

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After the Song dynasty which was the only dynasty that did not use the civil service exam?

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They Yuan dynasty

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Forbidden city is created under which dynasty?

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The Ming dynasty

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12
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How is the forbidden city divided?

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With an inner court and outer court

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Who was qin shi huang di?

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He was the emperor of the Qin dynasty?

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What did qin shi huang di do?

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He built roads, canals, started the great wall, Terracotta warriors, simplified Chinese writing, legalism, standardized measurements, weights, axels, money

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What is legalism?

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a strict law and punishment

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Who created the art of war

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Sun Tzu

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What is the art of war?

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strategies, tactics, and techniques for battle

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Isolationism fell under which dynasty?

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The ming

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what is isolationism?

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a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

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Why is isolationism the biggest mistake China ever made?

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Because they fell behind in technology while not seeing the rest of the worlds technology, that would cause them to loose wars because of the lack of modern weapons, and that was how the Ming dynasty fell

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21
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Who was Zhang Qian?

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He was an explorer and explored the rest of the world

22
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Why was Zhang Qian important?

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Because he founded the silk road

23
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What dynasty did Zhang Qian live under?

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The Han dynasty

24
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What emperor and dynasty did Marco Polo work under?

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The Yuan, and Kubilai Khan

25
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What is Pax Mongolica?

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A phrase meaning peace in the mongols

26
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Who came up with Pax Mongolica and conquered all of Asia and parts of Europe?

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Genghis Khan

27
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Zheng He was in which dynasty under what emperor?

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Ming and Yongle emperor

28
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Who was Zheng He?

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He was a Chinese sailor, who took many voyages to other lands

29
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How many voyages did Zheng He take?

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7

30
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What dynasty were the Manchus in?

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Qing

31
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What is the Queue order?

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The mandatory hairstyle of the Qing dynasty (Manchus)

32
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Where is the homeland of the Manchus?

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Manchuria, east China

33
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Why did the British sell Opium?

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Because they needed money

34
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Who was Lin Zi Xu

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governor of the Hunan province

(where Canton is) who tried to stop Opium trade

35
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what is the civil service exam?

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an exam to be taken to be a leader in society and be a scholar official

36
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what is the mandate of heaven?

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a system used to justify the rule of a dynasty, saying that heaven is what got the dynasty to be leading

37
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what is confucianism?

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It is a religion created by Confucius that is a hierarchy saying that the elders should be respected (talks about filial piety: the duty of the child to the parents)

38
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Who was Marco Polo?

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He was an explorer from Italy who traveled the Silk raod, and worked in the emperor’s palace (under Kubaili Khan)

39
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Who was Wu Zeitan?

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1st women to call herself emperor

40
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What did Wu Zeitan do?

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She brought all regions to China, and Buddhism, and other religions with lots of diversity

41
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Who was Genghis Khan?

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The leader of the mongols, who united them together and conquered almost all of the known world

42
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Who was Kublai Khan?

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the grandson of Genghis Khan who brought in Marco Polo and ruled the mongols, and he hired foreigners to work for him

43
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Who were the mongols?

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They were foreigners

44
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What was the first foreign dynasty? and where were they from?

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The yuan- mongolia

45
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What was the second foreign dynasty? and where were they from?

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Qing- Manchuria

46
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Who was the Yongle emperor?

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Zhu Di, the first emperor of the Ming dynasty

47
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What was the slogan of Genghis Khan?

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pilage then Burn, instead of Burn then pilage

48
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What was the northern capital of the Ming dynasty?

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Nanjing

49
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What was the southern capital of the Ming dynasty?

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Beijing

50
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When did the dynastic cycle end and the nationalists take over?

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1912

51
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what is the philosophy of Daoism?

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The way is the way except for when it is not the way

World Explorations 6th grade (9 decks)

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