Chinese Civilization Flashcards
Also known as the cradle of chinese civilization known for its devastating floods earning it the nickname of the china sorrow
Huang he river or yellow river
Crucial for trade transportation and agriculture are also known as the china’s longest river
Yangtze river
Series of the rulers from the same family clan. Rose was descended from the father to son
Dynasty
Concept in ancient china that describe the rise and fall of dynasties reflecting a pattern of political and social change throughout chinese history
Dynastic cycles
Ancient chinese philosophical and political concept that served as the divine approval or legitimacy for a ruler to govern
Mandate of heaven
This is the first dynasty that people started to develop roads and irrigation projects and ancient chinese system develop one of the world’s oldest writing system
Xia dynasty
Who founded the Xia dynasty?
Yu the great
This dynasty known for the advance in bronze casting writing system or (oracle bones) and ancestor worship and strong emphasis on advanced military powers
Shang dynasty
Who founded the shang dynasty
King tang
Known as the longest ruling dynasty in the history of china
Zhou dynasty
This dynasty known for standardizing weights measures currency and script construction of the great wall of china to protect against northern invaders
Qin dynasty
Who is the emperor under the qin dynasty
Emperor shih huang ti
This dynasty is a golden age of china it has civil service system and expanded china’s border and established trade routes like the silk road
Han dynasty
Who is the longest ruling emperor in han dynasty
Lui Ch’e
This dynasty re unfying china after centuries of division known for its massive construction projects including the grand canal
Sui dynasty
This dynasty last about 300 years fostered a cosmopolitan culture with advance in art poetry and trade
Tang dynasty
Who is the empress in tang dynasty that only woman to hold complete power and title of emperor
We Zhao/we zentian
This dynasty marked by significant economic growth technological innovations and cultural achievements the introduction of paper money expanded urbanization and refined landscape paintings
Song dynasty
This dynasty peking is the capital as now beijing played with europe began via silk road
Yuan dynasty
Who is the founder of yuan dynasty
Kublai khan
This dynasty overthrow the mongols and it famous for restoring chinese rule and completing the construction of the great wall of china and launching the naval expedition of Zheng he
Ming dynasty
This dynasty last imperial dynasty of china ruled by the manchu ethnic group face internal pressures including corruptions rebellion and the opium wars with the western powers
Qing dynasty
Ancient network of trade routes that connected china to mediterranean and it began during the han dynasty and play the critical role in shaping global commerce for over a thousand years
The silk road
Extreme worship of the ones ancestors established codes for ethical conduct virtuous governing and proper social relationship and it has the word golden rule like what you do not like when done to yourself do not do unto others
Confucianism
Who is the founder of confucianism
Confucius
It is based on the study of the literary translated the way and thought people to be humble and worship nature
Daoism
Who was the founder of the daoism
Laozi or lao tzu
This shows the balance between the _______look to restore harmony of nature which has two sides
Yin and yang
Female dark and passive
Yin
Male bring and active
Yang
Considered with the politics power was not a virtue advocates for a strong centralized state governed by the strict rule of people through harsh rules punishment
Legalism
Focuses on the four noble truths and the eightfold path emphasizing the importance of overcoming suffering through ethical living and meditation and wisdom
Buddhism
