Chinese Dynasties Flashcards
Han dynasty was established by ________
Liu Bang
What dynasty is the mostly admired period?
Han
Han provided the model for governance which includes C________, Intro to ___________ and M___________
Confucianism
Imperial Service System
Meritocracy
This is the Chinese Version of the Renaissance Period in the West
Han Dynasty
This person compiled historical records during the Han Dyansty
Sima Qien
Proponent of calligraphy
Tsai Lun
The dynasty after Han Dynasty
Sui Dynasty
The Age of Disunity, a time of ‘barbaric’ invasions, occurred after the ____ Dynasty
Han
Sui Dynasty brought China back to i________ governance
imperial
The Grand Canal was built by Emperor ____ __
Yang Di
The Grand Canal connected the rivers _____ and _____
Huang Ho
Yangtze
This dynasty is the Golden Age of China
Tang
The emperor of Tang dynasty
Tai Tsung
The capital of China during the Tang Dynasty
Chang’an
The one and only female empress who lived in the Tang Dynasty
Empress Wu Hou
The first book ever published in history
‘Diamond Sutra’
Tang
Printing during the Tang dyansty developed which included the printing of the P____ G_____ and paper money and promissory notes
Peking Gazette
Du Fu and Li Po were poets of the __________
Tang
What are the trademark goods of the Sung dysnasty? (S, P, T)
Silk
Porcelain
Tea
It is a written record which literally means ‘records of the fallen (barbaric) nations’. This is written by _______
Chu-Fan
Chao Ju-Fua-Fukien
It shows the first ever written record of the Philippines
Chu-Fan
Assigned a tribute system to Vietnam and Korea instead of direct control, which also: (1) acknowledges the supremacy of China; (2) develop economically the fertile lands of the South
Sung Dynasty
Dynasties:
- S
- C
- C
Shang
Chou
Chin
Dynasties:
- H
- S
- T
- S
Han
Sui
Tang
Sung
Dynasties:
- Y
- M
- C
Yuan
Ming
Ching
Invention of gunpowder
Sung
Referred to as the ‘Southern Sung’
Jurchen-Hangzhou
A traditional practice for women that was popular during the Sung dynasty
Lotus feet
Also called as ‘Huang Ho Civilization’
Shang Dynasty
This dynasty is characterized by (1) the use of bronze as metals or weapons; (2) walled settlements; (3)ideographic writing; (4) silk-making
Shang
What are the major cities of Shang Dynasty?
Anyang
Chengchou
Luoyang
Evidences from this dynasty show belief in ancestor worship and reading of oracle bones
Shang
Dynasty when chopsticks were invented
Shang
They are the first to use ‘Mandate of Heaven’
Chou
- Excuse about Shang losing the approval of Heaven with misgovernance
Golden Age of Chinese Philosophy, which featured Confucian, Lao Tzu, Mencius, Tse, because it was a time of uncertaintly
Chou
The dynasty before Chin wherein it ended in a period of warring states
Chou
Some achievements of the Chou dynasty are crossbows, trade from surpluses and ___________ in agriculture
iron-based implementation
The first Chinese Empire
Chin/ QIn
True or False. The name China was derived from the dynasty Ching.
False. It was derived from CHIN.
The first emperor of China was Qin ___________
Shih Huang TI
Qin Shih Huang Ti was very oppressive and authoritarian but was able to u____ China
unify
The Great Wall of China was built during the Chin dynasty, which caused __________________
forced labor and spared hatred
__ provinces were under imperial governers during the Chin dynasty
36
He was an anti-intellectual and burned book expect for those relating to legalism and politics
Qin Shih Huang Ti
Legalism includes punishment that _______
punishes light crimes severely to discourage heavier crimes
The adviser of Shih Huang Ti is ___ ____
Li Si
An achievement of standardized measurement and currency happened in _________ dynasty
Ching
The first foreign dynasty in China who the leaders were described as nomadic and ‘barbarian’
Yuan
The Chinese were persecuted during the Yuan dynasty and experienced: (1) ____ Labor; (2) Heavy ______ ; (3) Excluded from the ________
Forced
Taxes
Government
Dynasty that the ‘Northern Capital’ was established
Yuan
The Northern Dynasty was called _______ or ______
Peking or Beijing
Those who tolerated foreigners in the Yuan Dyansty
Mongols
Achievements such as Abacus, Novels and Pekin Opera happened the _____ Dynasty
Yuan
Name of dynasty that literally means ‘brilliance’
Ming
Ming dynasty became suspicious of foreign influences because of the trauma brought by _________
Yuan Dynasty
The emperor during the Ming dynasty
Zhu Yuanzhang Hong Wu
True or False. The Ming Dynasty was a revival of Chinese culture, Confucian classics, Imperial Civil Exam and the reestablishment of the tribute system
True
Dynasty that is famous for porcelain painted with blue designs
Ming
Establishment of southern capital during the ______
Ming Dynasty
The southern capital that means ‘The Forbidden City’
Nanking/ Nanjing
True or False. Expeditions of Admiral Zheng He was during the Ming Dynasty
True
This dynasty literally means ‘pure’
Ching
True or False. The Ching Dynasty was established by the Manchus or those from Manchuria.
True
Development of calligraphy
Ching
Featured Emperor Kangxi and Emperor __________
Qiantong
Featured Emperor ______ and Emperor Qiantong
Kangxi
The last event of this dynasty is the Opium War
Ching
