Final exam Flashcards
Whose holiest books were the vedas (holiest rig) and wrote in sanskrit?
Aryans
A group started by British merchants who created a monopoly in india?
BEIC
A religion started by Siddhartha because he was concerned about suffering- the goal of this religion is to reach enlightenment (nirvana)?
Buddhism
The social hierarchy of the Aryans?
Caste system
Order of caste system?
Priests warriors artisans servants ————— Untouchables
The Chinese form of government brought to China by Mao Zedong it has been in place since 1949?
Communism
A philosophy that talks about filial piety and respect of elders?
Confucianism
What is the filial piety?
The duty of the child to the parent
The careful grooming of Mao Zedong’s image?
Cult of personality
A time period where young people ruled china?
Cultural revolution
Who were the red guards?
Mao’s army mostly made up of young students as young as ten
What is daoism and who created it?
A religion created by Lao Zi that says retreat to nature and talks a lot about Chi: the flow of everything
A polytheistic religion that includes of many gods and believes in reincarnation?
Hinduism
What was the INC?
The indian national congress formed to get freedom from the british
What is a policy of being isolated from outside political affairs?
Isolationism
What qin shihuangdi used to rule by strict law and punishment?
Legalism
An excuse to rule?
The mandate of heaven
A group of people who believed in a democracy for China, and now currently live in Taiwan?
Nationalists
What is the ROC?
republic of china also known as the nationalist party
What Gandhi and the Jains believe in?
Nonviolence
Why were the opium wars fought and who was fighting?
Because the British sold so much opium Lin Xi zu started a war to decline trade and it was british vs china
Who won the opium wars and why?
British because china was still behind from isloationism
What are oracle bones?
Bones used to tell your future
What was the partition of india?
When India and pakistan split apart
What is believing in many gods?
Polytheism
What did the Qing’s do?
Built Yuan Ming Yuan
What is the queue order?
The mandatory hair style of the manchus
What was the writing of the Aryans?
Sanskrit
What caused the sepoy rebellion and what was it?
When the workers of the BEIC rebelled because of no more pensions, bullet grease was used by pig and cow fat, and they abused the workers to much
What is sikhism and what does it believe in?
An eastern religion and it believes in reincarnation and monotheism
What is the three gorges dam?
The biggest power source in the world that blocks up the Yangtze river
What was the Tiananmen square massacre?
When the people wanted to speak to the government, but they would not leave, so the government opened fire on them
What are the holy books of the Aryans?
Vedas
Which is the holiest book of the Aryans
Rig Veda
What happened at the Xi’an incident?
When the men of the nationalist party captured Chiang Kai Shek and made a peace treaty with the communists to fight the war
What was the garden that took 150 years to build created by the Qing and burned by the french?
Yuan Ming Yuan
Who was Ghandi?
He was a person who believed in nonviolence and went on marches and hunger strikes to get freedom from the Biritsh
What did Qin Shihuangdi do?
He connected the great wall, roads and canals, qin’s tomb, terra cotta statues, standardized axels, weights, and paper money
Who were the sepoys and what did they do?
The Sepoy’s were workers for the BEIC and they rebelled because the British gave them no more pensions, used pig and cow fat bullet grease, abused the sepoys
Who were the Aryans?
They took over india, wrote in sanskrit, and had vedas as there holy books
Who was Sun Tzu and what did he do?
He wrote the art of war, a book based on battle tactics and strategies during the warring states period
Who was Confucius?
A philosopher who created confucianism
Who was the second to last emperor and instead of building China a navy she built them a marble ship in a lake?
Ci xi (empress dowager)
Who created Daoism?
Lao zi
Why did the INC not represent India enough? Also what formed because of this poor representation of India?
They did not include Muslims, therefore the Muslim league formed
Who had a huge Chinese navy, had a bigger fleet then Columbus?
Zheng He
Who was the Yongle emperor?
Zhu Di
Who started the BEIC?
British merchants
Who was the leader of the Taiping rebellion?
Hong Xiuquan
Who took over most of Eurasia?
Genghis Khan
Who started the one child policy?
Deng Xiaoping
Who was the father of modern China and tried to China to be a democracy?
Sun Yat-Sen
Who was the first leader in the Yuan dynasty?
Kublai Khan
What is the lowest rank in the caste system?
The untouchables
Who was the creator of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Guatama
Why did Siddhartha create Buddhism?
Because he was concerned with suffering
Who wrote the letter to Victoria to stop Opium trade?
Lin Zi xu
Who was the first leader of the communist party and fought the Nationalists?
Mao Zedong
What was a system of law used by Qin Shihuangdi and it is ruled by strict law and punishment?
Legalism
What is an Island off of india?
Sri Lanka
Why is the yellow river called the river of sorrow?
Because it changed course and killed millions of people
What was the garden that took 150 years to build?
Yuan Ming Yuan
What is the muslim part between India?
Bangladesh
Who rebelled over gun cartridges being made out of pig and cow fat?
The sepoys
Who created the kingdom of heavenly peace and what was the rebellion called?
Hong Xiuquan and the Taiping rebellion
What type of economy does China have?
A command economy
Who created the caste system?
The Aryans
What is the only pass onto India?
Khyber pass
What river was the Harrapan and Mohenjo-Daro started on?
The Indus river
What was the holy river of India where they cooked and bathed?
The Ganges river
What is the southern capital of China?
Nanjing
What are bones that had the oldest of the Chinese writings on them?
Oracle bones
Who fought against the communists in the civil war?
Nationalists
Where was Kublai Khan from?
Mongolia
Where is the ROC (republic of China) in?
Taiwan
What is the writing of the Aryans?
Sanskrit
2nd largest city in india?
Mohenjo-Daro
What was the massacre in 1989?
Tiananmen square
What was the holiest book of the Aryans?
The Rig Veda
What forced the Chinese civil war to halt or awhile?
The XI’an incident
What killed 20-45 million people (greatest famine in history)?
Great Leap forward
Who founded the BEIC
The British merchants
Who wrote the art of war?
Sun Tzu
Homeland of the Khans?
Mongolia
People: Cook & wash in this holy river of India?
Ganges
Social system of India since the Aryans?
Caste
Father of modern China
sun yat-sen
Time where kids ruled china?
Cultural revolution
Where does one go when they reach enlightenment in Buddhism?
Brahman
Difference between Brahma, Brahman, and Brahmin?
Brahma:God
Brahman: Ultimate reality
Brahmin: Priest
Advanced city in India?
Mohenjo-Daro
What religion was in China during Mao’s rule?
No religion
Oldest book and writing in India?
Sanskrit and Vedas
Sikhs believe in?
Equality
Reincarnation
Guru
Shang dynasty used what to make art?
Bronze casting
Because of the partition what 2 countries where created and what religion?
Pakistan and India, Pakistan for Muslims and India for others
Tibet sits on what plateau?
Plateau of tibet
Peoples republic of China?
Communist party
3 hindu gods and what they do?
Brahma: Creator
Vishnu: Protetor
Shiva: Destroyer
Only port open to trade in China before Opium wars?
Cantan
Major plateau over India?
Deccan
Jains believe in what?
Nonviolence
What started because of the Versailles treaty?
May 4th movement
What mountain range was created when China crashed into India?
Himalayas
3 differences between Buddhism and Hinduism
Hinduism: Believes in reincarnation, No alcholhol or meat, believes in the caste system
Buddhism: Does not believe in reincarnation, no dietary restrictions, does not believe in the caste system
1st noble truth
There is suffering in the world. To live is to suffer.
2nd noble truth
The cause of suffering is self centered, desire and attachments
3rd noble truth
The solution is to eliminate desire and attachments
4th noble truth
To reach Nirvana one must follow the 8 fold path