History

Question 1

• A government can be any group of people living together in the same place that is in a country, state, city, or any local community
• It can be a massive system that includes institutions and leaders
• Governments make laws and provide services to keep their society in order
• Governments can be public or private
• Private governments are used in informal ways for example clubs, family, and corporation
• Public governments are used for nations, state, city, province, village
• Some types of governments are democracies, oligarchy, monarchy, and many more
  All governments have common functions like first, second, and another
• First function: make laws/enforce laws
• Second function: provide military defense/ protect
• Another function is to work with other countries or other governments
• Governments are also responsible for trading and taxing citizens

Answer 1

Government

Question 1

• Democracies is a type of government that gives everyone a choice to have decision making power
• There can be two types of democracy, one is direct democracy where everyone has the power to vote and make laws, another one is indirect democracy which can also be called representative democracy where people vote on individuals to represent their country, state, city, etc…

Answer 1

Democracy

Question 2

-Small group of people in charge of the power
-Oligarchy in greek is means “ruled by a few”
-Sometimes only a certain group has political rights, like members of one political party, one social class, or one race
-Sometimes oligarchy can also be a small group in charge of a country

Answer 2

Oligarchy

Question 3

• Autocracy is a type of government where only one person is in charge
• The two main types are monarchy and dictatorship
  Monarchy
• ruled by a queen or king
• Throne gets descended down to family line = Oldest child takes throne
• Monarchs hold all power and have final say over the government
  Example: King Charles, England
  Dictatorship
• Leaders have absolute power over citizens lives
• Leader rules by force
• Parts of government may exist, but they still have to follow the dictator’s rules
  Example: Kim Jong Un, North Korea

Answer 3

Autocracy
Monarchy
Dictatorship

Question 4

• A document that has the agreed laws and rules that regulate society
• Almost every nation has a constitution
• To have a true constitutional government you must have sovereignty, division of power, representation, stability, and openness

Answer 4

Constitution

Question 5

• A collection of families in a community
  Mostly led by males, but some are led by women
• Tribes led by men are called patriarchal and tribes led by women are called matriarchal
• Tribes are complexed and very different
  -Tribes share the same language, customs, and beliefs
  -There are four types of tribes Hunter gathers, tribals, chiefdoms, Sovereign states
  Hunter gatherers - they hunt for food
  Tribals - have few social classes and mostly self-sufficient
  Chiefdoms- made up of mostly older members
  Sovereign states - highest level of government

Answer 5

Tribe

Question 6

• Established and ruled by Yang Jian
• The Dynasty that brought China back together after years of conflict
• This dynasty didn’t last long but brought significance
• Sui Dynasty last for 589 to 618 CE = 29 years
• Started the construction of the Grand Canal that connected the northern and southern China together and still used today

Answer 6

Sui Dynasty

Question 7

• Buddhism is a complexed belief system based on the teachings of Buddha which means “the Enlightened One”
• Buddha was used in many religious groups in ancient India
• The founder of Buddhism was Siddhartha Gautama
• Siddhartha Gautama lived between the 6th and 4th centuries BC
• In Asia, Buddhism is mentioned as Buddha-Dharma which means the teachings of Buddha
• Buddhism is based on the experience of Enlightenment
• All Buddhists believe in the phrase “no-self” that means being selfless

Answer 7

Buddhism

Question 8

• Yang Jian reunited China back together
• Yang Jian became the leader of northern China in 581
• Conquered southern China in 589
• Yang Jian established the Sui Dynasty
• Yang Jian was named Wendi after his death which mean Emperor Wen
• What Yang Jian did when he was the Ruler
• Built a new capital
  Repaired broken parts of the Great Wall
• Reduced taxes for citizens
  Controlled a census to make all taxes fair

Answer 8

Yang Jian

Question 9

• This canal connected the northern and southern parts of China
• This connected the Yang Zi and Huang He rivers together

Answer 9

Grand Canal

Question 10

• When the Han Dynasty collapsed no other dynasty would take over for 360 years
• People broke up into separate groups/tribes
• Nomadic tribes ruled the north and the Brief Dynasty ruled the south
• This period lasted 220 CE to 589 CE
• There was a lot of conflict, disunity, and constant battling
• No central government
• Many new cultures, food, art, and clothing were made
• Some northern people moved to the south because of the battling

Answer 10

The Period of Disunion

Question 11

• Before Christ
• Anno Domini
• Before Common Era
• Common Era

Answer 11

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AD
BCE
CE