Other - China (East Asia) Flashcards
1
Q
What were the major food staples in China?
A
Rice
2
Q
What was the role of women in Chinese society? How does the Chinese language in many ways reinforce these roles?
A
The Five Relationships in Confucianism states husband to wife demonstrating the patriarchal society.
3
Q
How did rice cultivation stress the importance of family in China?
A
Family coapperation
4
Q
Describe the “Silk Roads”
What was their importance?
What effects beyond trade did they have on world history?
A
Trade route between China and the Mediterranean.
Extended 4,600 miles
Metaphor for the transfer of knowledge and culture
