Political, Religious, Economic, Social - China

Question 1

shi huang di

Answer 1

• single law code (tough laws and rules)
• uniform tax
• first emperor
• started great well
• terracotta warriors
• standardized weights and measures
• overthrown because of brutality

Question 2

religion

Answer 2

• China moving to secular belief system
• values were good life, obedience to the state
• political virtue
• do unto other as theirs and yours status dictates (always respected parents)
• no single belief system

Question 3

Han

Answer 3

• promoted confucious philosophy
• considered golden age
• silk road established (connected to Mediterranean)
• civil service exam
• social stratification
• government control of iron construction

Question 4

Jin dynasty

Answer 4

• legalism (favored authoritarian state)

Question 5

Daoism

Answer 5

• Daoism
• stresses nature as a divine impulse which directs life
• humility, frugal living = harmony with nature
• Buddhism plays a role

Question 6

China

Answer 6

• no monumental buildings because there is no single religion
• around 444 BC calendar was made
• economy: peasants depended on each other, social status was passed from one place to the next
• trade became important during zhou and Han
• one the most influential and creative civilizations in history

Question 7

civilizations

Answer 7

• order, stability, family linked to political and cultural
• developed without outside influences
• island surrounded by barbarians (what China was seen as)
• stern punishment
• values and beliefs are passed down to children even in time of turmoil

Question 8

whereas the Chin dynasty stressed the rule of law, the Han dynasty stressed _____

Answer 8

• civil service

Question 9

the three main social groups in classical China were the _____, the educated bureaucrats, and the laboring masses

Answer 9

• land owning aristocracy

Question 10

whereas the the Han Dynasty stressed the importance of civil service, the Chin Dynasty stressed _____

Answer 10

• the rule of law

Question 11

there were no _____ in Classical China

Answer 11

• monumental buildings

Question 12

Legalism, the political ideology under the Chin Dynasty in China, can be described as _____

Answer 12

• authoritarian

- pragmatic

Question 13

the Chin Dynasty stressed central power during its reign because ______

Answer 13

• warring states threatened the established power structure