review Flashcards
What philosophy did the Qin use?
Legalism
Who could join the Qin military?
Common people and foreigners
Who unified Qin China?
Qin Shi Huang
What is meritocracy?
People should be given jobs based on their skills
How was the great wall connected?
Western wall to Eastern wall
Who was Qin Shi Huang’s son?
Qin Er Shi
Who started the Han dynasty?
Liu Bang
What philosophy did the Han dynasty follow?
Confucianism
What was the Pax Sinica?
The “golden age” of China
Where was most of the power held at? (other than the emperor)
Three Councilors of State
The Han dynasty appointed _____ to __ provinces
governors, 13
What was good about appointing local, educated men as governors of these provinces?
They were familiar with their territory and needs, better than a minister from the capitol would.
What were teachers and governors viewed as in society? Servants? Farmers? Soldiers?
Teachers and governors were viewed highly, as education was part of the philosophy they followed. Servants were at the bottom, farmers were higher up in society, because they “fed” China, which the Han valued, and soldiers were often volunteers/criminals.
How did the role of scholars change from the Qin to Han dynasty?
Qin: Only legalist thoughts were correct, other books with different thoughts were burned. Qin did not build schools.
Han: teachers were viewed highly+respected in society, schools for Confucianism, legalism, and taoism were built.
Who started the Xin dynasty, and why did it end?
Confucian scholar, Wang Mang
Banned slavery, made many great reforms to help the poor
Wealthy aristocrats hated him, people around China started to rebel, Xiongnu attacked, failed fight with Gorguryeo weakened it even more.
What was confucianism seen as by the poor once buddhism started becoming popular?
Confucianism was seen as the philosophy of the rich, corrupt scholars.
How was consort clans a problem?
Nepotism
Wives+their family had too much power, important jobs others had to earn were automatically given to them.
Why did eunuchs become preferred servants for the emperor?
Could not start a family, less likely to start a dynasty.
How did eunuchs become an issue?
controlled emperor, decided what would happen to the empire, made bad decisions
Who started the yellow turban rebellion?
Zhang Jue, taoist priest
What was the yellow turban rebellion?
Group of angry peasants/scholars that rebelled against the corrupt government. Eventually, the emperor won by calling warlords to help.
What is a caravanserai?
a large, protected trading post
Why/how did the Han dynasty fall?
