8146896808 | Who founded Confucianism? | Confucius or Kong Fuzi | 0 | |
8146900145 | When did Confucius live? | 551-479 BCE | 1 | |
8146925992 | When was the Period of the Warring States? | 403-221 BCE | 2 | |
8146933315 | Which philosophy focused on Leading by example? | Confucianism | 3 | |
8146935998 | The Analects- | Confucius' students wrote down his ideas | 4 | |
8146942309 | What was different between previous religions and Confucianism? | Confucianism didn't think about vague philosophical questions; it was more practical | 5 | |
8146945915 | junzi- | educated, unbiased and conscientious individuals that Confucius believed should be in control of the government | 6 | |
8146954599 | Confucius believed that the establishment of _____ relations was ____ important than that of powerful ______ | human; more; states | 7 | |
8146961098 | What are the 5 Key Relationships of Confucianism? | 1) ruler/subject 2)father/son 3)husband/wife 4)older brother/younger brother 5)friend/friend | 8 | |
8146969795 | What is the only equal relationship according to Confucianism? | friend/friend | 9 | |
8146982973 | Confucius had his students read ______ | poetry | 10 | |
8146987163 | ren: | being kind or having humanity; needed by gov't officials; loyal diligent and respectful | 11 | |
8146992099 | li: | having propriety, or doing what is socially appropriate(proper); being courteous and showing respect | 12 | |
8147005607 | xiao: | **FILIAL PIETY**; respect for your parents | 13 | |
8147029370 | What would happen to people who followed Confucian principles o behavior? | They would gain societal influence and return social and political order to China | 14 | |
8147034930 | Confucian thought was ________ and ________, which helped it to last for a long time | general; flexible | 15 | |
8147038533 | religion- | a set of beliefs concerning the cause/nature/purpose of the universe, especially when considered was the creation of a superhuman agency, usually involving devotional ritual observances and often containing a moral code governing the conduct tor human affairs | 16 | |
8147049382 | Philosophy- | *rational* investigation of the truths and principles of basic knowledge or conduct | 17 | |
8147061525 | _______ and _____ were disciples of Confucius | Mencius; Xunxi | 18 | |
8147064747 | Mencius- | (371-289 BCE) well-educated; he traveled and advised political leaders during the Period of Warring States | 19 | |
8147082059 | *Mencius* believed that human nature was ____ and emphasized a gov't of ________ and __________ | good; humanity; benevolence | 20 | |
8147205249 | *Mencius* emphasized the quality of ___ | ren | 21 | |
8147206784 | Xunzi | (298-238 BCE) He believed that people were like "warped lumber"; bad people could turn good | 22 | |
8147223514 | Xunzi believed that humans were always _______ and needed ___________ | selfish; strict discipline | 23 | |
8147236154 | *Xunzi* emphasized the quality of ___ | li | 24 | |
8147238910 | Who founded Taoism? | Laozi (6th Century BCE) | 25 | |
8147242157 | The Daodejing | "classic of the way and of virtue"; contributed by many people and contained the teachings of Laozi | 26 | |
8147250282 | Zhuangzi | a book contains Daoist philosophies; it was the most important Taoist book written after the Daodejing; made dun of Confucianism | 27 | |
8147263020 | The Dao is considered a _______ force | passive | 28 | |
8147269540 | According to Daoism, people should stop getting involved in ________ and try to live ______ | politics; simply | 29 | |
8147273756 | Who were the "Chinese Hippies"? | Daoists | 30 | |
8147276643 | Wuwei: | The most important virtue of Daoism; disengagement from competition and active involvement in world affairs | 31 | |
8147295573 | The Daoists believed in ______ ___________ communities with ______ government | small independent; little | 32 | |
8147299060 | "Confucians by day, Daoists by night" | Some parts of Daoism appealed to Confucians | 33 | |
8147303777 | Legalism | a philosophy on how to govern; not concerned with morality | 34 | |
8147318108 | Shang Yang | (390-338 BCE) minister for the duke of the Qin state; wrote the Book of Lord Shang; clever, efficient/feared, hated; contributed to Legalist Doctrine | 35 | |
8147344990 | Han Fezi | (280-233 BCE) A student of Xunzi and a Qin advisor; wrote essays on Legalist ideas | 36 | |
8147376133 | Legalists believed that a states power came from their ____ and __________ _________ | army; agricultural production | 37 | |
8147389643 | Legalists wanted to have as many __________ and ________ as possible | cultivators; warriors | 38 | |
8147777340 | Legalists believed in _____ punishments for _____ crimes | harsh; small | 39 | |
8147784624 | Rulers who used Legalist principles... | saw great results | 40 | |
8147793772 | Was the Qin Dynasty Decentralized or Centralized? Was it bureaucratic? | It was *centralized* and bureaucratic; there were provinces, but the emperor had absolute power | 41 | |
8147801452 | When was the Qin Dynasty? | 221-207 BCE | 42 | |
8147806573 | Who founded the Qin dynasty? | Qin Shihuangdi | 43 | |
8147827590 | The _____ dynasty unified China through Legalist traditions | Qin | 44 | |
8147831102 | Where was the Qin capital? | Xianyang | 45 | |
8147854537 | Qin Shihuangdi built _____ for communication and military movement, _________ ________ ______ to prevent rebellion, and made _____ for defense | roads; disarmed regional armies; walls | 46 | |
8147875526 | ___ ___________ ordered the burning of historical, philosophical and religious books and the killing of scholars | Qin Shihuangdi | 47 | |
8147889971 | Qin Shihuangdi standardized ____, _____, _______, and ________ during the ____ Dynasty | laws; coins; weights; measures; Qin | 48 | |
8147899447 | Standardization of Chinese Script | During the *Qin* dynasty, different dialects were spoken, but everyone wrote the same way | 49 | |
8147917493 | The tomb of Qin Shihuangdi | he was buried in an underground palace with an army of life-size terra cotta soldiers | 50 | |
8147939509 | Liu Bang | Declared himself the first emperor of the Han Dynasty | 51 | |
8147989832 | Is the Han dynasty Centralized or Decentralized? | Liu Bang experiments with decentralization, but after his family lets him down, it turns ultimately to CENTRALIZATION | 52 | |
8148015528 | Who almost captured Emperor Liu Bang? | nomadic Xiongnu warriors | 53 | |
8148025567 | Who was the most important Han emperor? | Han Wudi (reigned 141-87 BCE) | 54 | |
8148037264 | Han Wudi built a huge ____________ and used ________ principles | bureaucracy; Legalist | 55 | |
8148040203 | Who was the martial emperor? | Han Wudi (he was alway prepared for war and imperial expansion) | 56 | |
8148049501 | Han Wudi created a monopoly of the ____, ____, and ______ industries | salt, iron, liquor | 57 | |
8148059390 | Audi created a school for young men based on __________ principles | Confucian | 58 | |
8148088966 | Han Wudi conquered _______ and ______, which spread confucian values and education systems | Vietnam; Korea | 59 | |
8148097274 | The Xiongnu | nomadic people from Central Asian steppes who spoke Turkish; they were great horsemen but lacked superior weapons | 60 | |
8148160983 | Maodun | The most successful Xioingnu leader; his army threatened the Han empire | 61 | |
8148175740 | After the Han Dynasty took control of the Xiongnu empire, they controlled _______ and ____ Asia | central; east | 62 | |
8148182693 | Han Society was ____________ | patriarchal | 63 | |
8148185086 | Ban Zhao | a woman scholar; she wrote *Lessons for Women*; believed that women should be educated just like men, but that women should be subservient to the males in their lives | 64 | |
8148199161 | What were the 2 main products produced by the Han Empire? | Silk and Iron | 65 | |
8148209804 | To monopolize the ____ industry, Han Wudi organized ___ regional offices to manage it | iron; 47 | 66 | |
8148216182 | ______ became used in Households because it was _______ than bronze | iron; cheaper | 67 | |
8148217428 | Sericulture | the production of silk | 68 | |
8148221639 | Silk textiles were used for _____ | trade | 69 | |
8148224182 | Why was Chinese silk better than that of other regions? | They bred their own silkworms instead of using wild ones and fed them a specific diet | 70 | |
8148237166 | Chinese artisans improved technologies like __________, _____ _____, and ____ _______ | crossbows; horse yokes; ship rudders | 71 | |
8148241713 | Why was the invention of paper beneficial? | It was cheaper and easier to write on than bark or silk | 72 | |
8148251767 | Rich people diet/clothing | pork, fowl, fish, wine/ silk, leather shoes, jade and gold jewelry | 73 | |
8148255945 | Poor people clothing/diet | hemp clothes and sandals/grain or rice and little vegetables or meat | 74 | |
8148286305 | As the divide between the rich and poor grew in the Han dynasty... | peasants began to rebel | 75 | |
8148304172 | There was a problem with land distribution in the Han Dynasty because... | small landowners were forced to sell land to settle debt, so the rich kept on getting richer | 76 | |
8148311422 | Wang Mang | He was the regent for a 2-year-old boy in 6 CE; he claimed the mandate of Heaven and took the throne in 9 CE; He had good ideas to solve land distribution problems, but there was no communication, so they were executed poorly | 77 | |
8148326209 | The Yellow Turban Uprising | peasants revolted which weakened the Later Han Dynasty | 78 | |
8148347490 | The Han Dynasty declined until it the gov't disintegrated in ____ | 220 CE | 79 |
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