Chapter 2 Review for Midterm Flashcards

293634149	Classical Chinese Ruling Pattern	Dynasty after dynasty, cyclic	0
293634150	Zhou Dynasty	replaces Shang dynasty, feudal system, extends territory to Yangtze, Mandate of Heaven, Mandarin, currency, Confucius	1
293634151	Confucius/Kung Fuzi	Founder of Confucianism	2
293634152	Qin Dynasty	Qin Shi Huangdi, replaces Zhou Dynasty, bureaucratic government, great wall, expands to south China sea, brutal leader	3
293634153	Han Dynasty	Confucian civil service exam, expands to Korea	4
293634154	Bureaucrat	Leader of a province under authority of a primary leader	5
293634155	Confucianism	emphasis on personal virtue, Analects, 5 Classics, system of ethics, lacks spirituality	6
293634156	Legalism	Political ideology, rejects Confucianism, human nature is evil and need of authoritarian rule	7
293634157	Taoism/Daoism	Religious philosophy, founded by Laozi, compliments Confucianism, the way of nature, embraces nature's harmony and mystery	8
293634158	Achievments	advances in science: astronomy, math, music, acoustics, medicine, art: calligraphy, jade, bronze, etc	9
293634160	Mandate of Heaven	Ruler was a god, the "Son of Heaven"	10
293634162	Primogeniture	Inheritance to oldest male son	11
293634164	Chinese success	Centralized government, Confucianism, isolation	12
293634166	Social hierarchy	emperor/ruling family, aristocrats, peasant farmers and artisans (over 90%), mean people and slaves	13
408781681	Mean people	Lower class with green scarves	14