AP World History Ch. 2 Flashcards

320355672	Dao	A philosophy that says everything should be balenced. Says yous should avoid excess and appreciate the balence of opposites; yin and yang	0
320355673	Qin Dynasty	Ruled by Quin Shi Huangdi. Characterized by overtaxation of the pesants and crulety to them too. Also dynasty that started the Great Wall of China	1
320355674	Shi Huangdi	Ruker of the Qin Dynasty. Fierce ruler that overtaxed the pesants. Invented the spoils system. Created the Great Wall of China	2
320355675	Great Wall of China	a wall built by slaves in China during the Qin Dynasty. It was built to keep the barbarians out of China	3
320355676	Han Dynasty	developed in 202 BCE and lasted over 400 years. rounded out the political and intelectual systems	4
320355677	Kunf Fuzi	Also known as Confucius. He believed that you should treat people as their social status and yours dictates. He also believed that there should be philisophical and cultural unity. Invented confucinism (code of social ethics)	5
320355678	Legalism	A school of political thought that emerged during the Qin and Han dynasties. It rejected Confucinism and favored athoritarian state. (believed that all people are evil and require dicipline)	6
320355679	Laozi (Lao Tzu)	the founder of Taoism	7
320355680	Taoism	A religion/philosophy that emerged during the end of the Zhou dynasty. It embraces nature's harmony and adds a sense of nature mystery. Also the spiritural alternative to Confucinism	8
320355681	Mean People	People ranked below pesants who preformed rough transport and other unskilled jobs. They had the lowest political status in China	9
320355682	Confucian bureaucracy	All burwaucrats would have to take a test about the Analects and the 5 Classics	10