Ap world history - China Flashcards
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| 5169976512 | Chung Kuo | Middle Kingdom | 0 | |
| 5169996869 | Huang He | -north china -civilization developed there -flooding -dryland agriculture | 1 | |
| 5170084550 | Yangtze | -south china -wetland agriculture | 2 | |
| 5170096721 | China has ____% of the world's arable land | 7% | 3 | |
| 5170101753 | China has ____% of the world's population | 23% | 4 | |
| 5170131639 | China uses ____% of their land for grazing | 2% | 5 | |
| 5170103885 | North China | -dryland agriculture (wheat) -flat, smooth coast -ppl are reserved -rain erratically came | 6 | |
| 5170116200 | South China | -wetland agriculture (rice) -mountainous, jagged coast -seamen (many natural harbors); outgoing -rain came during fertile season | 7 | |
| 5170151757 | Night Soil | poop used to cook with | 8 | |
| 5170153992 | Loess | yellow top soil; full of nutrience | 9 | |
| 5170159062 | China's Sorrow | Yellow River/Huang He -many drowned from floods | 10 | |
| 5170169261 | Taklamakan Desert | "enter and you shall never return" | 11 | |
| 5170181073 | Legend of Pan-Gu | chinese belief that a dragon created the mountains and earth | 12 | |
| 5170922598 | Xia Dynasty | -no writing -people were called YANGSHAO -culture: longshan -produced silk | 13 | |
| 5170958094 | Yu the Great | ruler during xia dynasty; built dykes | 14 | |
| 5170964676 | Silk | -comes from silkworms -silkworms only eat mulberry leaves -very tedious to produce silk | 15 | |
| 5170983256 | Shang Dynasty | -1532 BCE - 1027 BCE -1st official recorded dynasty -laid foundation of chinese: +agriculture +handicrafts +artistic +architectural stuff +family values +religious concepts +WRITING +animism +bronze age +decimal system +chopsticks +ancestor worship | 16 | |
| 5171042261 | Chinese Writing | -wrote on bones (oracle to predict future) -wrote on bamboo (up and down) -literate: 1000 characters -educated: 10000 characters -developed to record communication b/tw human and divine world (meso -> economics) -pictographs -characters not based on SOUND and can be understood by different dialects -united China | 17 | |
| 5171182472 | Calligraphy | writing as an art | 18 | |
| 5171188278 | Chinese Symbol For MAN | rice field and strength 男 | 19 | |
| 5171215675 | Chinese Symbol For WOMAN | submission and respect 女 | 20 | |
| 5171228849 | Chinese Patriarchal Society | -women obey father, husband, and son -oldest man controlled property and decisions -women are gentle, calm, and respectful | 21 | |
| 5171254292 | Animism | early chinese religion; spirits inhabit the earth | 22 | |
| 5171319584 | Zhou Dynasty | -1027 BCE - 256 BCE -Wu Wang uses Mandate of heaven to oust Shang Dyn -ruled china for about 900 yrs -ethnocentric -feudalism -formed bureaucracy -manor system | 23 | |
| 5171353966 | Xi'an | capital city of Zhou Dynasty | 24 | |
| 5171358504 | Feudalism | economic/political system where king owns land and gives it to lords in return for loyalty and soldiers; weak system | 25 | |
| 5171375510 | Downfall Of Zhou Dynasty | -local leaders ignored central gov't -emperor has no power -warfare among rival lords for power -300 years of warfare -PERIOD OF WARRING STATES | 26 | |
| 5171502843 | Period of Warring States | -no central government -chaos -Hu the Tiger: warlord, fat, rich, cruel -CONFUCIANISM -DAOISM -LEGALISM | 27 | |
| 5171534215 | Confucianism | -confucius 551-479 BCE -"How can people live together in peace and harmony?" -made social code of behavior -6 PRINCIPALS (6P) | 28 | |
| 5171576782 | 6P #1 | lead a good life without worrying about death | 29 | |
| 5171580128 | 6P #2 | golden rule | 30 | |
| 5171583105 | 6P #3 | middle way - moderation | 31 | |
| 5171585329 | 6P #4 | 5 relationships 1) ruler & subject 2) father & son 3) husband & wife 4) brother & brother 5) friend & friend | 32 | |
| 5171626685 | 6P #5 | respect elders - FILIAL PIETY | 33 | |
| 5171630120 | 6P #6 | rulers should have good character | 34 | |
| 5171633944 | Analects | book of confucious' teachings | 35 | |
| 5171638222 | Daoism | -dao = "the way" -founder: LAO TZU -harmony with nature - balance with YIN & YANG -less government the better | 36 | |
| 5171668546 | Yin | earth, female, passive, dark, cold | 37 | |
| 5171672157 | Yang | heaven, male, active, light, heat | 38 | |
| 5171681460 | Legalism | -need highly efficient & powerful government -ruler governs and people obey -no criticism of government -harsh measures to keep law and order -people are born bad and need harsh ruler to teach good | 39 | |
| 5171707539 | Qin Dynasty | -Shi Huangdi: "First Emperor" -centralized bureaucracy +"strengthen the trunk and weaken the limbs!" -patriarchal society -conquered lands with iron weapons -rulers were legalists -ethnocentric -DOWNFALL by hands of the peasants -period of warring states ended | 40 | |
| 5171741874 | Shi Huangdi | -"First Emperor" Qin Dynasty -connects Great Wall of China -makes road -creates weights, measures and systems of writing -legalist -autocratic ruler; if anyone criticized the gov't, they were killed | 41 | |
| 5171834619 | 5 Class Chinese Hierarchy | 1) scholars 2) farmers - produced needed 3) artisans - produced unneeded 4) merchants - didn't produce 5) soldiers, thieves, beggars, bandits - destroyed/stole what others produced | 42 |