AP World History Chapter 4 Flashcards
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5818832467 | Qin | chinese dynasty who took over after warring states | 0 | |
5818832468 | Shi Huangdi | founder of the brief qin dynasty | 1 | |
5818832469 | Warring States | time in chinese history where everyone was at war for power and there was total chaos; occurred after the overthrow of zhou | 2 | |
5818832470 | Confucius | kung fuzi; chinese philosopher; author of Analects; philosophy based on need for restoration of order through advice from superior men to be found among the shi | 3 | |
5818832471 | Mencius | meng ko; follower of confucius; stressed consent of the common people | 4 | |
5818832472 | Xunzi | author of The Art of War, a classical book that revolutionized thinking about military organization and the conduct of war | 5 | |
5818832473 | Laozi | lao tsu; major chinese philosopher in 4th century bce; recommended retreat from society into nature; individual should seek to become one with Dao | 6 | |
5818832474 | Daoism | the way; a religious system that stresses contemplation, self-centering, and reverence for the natural world | 7 | |
5818832475 | Legalists | proponents of a political philosophy in the 4th century bce that china's rulers should have absolute power | 8 | |
5818832476 | Shang Yang | founder of legalist school; wrote a book called The Book of Lord Shang that stressed legalist values | 9 | |
5818832477 | Great Wall | chinese defensive fortification intended to keep out the nomadic invaders from the north; initiated during qin dynasty and reign of shi huangdi | 10 | |
5818832478 | Sunzi | follower of confucius; stressed a strong, authoritarian government to control naturally bad humans | 11 | |
5818832479 | The Art of War | a classical book that revolutionized thinking about military organization and the conduct of war | 12 | |
5818832480 | Analects | collection of all of Confucius' teachings | 13 | |
5818832481 | Liu Bang | founder of the han dynasty in 202 bce | 14 | |
5818832482 | Han | chinese dynasty that succeeded the qin in 202 bce; ruled for the next 400 years | 15 | |
5818832483 | Scholar-gentry | chinese class created by the martial linkage of the local land-holding aristocracy with the office-holding shi; sulerseded shi as governors of china | 16 | |
5818832484 | secret societies | chinese peasant organizations; provided financial support in hard times and physical protection in case of disputes with local aristocracy | 17 | |
5818832485 | Silk Road | eurasian trade route | 18 | |
5818832486 | Wang Mang | member of one of the powerful families related to the han emperors through marriage; temporarily overthrew the han between 9 and 23 ce | 19 | |
5818832487 | Eunuchs | castrated males used within the households of chinese households, usually to guard the emperor's concubines; became political counterbalance to powerful marital relatives during later han | 20 |