AP World History: Chinese Dynasties Flashcards

12690869862	Shang Dynasty	1st Chinese Dynasty Oracle bones Bronze metallurgy	0
12690869863	Zhou Dynasty	2nd Chinese Dynasty Mandate of Heaven Lost control of empire Warring States Period	1
12690869864	Qin Dynasty	Legalism Began building Great Wall. Terracotta Army	2
12690869865	Han Dynasty	Spread of Buddhism Confucianism Civil Service Exam Foreign Expansion Tributary System Spread of Buddhism	3
12690869866	Sui Dynasty	Reunited China Buddhism and Confucian Civil Service Exam Grand Canal	4
12690869867	Tang Dynasty	TAXES Completed the Grand Canal Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism Declined as higher taxation created tensions	5
12690869868	Song Dynasty	Foot-binding Reestablished the Tribute System. Most powerful navy in the world- magnetic compasses. Military threats and nomadic invasions led to fall.	6
12690869869	Yuan Dynasty	Mongols First time China was under foreign rule. Strong Centralized government. No civil service exam Welcomed merchants and foreigners (increased trade) Nomadic	7
12690869870	Ming Dynasty	Age of Exploration Expeditions led by Zheng He Taken over by peasant army Brought back culture like Confucianism and civil service exams	8
12690869871	Qing Dynasty	Manchus Expanded their rule through military conquest. Forbade intermarriage Forced Chinese men to wear the queue, or a braid Wars and Rebellions weakened empire	9
12691144740	Nationalists/Republic	End dynastic system Fought Chinese Communist Party Japanese invasion of Manchuria leads to WWII	10
12691174965	Mao Zedong/Communists	led the Communists in China against the Nationalists - eventually led the People's Republic of China when the Communists won	11
12701681495	Dynasty	ruling family	12
12703362492	Confucianism	The system of ethics, education, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents	13