China Narrative Essay – Flashcards
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Han
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Silk Road trade route to the west
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Pre-dynasty
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Feudalism established
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Creation
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Death of Pan Ku
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Han
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Liu Bang established a dynasty
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Ch'in
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Unification of China; the first fully unified imperial government in Chinese history
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Qin Shi Huang Di
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great army, standardized culture, burned confucion books, built great wall of china, searched for immortality, buried in magnificent tomb
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Confucius
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Believed people were naturally good; founded confucianism
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Han Fei
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Founded legalism
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Lao Tsu
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Daoism, we wei
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Huang Di
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emperor who received a sign from God, improved lives of people, first compass
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Yao Di
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Emperor, controlled floods, 9 provinces, 9 couldrons
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Yu Di
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not successful with floods, peace and harmony
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Shun Di
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Family tried to kill him; never was cruel; never abandoned family
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Han Dynasty
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Liu Bang established a dynasty; silk road trade route to the west
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Shang Dynasty
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bronzework and writing
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Zhou Dynasty
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Feudalism established, concept of Mandate of Heaven created
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Xia Dynasty
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First Dynasty
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Nobility
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ancient Chinese class that was primarily responsible for making war, serving as officials and owning the land
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Heavenly Mandate
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The king is expected to rule in a considerate and effective manner because he was selected by the Gods to rule in order to maintain order in the universe
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Dao
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Chinese term for the proper "way"
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Feudalism
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nobles owe loyalty and military service to the king in exchange for land
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bones/tortoise shells
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tools for earliest forms of chinese writing
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Family
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foundation of earliest chinese society
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Filial Piety
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Respect for parents and ancestors
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Daoism
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individual approach to life that advocates a natural way of going along with the flow of events, we wei, Lao Tzu
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Analects
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Book of conversations between Confucius and his disciples
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Legalism
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Belief in the negative nature of people and their need to be forced to behave properly through restrictive laws and harsh punishments
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Tao Te Ching
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Lao Tzu's explanation of the wu wei
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Confucianism
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Chinese civil servant examination system during Han dynasty rested on this belief system
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Legalism
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official governmental belief of China's first truly unified imperial government
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Great Wall
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Built to protect the northwest border from invasion by the first emperor
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Age of Disunity
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when Han Empire fell and split into 3 kingdoms
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Fall of Ch'in
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because they banished/killed many of the country's best-trained Confucian officials
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Shang Society
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Only a high priest could become King
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Bureaucrats
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scholars and teachers were trained to be this in order to run the Chinese government
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Individual qualifications
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according to Confucius, primary basis for granting the right to participate in government
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Han Dynasty
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added areas to the west, north and south
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Shang belief
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oracle bones could be used for communication with gods; king is a link between life on earth and hereafter; ancestors are to be worshiped and respected
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physical geography
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creates barriers to the outside world and affected Chinese civilization
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Silk Road
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trade route that connected China with the West
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Unpopulated
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Zone 1 & 2
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Zone 3
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Mongolia, Invasion, Great Wall
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Zone 4
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Manchuria, populated
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Zone 5
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Populated, Yellow River
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Achievements
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silk road, porcelain, Great Wall, clocks, compass, sundials, bronze-casting, feudalism, paper, wheelbarrows
