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11 Cards in this Set
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Chinese civilization
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Chinese civilization is more than 6,000 years old
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Inventions
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Silk, The compass, Paper, Wood block printing and the first moveable type, Gunpowder, Stirrups and horse collars, The wheelbarrow, Canal locks, Paper money, The kite, Porcelain, The folding umbrella
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Discoveries introduced in the West
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Peaches, Apricots, Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines and other citrus fruits, Tea, Chrysanthemums, Peonies, Camellias, Azaleas
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Succession of ? (Fill in blank) for over ? years.
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1. dynasty
2. 2,000 |
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Qin She Huangde- China's first emperor
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1. Unified China into one large empire.
2. Standardized or made the same- language, money, measurement, and law. 3. Finished the defense walls into one great wall ( Great Wall of China). 4. Buried with the Terracotta soldiers for protection in the afterlife. |
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Confucius- What did he stress most about and he is the founder of what?
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1. Stressed the importance of education, obedience to family, and obedience to emperor.
2. Founder of Confucianism. |
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Lao Zi- He is the founder of what and what did he believe in?
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1. Founder of Taoism or Daoism.
2. Believed in the appreciation of beauty in nature and to let everything take its natural course. |
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What happened from 1839-1842?
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The Opium War which China Lost Hong Kong to Great Britain (Regained in 1997).
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What happened in the years 1851-1864?
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Taiping Rebellion greatest civil war the world has seen (20,000,000 people were killed).
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What happened in 1912?
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Longest period of emperors ends.
China becomes a republic. Naturalists against the Communists. |
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What happened in 1949?
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Communists take power anf form The People's Republic of China led by Chairman Mao Zhe Dong.
Naturalists flee to Taiwan anf form a government there, led by Chiang Kai-Sheck. |
