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What was Ch'in Dynasty main goals?
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Conquer negihbors(Barbarians in the north Asia)(doubled the sizw of China)
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How were they going to protect China?
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Connected and eelongated the great wall of China
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How were they going to stop the civil War and inside resistance?
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ordered npbles to live near him in capital
use legalism |
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How did Ch'in dynasty fall?
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peasents resist becuase the great wall and legalism
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what are the Terracota soildiers?
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Chin Shin Hung ordered soildiers to portect him and his tomb in after life
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What was the Han Dynasty called?
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Time of Glory, unity, and peace
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Why was it called Time of Glory, unity, and peace?
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becuase it ended legalism and harsh laws
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What did they emphasized?
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education and learning
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How did you earn a position in the gov.?
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you had to pass exams adn be educated
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what way of life did they choose to use?
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Confusianism offical set of beliefs for gov.
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what is the great silk road?
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1. improved trade
2.improved economy 3. spread religion (buddhism) |
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What did the T'ang Dynasty improve?
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they revived and improved exams for gov. ifficals
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Why were these test great?
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hard work and intelligence instead of inheritence could earn a man a postion in gov.
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Who could take these test?
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any man could take a test
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Was china still ruled by families?
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no it was not ruled by families with inherticed power
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What was the new class of educated people called?
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Gentry they were above commoners but below nobles
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Were the test perfect?
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No the system favored rich mean (afford education)
test requirment did not stop gov. officals from being selfish |
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What dynasty was technolgy advanced in the world?
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The t'ang dyansty--printing, compass Gunpowder
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Wsho were the Mongols?
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Barbarians from North Asia
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Where did the mongols live?
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nomadic lofe sytle (constantly moving)
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Why Were the Mongols alwasy moving?
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find grasses for cattle, fing and conquer others and steal from them
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Who was Ghenghis Kahn?
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United the Mongols conquered Asia, created largest unified empire in history
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Was he organized?
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yes organized army carried out quick orders
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How did he conquer?
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Cruelity to conquer and control people
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He conquered other violent barabarians how did this help?
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Making treade across Asia safer
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how long was Asia peacful for?
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Hundred years (1250-1350)
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Who was Marco Polo?
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Italian whom explored Asia 175 A.D.
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What did he do?
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wrote about advanced chnese civilization upon retrun
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His writing inspired who to find a sea route to Asia?
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Columbus
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How did the chinese emperor system fall?
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extraiageence(wasteful spending by Emperor
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Who created the Forbidden City?
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Mong Dynasty 1400s
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What is the origin of Name?
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only memebers of the Imperial Household could eneter (servants and Emperor
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Who was made about over taxation?
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peasants pays most taxes (gentry class exempt)
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What was other reason it fell?
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failure to Mondernize, no mass producation of goods, less development of steel (less modern transport & weapons)
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What was other reason Chinses system fell?
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isolationism No trade
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What happen when the population grew?(430 million in 1850)
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food shortage
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What to the yellow river?
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floods in 1852 droughts
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Was there inequality?
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yes. chinese nobles
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What percent of landlords make up the population?
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10 percent
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How much of the land to the landlords own?
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80 percent
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What did the landlords make the peasent pay?
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70 percent of the crops as rent
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What did the Europeans bring to China?
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poppy flower to increase trade with Europe
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How many people were addicted to opium in 1830s?
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12 million people
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When was the Opium war?
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1839-1842
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Who fought in the Poium War?
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England and China
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who loesed the War and Why?
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China becuase they used old weapons
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What was the outcome of the war?
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England owns Hong kong,
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What is the sphere of infulence?
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parts of lands in China where the European countires &Japna controlled china indirectly & economically but not potical
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Who controls the trade and owns resouces with thier of sph. of. infl?
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England
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What did Europe enjoy?
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extraterrioriaL(IGNORE cHINESE LAWS
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What is U.S. open Door policy?
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u.s. proposes opening up free trade with China?
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Why does U.S. do this?
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becuase they do not have a sph. of.Infl. and losing trade and money
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china is controlled in what?
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Economically and culturally
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Who were the Boxers?
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Nationlist group of chinese revolting against forgien Domination of china
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What was the outcome of the Boxers rebellion 1910?
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lose beucase of outdated guns and out numbered
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Who was Sun Yat Sen?
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Leader of the nationalist party called the Kuomintang
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What is Sun Yat Sen considered?
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father of chinese revolution
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Sun Yat Sen was elected 1st democ. president? Yes or No
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Yes
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What were Sun Yat Sen princples?
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Modernization, unity, Nationalism
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When does he lose president and why?
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6 weeks later becuase Warlords fight to control China
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Deng Xiao Ping rejected what?
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Mao's obession with communist walues
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Deng Xiao Ping wanted to focus on what?
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Econ. Develop, he allowed some cap. to revitalize econ.
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What can some people do now?
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own privately land and bunsinesses and sell surpus food/goods fro profit
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what was the outcome?
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more food, industry, money, more trade & culture from West, worse gap between rich and poor
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What China totally socialist?
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no
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Was there more corruption and bribes?
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no
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What Tiannmen square protest 1989?
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Chinese learned benefits of democracy from the West
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The student wanted more what?
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democracy (voting and political rights)
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young studetn did what to protest?
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hunger strike in tian.sq. in Bejing
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what was Deng/gov response?
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Gov. troops arrest and kill thoughsands
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Does the media cover this ?
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yea, becuase of free speech censored
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