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38 Cards in this Set
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What does the chinese language not have?
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articles, an alphabet, plural/singular, tenses
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Goodbye in Chinese
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Zai-Jian
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Thanks in Chinese
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Xiexie
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You're welcome in Chinese
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Bu Yong Xie
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What is Confucius' real name?
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Kong Fuzi/Kong Fu-tzu/Master Kong
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What did Confucius found?
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Confucianism
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What is the Code of Conduct for confucianism?
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morals, virtue, behavior
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What is the Qinling Shandi? What does it divide?
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The Qinling Shandi is the area between the Huang He and Chang Jiang Rivers. It separated the north from the south.
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China Proper
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small historically significant political area that streches from the coast to the three rivers. means heart of china
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What makes up the second political section?
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Korea, Tibet, Manchuria, Mongolia, ans Xinjiang
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3 main rivers
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Huang He, Chang Jiang, Xi Jiang
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Describe the Huang He
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loess, yellowish tint, muddiest in the world, yellow river, china's sorrow-dikes, build up, destructive floods
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climate of huang he
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long cold winters, short hot summers, dust storms in spring, just enough rain to grow crops
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loess
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very fertile yellow soil; found in huang he area
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silt
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sediment in river; loess falls into huang he and becomes silt
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How is China isolated?
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mountains to south and deserts (Gobi) to west
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What results from isolation?
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think they are better, unique culture, not depended on any other culture
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Middle Kingdom
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Zhongguo
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Pangu
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legend; created universe through 18,000 years of work
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Yu
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created kings called xia; drained water from china so people could live there; equivalent to biblical noah
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Shang began?ended?
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began: 1750bc-1500bc (sometime in there)
ended: 1122bc |
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Shang
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invaders; first dynasty;flood control; irrigation; drainage; broze castings; complex bureaucracy; written language; worshipped animism and ancestor worship; agriculture=economy
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bureaucracy
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hereditary kings own lands
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Shang Ti
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worshiped because he was responsible for their destiny and controlled the forces if nature
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oracle bones
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shoudler bone of cattle/ bottoms of tourtoise shell; patterns in cracks were used to answer questions
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Zhou
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conquered Shang; believeed in mandate of heaven; copper coins=money; intro to iron; gave terrioties to be individually ruled; moved east- eastern zhou; warring states emerged-qin conquered; lasted 900 years (longest)
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zhou rule
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rulers gave territorries to family and allies to rule anyway they pleased but had to give military service and tribute to zhou kings. territories were hereditary but each generation must renew loyalty
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Qin
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warring state; short time; shi huangdi; autrocracy; 1st empire; standardized weights, measures; coinage; uniform system of writing; great wall; capital-Xi'an (Chang-en)
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Shi Huangdi
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emperor; means first emperor; harsh on people; limited what could be written, publicized etc.
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Liu Bang
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lead defeat of Qin; took the name of King of Han; Han dynasty named after him
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Han
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Wu Di, civil service, leveling, captial- Xi'an(chang-en),Pax Sinica, paper, favorite of chinese- chinese call themselves son of han
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Wu Di
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longest ruling han emperor
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Buddhism brought what that was previously lacked?
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charity and compassion
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family
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most important unit- more important than an individual
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ancestors
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worshipped with altars
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marriages
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arranged by dad
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wives
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slaves to husbands family until they had their own child
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The Five Classics
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most important literature works; important by Zhou; BOOK OF POETRY; BOOK OF HISTORY; BOOK OF DIVINATION; SPRING AND AUTUMN ANNALS; BOOK OF RITES
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