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20 Cards in this Set
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who was the first emperor of Han Dynasty? |
Liu Bang |
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How was Bang's rule different from Qin? |
he was kinder and lowered taxes |
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How could a person get a government job under Wudi? |
pass a test |
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How were social classes under Han? |
4 classes |
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List the 4 classes of the Han Dynasty and who was in each |
top- emperor and court next- peasants third- artisians who made goods bottom was merchants- |
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What was the philosophy and religion that guided life under the Han Dynasty? |
Confuciusm |
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What was the guide line for family under Hans |
father at the top; boys better than girls; everyone must respect the father and their parent disobeying parents is a crime |
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What advancements in art were made under Han |
figure painting; portraits of people; realistic scenes from everyday life; lots of poetry |
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list 4 inventions and advances during Han rule |
paper; books; scroll; sundial; seismograph; accupuncture |
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what is silk |
soft light fabric made from silkworms |
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how was silk made |
remove thread from worms cocoon; dye ad weave into fabric |
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what was the first item traded for silk? |
horses |
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what was the silk road? |
4000 mile long network of route going west to the Mediterranean |
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what dangers on the silk road? |
could be attacked by enemies; traveling many miles along the desert |
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How did buddhism get to china |
came from India. it was accepted because it offered rebirth and relief from suffering during violent times of Han Dynasty |
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define diffusion |
spread of ideas from one culture to another |
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why did buddhism take off in China? |
unstable government and social life led to a desire of people for rebirth and relief from suffering--both promises of the buddah Buddhism provided more hope than traditional chinese beliefs |
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what were produced by the Chinese ironworkers |
swords, armor plow, wheelbarrow |
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what was the punishment for revealing the secret of the silk making? |
death |
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why did trade increase |
Hans were conquering lands farther west and learned that others even further west wanted silk
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