Social Studies Midterm China, Japan, And Korea

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dynastic cycle

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rise and fall of Chinese rulers, according to the Mandate of Heaven

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filial piety

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according to the Chinese philosopher Confucius, the duty and respect that children owe their parents

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Mandate of Heaven

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Chinese belief that heaven grants a ruler a mandate, or right to rule; in turn, the people owe the ruler complete loyalty and obedience

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Boxer Rebellion

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bloody uprising of the Boxers, a Chinese organization, against foreigners and Chinese Christians in 1900

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Long March

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flight of Chinese Communists under Mao Zedong in 1934 from the armies of the Chinese Nationalists under Chaing Kai-shek; it lasted more than a year and covered 6,000 miles

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propaganda

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spread of ideas to promote a cause or damage an opposing cause

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Great Leap Forward

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modernization program introduced in China in 1958 by Mao Zedong under which the nation was divided into communes, and peasants were forced to give up their land

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communes

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community in which all property is held in common, living quarters are shared, and physical needs are provided for in exchange for work at assigned jobs

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Cultural Revolution

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movement that emphasized class struggle; instituted in China by Mao Zedong in 1966 to control rival groups within the Communist party

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isolationism

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policy of avoiding foreign involvements and contracts

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armistice

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truce or agreement to end fighting

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samurai

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Japanese warrior knights

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daimyo

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powerful samurai warriors under the control of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate

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shogun

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chief general of the army who was the real ruler in feudal Japan

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feudalism

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system of government in Europe during the Middle Ages, as well as in Japan during the late 1100s, under which local lords rule the land but were bound by ties of loyalty to higher lords and to the monarch or emperor

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bushido

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code of behavior developed by Japan's samurai class that emphasized military virtues and the samurai's duty of loyalty to his lord

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pacifism

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opposition to the use of force under any circumstances