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36 Cards in this Set
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What five regions surround China?
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Tibet
Xinjiang Mongolia Manchuria Korea |
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What are the three great rivers of China?
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Huang He
Chang Jiang Yangzi |
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What river in China is referred to as China's Sorrow
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Huang He
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What was the economy of the Shang Dynasty mainly based on
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Agriculture
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How did the Chinese believe thier ruler recieved the right to rule
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from the gods
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What is the right to rule called
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Mandate of Heaven
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What did Shang artisans excell in
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bronze casting
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What dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty overthrow
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Shang Dynasty
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What was the longest dynasty in Chinese History and how long did it last?
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Zhou
900 years |
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Name the dynasty that only lasted a short time byt was succesful in unifying China under a strong central government
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Qin
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What major accomplisment was established during the Han Dynasty
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civil service system
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Who was the most famous Han emperor
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WU DI
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What did WU DI establish
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PAX Sinica
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What does Pac Sinica mean
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Chinese Peace
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Who was the founder of Daoism
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Laozi
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What are did the Silk Road link China with?
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Mediteranean region
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What does "Learning without thought is labor lost; thought witout learning is perilous" mean
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to learn must one must also be in constant thought about what they are learning and how it applies to life
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What does" Things that done, it is needless to speak about. Things that are past, it is needless to blame" mean
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what you do there is no need to tell people about and the past is the past
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define silt
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fertile soil carried as sediment in river water
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define acupuncture
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Chinese medicianl practive that involves insertion of needles
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Define civil service
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system that administers the government on a day-to-day basis
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define autocracy
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form of government in which the ruler holds total power
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define loess
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extradinarily fertile soil
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How id confucianism influence the development of the Chinese civil service system
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Confucism taught that people would respect a fair government it stressed only educated and virtous people should enter government service
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Describe the Chinese Dynastic cycle
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Founding----Expansion-----Regression-----Collapes
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What three concepts formed the basis of Confucian philosphy
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1. Importance of Family
2. Respect of Elders 3. Reverence of the Past (ansestor worship) |
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What is silt
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soul carried as sediment in a rivers water
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Why was China's civilization isolated from the civilization of India and the West
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great distances towreing mounstaind deserts
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What does Zhonggua mean
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middle kingdom- to chinese it represented the center of world and in their eyes they were the only civilized kingdom
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Name some accomplishments of the Quin dynasty
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first chinese empire; standarized weights; coinage (money), and established a uniform system of writing
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In What dynasty was iron introduced and why was it important
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Zhou; aloowed the use of iron tools and iron plows they were able to cultivate (farm) more land than ever before
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Describe the government of the Qin Dynasty
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strong central government
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What were the Analects
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is what became know as Confusiansim
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What does DAO mean
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Way of Nature
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What is the philosphy of Daoism
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people should not strive for riches or power instead they should try to bring themselves into harmony with DAO
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What did Legalist believe
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power not virtue; they believed in harsh laws
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