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World U 1-2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what time span did early china occur in | 2000 BCE- 221 BCE |
| How was early china before | isolated few slaves from foregin countries, were seditary had geographic barriers of the Himalaya,desert,jungle, and ocean |
| How did the chinease view nomadic invaders | viewed them as beanth them used them as prisoner of war |
| what were the main regions in early china | along the east coast, the hung he ( yellow river ) and Yangzi river |
| what was chinas first dynasty and how long was its span ? | the shang dynasty from 1750- 1027 BCE |
| Describe the shang dynasty | known as the bronze age in 2000 BCE, first civilization, xia were first people had a decentralized gov. |
| What did the nomads do | came to steal crops and horses |
| what is divination | communicating with ancestors for advice also called oracal |
| What was kanji | language that can be spoken and written with characters |
| what was calligraphy | the art style of writing kanji |
| what is veneration | it was the respect and admiriation for things greater than you not worship |
| what was the shang dynasty7 religion based on | heavily based on religious leaders |
| Era of warning states | between 475 BCE-221 BCE , involved the shang and Zhou, worked if family was rich they would buy weapons to over rule dynasties |
| what was the 2nd dynasty in china and how long was its span | the Zhou dynasty , lasted from 1027-221 BCE over ruled the shang |
| What was the mandate of heaven | the concept if ruler has lots of natural disaters beyond their power its a message from the gods that they cant rule |
| what were the changes in the Zhou dynasty | continudity states were consistent, less emphasis on religion & priest, emperor was political leader gov was decentralized |
| what was the zouhs economic growth | iron in 500 BCE led to large scale irrigation more chariots and tools |
| what is legalism that they believed in | believeing every human was born evil |
| what was the intellectual movement held by the Zhou | set harsh punishments for crime made by shi huanghi people came second to the state using centership not allowing people to get access not for their own good |
| Who was Confucius | was born as kongzi in 551 BCE his philosophy was to have social order and obidence and know your role in scoity not a religion just a way of life does not believe in harsh punshiment |
| what is filial piety | the obidence to your parents |
| what is Daoism in the Zhou culture | a religion showing the path of way deals with spirituality, not concerned with politics or human affaris concerned with peace and respect to nature and people |
| what were the changes in the social organization in the Zhou dynasty | have private property, decline of clans women are in a lower rank than position because of Confucius |