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Modern East Asia
Part I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the primary civilization of East Asia? | China |
| In the 1600s where were most Chinese located? | along the yellow river |
| What was special about the Chinese being along the Yellow river? | good food and water supply |
| What does a dynasty do? | get control of an area and rule for hundreds of years |
| What is the normal process in China with dynasty's? | great warrior becomes successful, has great kingdom, teaches son, son not as self-sufficient, becomes more corrupt, gets overthrown |
| Around what time did the Ming dynasty fall? What happened? | 1640, they ran out of money so they taxed the peasants who then took over Bejing |
| What dynasty did the Manchus watch get weak? Which dynasty did they establish? | Han got weak, established Qing |
| What dynasty were the Han in charge of? | Qin |
| What look did Manchus force everyone to have to show they are now in power? | queve which is the front 1/2 of the head shaved but the back of the head grown out |
| What created modern China? | the fusion of manchu and han practices |
| Who was the first Manchu emperor? | Kangzi |
| What did Kangzi accomplish that no other Chinese emperor could? | signed the treaty of nerchinsk with Russia |
| What did the treaty of nerchinsk accomplish for the Manchu? | allowed them to protect their borders and focus on the Portuguese |
| Why could Kangzi sign a peace treaty when those before him couldn't? | he did not have to live by the strict Chinese rules |
| When was the treaty of nerchinsk signed? | 1689 |
| Who did Kangzi choose to continue his ruling? | his 4th son |
| What is the major geographical difference between China and Japan? | Japan is an island |
| What is super important to the Japanese? | national identity |
| Who was at the top of the hierarchy but acted as a puppet in Japan? | the emperor |
| What had the actual power in Japan, what is this compared to | shogun, like a general |
| Who is under the shogun? What are they like? | daimyo, like god |
| Who is under the daimyo? What are they like? | samurai, like warrior |
| Who conquered all of Japan and named himself shogun? | Ieyausu |
| What 2 things did Japan's shogun Ieyausu put into place? | the emperor will dedicate himself to the shogun and tokugawa shogunate |
| What is tokugawa shogunate? What did this lead to? | no outsiders will be put up with, economic prosperity of 1603 |
| What began to threaten the tokugawa shogunate? | catholism |
| What three things happened in Japan from 1600s-1700s due to the shogunate? | 1. population of Japan tripled 2. the merchants became the middle class 3. Samurai lost relevance due to lack of war |
| Where is Korea located? | peninsula between Japan and China |
| When was the East Asian War fought? What three countries were involved? | 1592-1598, Japan, China, and Korea |
| Where was the East Asian War mainly fought? | Korea |
| Which Korean king fled the country due to the East Asian War? | Songjo |
| Who went and fought the Japanese ships of the peninsula of Korea? | admiral Yi |
| What happened to admiral Yi after defeating the Japanese ships? Why? | he gets thrown in jail to let the king keep all his power |
| What happens when the Japanese ships invade Korea for a second time? | they let Yi out of jail, he takes his remaining 13 ships and defeats the 138 Japanese ships without losing any of his ships |
| What was the second battle between Yi and the Japanese called? | battle of myeyongye |
| Which dynasty did the Koreans like better? Han or Ming? | Han |
| What is a huge part of Korean culture that comes from China? | confucianism |
| What does confucianism place emphasis on? | filial pietx (family hierarchy) |
| During the shogunate how did the political order compare to the social order? | political: emperor, shogun, daimyo, then samurai social: samurai, craftsmen, peasants, merchants |
| Why would the daimyo go on an exhibition each year? | honor the shogun |
| What event was called 47 Ronin | a daimyo went on his pilgrimage to honor the shogun, the shogun official was so rude that he pulled his sword |
| What is a ronin? | a masterless samurai |
| What happened to the daimyo's ronin after he was forced to commit suicide? | beheaded the shogun official, placed his head on the grave of their daimyo, then turned themselves into the police to honor loyalty to order |
| What is seppuku? | forced suicide |
| What is the name for the nightlife streets that started to pop up around Japan? | ukiyo |
| What was the most popular place on the ukiyo? | kabuki which are over the top theaters |
| How were people in Japan getting information during the shogunate? | from Dutch soldiers in Nagasaki |
| Why did China and Japan fall behind during the late 1700s-1800s? | the industrial revolution hit the rest of the world |
| What did the emperor write because Japan hadn't developed like the rest of the world? | 16 maximums of proper behavior |
| Who was the most famous kabuki performer? What did he tend to preform as? | Utaemon, women |
| When Kangzi dies, who is he succeeded by? | Yongshong |
| What type of ruling did Yongshong believe in? What does this mean? | dual-nature ruiling, he would leave other ethnic groups alone as long as they didn't cause too much harm |
| Who was Yongshong succeeded by? When? | Qianlong, 1736 |
| Who had one of the longest Chinese rulings? | Qianlong |
| What concept does Qianlong put a lot of emphasis on for China? | confucianism |
| What is confucianism? | worship of your ancestors |
| Why did Qianlong step down early? | he did not want to lead longer than his grandfather |
| What is the grand council? | a group of 6 manchu men that met in secret to help the emperor |
| What is the word for when non-Chinese societies become Chinese? | sinicized |
| What did Britain want that China had? | tea |
| What occurred on the East India Company? | british asked chinese to trade their tea for wool, chinese said no |
| Who brought potatoes to China? | Colombus |
| By the 1700s chinese population has ____________ | tripled |
| In western countries because of the industrial revolution what has started to gain political power? | the middle class |
| What was the book that slammed the civil service exam? When was the written? Who wrote it? | schours, 1740, Wu Jingzi |
| Who was general heshen? What did he cause? | one of the emperors favorites so he was on the grand council, he began to take bribes which caused a decline in government standards and eventually a rebellion |
| Who caused the chinese "dynastic decline"? | General Heshen |
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