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China Unit Facts
important people, events and facts, for exams asij
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural Barriers | EAST-OCEAN, NORTH&WEST-DESSERTS, SOUTH WEST-HIMALAYAS |
| Han | the most popular ethic, 92% |
| The Middle Kingdom | the middle world, between heaven and earth |
| Zhou | Mandate of Heaven roads and canals, warring states, elite was old aristocracy, silk important, money system |
| Mandate of Heaven | Where the heaven chooses the rightful leader. |
| Confucius | 5 realationships, respect ancestors, good citizens, harmony |
| 5 reationships | Ruler & Subject Father & Son Big Brother & Little Brother Husband & Wife Neighbour & Neighbour |
| Daoism, Taoism | natural order,fighting is useless, government shouldn't interfear, Dao De jing |
| Legalist | harsh rule, censorship |
| I Ching | fortunes, predictions |
| Yin & Yang | opposites |
| Qin | Shi HuangDi not of noble birth,"first emperor" very harsh, censorship, burned scholars's books, great wall, same coins, axel dimensions Eunchus (castrated men) were advisors, new gentry (elite) |
| Han | peace in China, salt for preserving food, 20 different classes, Bureaucracy, paper, silk roads, intermarriage, better food production/rice, more roads for trade.movable type |
| Sui | Great canal |
| Tang and Song | Expansion of empire |
| Advancements | woodblock, gun powder, silk, paper, math, compass, rice |
| Gengihs Khan | Mongol, violent, take over lots of land, powerful , temujin |
| Kublai Khan | Grandson of Genghis Khan |