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China Test
Test: Thursday, April 5th, 2012
Question | Answer |
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Huang river | a river from the Tibetan plateau, across northern China, and into the Yellow Sea |
North China Plain | A large, lowland region of eastern China that is watered by the Huang river, birthplace of Chinese civilization |
loess | a fine, yellow soil that is eaisly carried away by wind and water water, found in China |
erosion | the gradual wearing away of soil and rock by wind, glaciers, or water |
famine | a widespread lack of food resulting in starvation and hunger |
steppe | a dry, grassy, treeless plain found in Asia and eastern Europe |
dynasty | line of rulers who belong to the same family. |
oracle bones | in ancient China, a cattle or sheep bone was used to predict the future. |
Shang | Oldest and first dynasty |
Shihuaungdi | First emperor under Chin dynasy |
Han Gaozu | Fiest emperor of the Han Dynasty |
Confucius | He was influential, Chinese, and a scholar, and believed in tradition and people following traditional roles |
Shang Dynasty's focus | Worships ancestors |
Han Dynasty's focus | to be noble, just, and to unhold praticle society |
Quin Dynasty's focus | That legalism people are bad and need law, also form united empire |
Analects from Confucianism | collection of thoughts and ideas of Confucius |
The Mandate of Heaven | What a ruler has, (The right to tell people what to do because he knows. |
Artifacts from Han are: | Paper, Civil Service Based on Merit, Wheelbarrow, Silk Road, Poetry |
Artifacts from Quin are: | Standerdized Coinage, Great Wall, Roads, Terricotta Warroirs, Irrigation Pump |
Artifacts from Shang are: | Ritual Axe, Bronze Ritual Vessles, Oracle Bones, Writing, Casting Kiln |
The values of Confucianism are about what? | Tradition |
What is the little red book? | The little red book is a book created be chairman mao which has quotes that he created himself and are like rules and sayings that the people of china should follow and do. |
WHy was Re-education happening? | The government would re-educate anyone who didn't know Chairman Mao's rules and communism |
What was up with Rashion Tickets? | They were used during the culteral revolution and you would rade in rashion tickets for food and other necessities. (another form of money) |
Why is communism appealing? | Because the government takes care of you |
What exactly is Communism? | A system with no onwership of goods |
What exactly is Capitalism? | Economic system with ownership of goods |