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China
From ancient to modern day china.
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History
9th Grade
05/18/2011

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Mandate of heaven
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The idea that the emperors of china had a divine right to rule from God.
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Order of dynasties
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Shang, Chou, Chin, Han, Tang and Song, Yuan, Ming, Quin (Manchu)
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Chinese inventions
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Paper, Gunpowder, Compass, and Medicine.
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Importance of The Great Wall and The Grand Canal
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They demonstrate a strong, centralized government of Chin dynasty
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Hundred Schools of Thought
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Time when Taoism, Confucianism, and Legalism were created they all were a search for order after a feudalistic society.
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Filial piety
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Respect for elders
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Civil Service Exam
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Was a Confucius idea that believed only the best should rule so they created extremely hard exams.
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Yin yang
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A Taoist symbol that represents balance between nature and humans or also humans to humans like husband and wife.
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Impact of Taoism on lanscape paintings
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Humans looked smaller and less significant than nature.
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Shang dynasty
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Ancestral Veneration, calligraphy, oracle bones, 1st dynasty with evidence
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Chou dynasty
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Feudalism, and 100 schools of thought
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Chin dynasty
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Terra-cotta soldiers started the great wall, and they were the first to unify china they used legalism
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Han dynasty
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Silk road; connected china to middle east and india ideas and goods were exchanged like silk and Buddhism.
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Tang/Song dynasty
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GOLDEN AGE OF CHINA
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Yuan dynasty (Mongol)
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foreign power; stayed separate from china, moved capitol to Beijing, because of brutality silk road was safer
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Ming dynasty
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ming china and tributary states
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Quin dynasty (manchu)
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Began century of humiliation, also foreign
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Emperor Wudi
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Expands china
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Dr. Sun Yixian
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"father of modern China" 3 principals
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Jiang Jieshi
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Opposed Mao, supported by U.S. and landlords, fled to taiwan
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Mao Zedong
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Major communist leader of china, lead from 1949-1976, five year plans, cultural revolution
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Deng Xiaoping
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leader after mao, had some private ownership, and one couple one child policy
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Zheng He
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explorer had huge fleet of "city ships" diplomacy and trade
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Karl Marx
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Russian founder of communism
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Hu Jintao
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Current leader of china, still Communist but more capitalist, tiananmen square, few human rights
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Ai Weiwei
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Provocative artist, criticized earthquake code
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Gengis and Kublai Khan
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Fought for mogol rule in china
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Dynastic cycle
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war-peace/golden age-uprising-civil war
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Oracle bones
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ox or turtle bones that are heated and the cracks are read as an oracle
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Confucianism, legalism, and Taoism
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They are all philosophies used to end feudalism. Confucianism says people should know there place, legalism says people are evil and need harsh rule, and Taoism says people need to live in unison with nature and each other
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Boxer Rebellion
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anti western violence against foreigners, international army sent in, China punished
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Taiping Rebellion
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Revolt against the manchu dynasty by peasants
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Opium War
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China forced to trade and loses miserable to those they called barbaric
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Treaty of Nanjing
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Made trade unequal to the Chinese, forse of trade and ports to open
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Open door Policy
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the U.S. attempt to trade with China
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Spheres of Influence
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IMPERIALISM, european economic rule
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Three Principals
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Socialism, Nationalism, Democracy
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Civil war
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between Mao and Jiang Jieshi, Mao-communist Jiang Jieshi-capitolist
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Long March
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Turning point for communists
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Rape of Nanjing
Definition
Japan's brutality during ww1
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Marriage law
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prevented foot binding, 2nd wife's, and gives some land rights to women
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Compare 1st and 2nd five year plan
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1st- a success, large spread industrialisation and big boost to the economy. 2nd- big fail "great leap backward" too rapid
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Commune
Definition
part of 2nd 5 year plan, large farms with hundreds of familys
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Goal of Cultural revolution
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to get back the revolutionary spirit
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Impact of Cultural revolution
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China losses all respects, seen as idiotic
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Red guard
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followers of mao usually young men
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The little Read Book
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book of Mao's sayings and philosophies
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Gang of Four
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Contained Mao's wife, extremists, huge change
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Four modernizations
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S.A.I.D. Science, Agriculture, Industry, and Defense
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Responsibility system
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allowed farmers to sell crops after making quota
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Limited Capitalism
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allowing some private business
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Command Economy
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Government controls all aspects of economy
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Tianamen Square
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thousands died for speaking out against China's government, China highly criticized
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Trade imbalance with the U.S.
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We want to trade more with china
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One child policy in china
Definition
creates imbalance between boys and girls because boys are favored
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