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| 3 Ancient Chinese Civilizations + one advance made by each. |
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Definition
Hsia- taught Chinese how to read & write
Shang- Bronze Age
Zhou- Created Mandate of Heaven |
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| 3 elements of the Mandate of Heaven |
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Definition
1. The leader must lead by ability and virtue
2. The dynasty's leadership must be justified by succeeding generations
3. The mandate could be revoked by negligence and abuse; The will of the people was important |
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| 1st 5 Steps to Dynastic Cycle |
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Definition
1. A new dynasty comes to power
2. Emperor reforms gov.->more efficient
3. Lives of common people improved, taxes reduced, farming encouraged
4. Problems begin: war, invasion, natural disasters
5. Taxes increase, men must join a workforce army, farming neglected |
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| 5 major Confucian Principles |
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Definition
1. Li- follow the rules
2. Ren- be kind
3. Shu- empathy
4. Ye- righteousness
5. Xiou- respect |
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| 5 Principle Relationships of Confucianism |
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Definition
1. Subjects <---> Rulers
2. Fathers <---> Sons
3. Husband <---> Wife
4. Older Brother <---> Younger Brother
5. Older Friend <---> Younger Friend |
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| 5 Major Legalist Principles |
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Definition
1. Human nature is naturally selfish
2. Intellectualism & literacy are discouraged
3. Law is supreme authority & replaces morality
4. Ruler-rule w/ strong, punishing hand
5. War-means of strengthening ruler's power |
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| What symbol shows the balance of Daoism? |
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| 7 dynasties of Qin through Ming + 1 element of each |
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Definition
1. Qin (chin) legalism, military
2. Han- Silk Road develops
3. Sui- Grand Canal constructed
4. Tang- Liberal-> spread of Buddhism
5.Song(sung)-Rice growing, middle class
6. Yuan (wan)- conquered by Mongols
7. Ming- cultural revolution-printing literacy, culture |
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| List and describe two different political movements that dominated China in the 20th century. |
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Definition
Nationalists vs. Communism
China was Nationalist but Communism was starting to invade and eventually won over China completely |
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Definition
1. Testimony- declaration of faith
2. Pray 5x a day facing Mecca
3. Almsgiving- all things belong to God, 2.5% of income
4. Fasting during Ramadan- sun up to sun down (purify)
5. Pilgrimage to Mecca- 1x in your life if you can (hajj) |
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Term
| Significance of Abraham in the rise of monotheism in the Middle East |
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Definition
| Abraham made the covenant of Yahweh with his people and Abraham is the father of Ishmael who is the father of Islam. |
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Term
| Why is the Temple in Jerusalem such a holy and important site for Jews? |
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Definition
| Inside the temple is the ark of the covenant which contains the 10 commandments- laws from Yahweh + place of worship |
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| Explain why Islam was able to spread so quickly. |
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Definition
1. Easy to learn & practice
2. No priesthood
3. Teaches equality
4. Non-Muslims paid additional taxes
5. Easily "portable"-nomads & trade routes
6. Jihad (holy war) against pagans & other non-believers |
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Definition
| The spiritual & political renewal of the Jewish people in its ancestral homeland of Palestine |
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| Jews realized they can't live in a state of diaspora anymore and that they needed to get their own country. Created Zionism. |
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| What new Middle Eastern countries emerger after the Treaty of Versailles? |
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Definition
| Trans-Jordan, Iraq, new-Saudi, Arabia, Iran, Turkey |
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| What British actions of the early 20th Century were causes of the later Arab-Israeli conflict? |
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Definition
| Brittian promised both Arabs & Israelis they could have the land of Palestine. |
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Term
| How did Israel's borders change from 1949 to 1979? |
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Definition
| They expanded greatly into Egypt |
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Term
| Name 5 unique features of the geography of Africa |
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Definition
1. Second largest continent
2. 2.5x the size of the US
3. Nile- longest river in the world
4. Sahara Desert
5. Rain forests cover 37% of the country |
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Term
| What was the name of the slave ship voyage from Africa to America? |
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Term
| What were the 8 motives for European colonization? (part 1) |
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Definition
1. Industrial Revolution (source for raw materials; place for trade)
2. European Nationalism (pride)
3. Missionary activity (spread the faith)
4. Military & naval bases
5. Place to dump unwanted/ excess population
6. Social/ Economic opportunities
7. Humanitarian reasons ("help Africans have better lives")
8. European racism (social Darwinism) |
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| A poem by Rudyard Kipling saying that while people must help black people because they aren't as smart as the white people (social Darwinism) |
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Term
| Why was the Belgian Congo the perfect example of oppressive European colonialism? |
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Definition
| 5-8 million people died because they were forced by King Leopold II to make rubber from rubber trees. The Europeans thought they owned the land and therefore the people so they could tell them to do whatever they wanted |
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| 2nd 5 Steps to Dynastic Cycle |
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Definition
6. Gov. increases spending; corruption
7. Drought, floods, famine occur
8. Poor lose respect for gov. then join rebels & attack landlords
9. Rebel bands find strong leader who unites them. Attack emperor.
10. Emperor is defeated! |
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