Topic 9- East Asia Test Review

Dynasty

Ruling Family

Yellow River also known as

Huang He

Shang Dynasty Technologies

Bronze weapons/tools, Dikes, and Early Chinese writing

Dikes

long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea/river.

Mandate of Heaven

The idea that a ruler’s right to govern is given by heaven.

Warring States

Kingdoms Nobles under the Zhou, began fighting each other for land undermining the Zhou Kings as they lost control.

Which Dynasty unified China.

Qin Dynasty

Legalism

Rules that everyone needs to follow. Ensures that everyone works hard, punishments for those who do not.

The belief that people need strong rulers to rule them.

First Emperor of China

Qin Shi Huang

Han

Reunited China after uprisings against the Qin. 

Similar structure of Government to the Qin (unified China)

Civil Service: government employees took exams to find talented people for civil service. 

Terracotta Warriors

Created for Qin Shi Huang (First Emperor of China)

Made to protect the emperor in the afterlife.

Buried with Qin Shi Huang in his tomb.

8,000 soldiers, along with chariots, and horses. Made with Terracotta (Clay)

Each warrior is unique, with different faces, clothing, and hairstyles to represent real soldiers.

Discovered in 1974 by farmers digging a well

Worshiping ____________ was deeply rooted in Ancient China

Ancestors

Confucianism is based on ____________.

Relationships

5 Relationships

Parent and Child, Husband and Wife, Older and Younger Sibling, Friend and Friend, and Ruler and Subject

Confucianism founder

Confucius

Daoism

Teaches Harmony with nature, balance, and not forcing things.

Yin-Yang Symbol which shows how opposite forces (like light and dark) work together.

Yang

The aggressor, stronger, think the gas pedal in a car.

Yin

Calmer, cautious, think the brake in a car.

Daoism Founder

Laozi

First Mongol to unify the Mongol Tribes

Genghis Khan

Negative from the Mongols

Massacres of Cities, Psychological Warfare, Use of Siege Warfare (Sick Bodies). 

Positive of the Mongols

His empire helped shape world history by connecting diverse cultures and regions, religious tolerance, and merit based leadership.

Communist Countries

Command Economies

Capitalist Countries

Market Economies

Who has control in a Command Economy?

The Government

North Korea

Command Economy- Communist Autocracy

South Korea

Lean Market- Presidential Economy

China

Communist Autocracy- Leaning Command Economy

Japan

Leaning Market Economy- Parliamentary Democracy

Leader of North Korea

Kim Jong Un

Arable

Able to grow crops

94% of China lives in this region

East China- Desserts and little economic opportunities in Central/West China

World’s Largest Urban Area

Tokyo, Japan

Earthquakes under the sea are known as

Tsunamis