East Asia

Vocab

Buddha: Indian prince, gave up wealth for meditation and enlightenment

Buddhism: A religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, emphasizing the path to enlightenment. Founded by Siddhartha Gautama

Eight fold path: path to Nirvana (goal of freedom)

Four noble truths: Buddhist central beliefs (centered around suffering)

Nirvana: the goal of all Buddhists - a state of freedom from suffering,desire, and reincarnation cycle

Dalai Lama: Buddhist spiritual leader

Taoism: follow natures flow

  • no rules

  • live life to the fullest

  • Lao Tzu is the founder

  • Ying Yang

Confucianism:

  • strong family structure (parent/child)

  • education

  • social order

Communism: form of government where the government controls everything

Heterogeneous: diversity in cultures

Homogeneous: sharing the same culture

Dynasty: family line of rulers

Dynastic cycle: repeated rise and fall of families

Peninsula: piece of land with water on three sides

Archipelago: chain/group of islands

Plateau: area of level ground at a higher altitude

Terrace farming: level planting surfaces on hills/mountains

North Vs. South Korea

  • everything is opposite!!!

North Korea

  • communist

  • unlimited government

  • no allowed religion

  • poor/ starve

South Korea

  • freedoms

  • friends/allies with the U.S

  • freedom of religion

  • fought with U.S in Korean War

  • high GDP

  • have food/money

Both:

  • Homogeneous

  • share a border

  • similar pasts

History, events, and locations of East Asia

  • Terracotta Soldiers

    • each man and horse is unique

    • as many as 8,000 (from Troy University)

  • Great wall of China

    • many different walls with different materials built

    • invasion protection

    • been rebuilt

One Child Policy

  • China’s most serious issue is population growth

  • China has one-fifth of the world’s population

  • Generally, males are considered more important in China

  • “One child policy” was mostly enforced in urban areas (cities)

  • loss of medical benefits from one child policy

  • large population=lack of resources

  • (the purpose of the) One child policy

    • limit population that was going out of control

BUDDHISM

CONFUCIANISM

TAOISM

FOUNDER



Siddhartha Gautama

Confucius 

Lao Tzu

MESSAGE



  • Reach Nirvana

  • Four noble truths

  • Respect family

  • Attend school

  • Follow government

  • Five basic relationship

  1. Most important is Parent/Child

  • Be balanced

  • Nature

  • Follow natures flow

  • Live in harmony with one another

REASON FOR ORIGIN (Beginning)

Search for the meaning of life


Unhappy with culture and leadership

Unhappy with rules, war, and taxes

GOAL



  • Reach Nirvana

  • Have a good Karma

  • Live in moderation

  • Strong family

  • Strive for education

  • Keep social order

  • Follow the flow of life

  • Live life to the fullest

  • No rules

COUNTRY FOUNDED


India/Nepal

China

China

SYMBOL



wheel

Chinese character

yin yang

BUDDHISM

CONFUCIANISM

TAOISM

FOUNDER


Siddhartha Gautama

Confucius

Lao Tzu

MESSAGE


  • Four noble truths

  • Reach Nirvana

  • strong social order

  • five basic relationships (parent/child)

  • Follow the flow

  • live life to the fullest

REASON FOR ORIGIN (Beginning)

Search for the meaning of life (think about Buddha and what he did for what)

Unhappy with culture and leadership

Unhappy with taxes, war, and rules

GOAL


Reach Nirvana

Have a good Karma

Have strong relationships and strong social order

No rules, follow the flow and live life to the fullest

COUNTRY FOUNDED

Nepal,India

China

China

SYMBOL


wheel

symbol thing chinese character

yin yang