China Flashcards
Which is not true about Qin Shi Huang
He ordered the burning of Confucian books and had Confucian scholars buried alive.
He ruled in a ruthless fashion.
He is credited with being the First Emperor because he united most of China, in contrast to earlier kings who ruled smaller kingdoms.
Qin ruled his vast territories through the traditional clan leaders.
He created a unified writing system, which is still in use (but with modifications).
Qin ruled his vast territories through the traditional clan leaders.
Which is not true about Qin’s tomb.
Just a few decades ago the underground clay army was discovered when a farmer was digging to improve his well.
His tomb is located in a nearby hillside and has not been excavated.
The tomb was ‘guarded’ by soldiers and horses made of clay (hence ‘terracotta’) and positioned in formations in underground chambers.
As was ancient practice, Qin Shi Huang did not order the construction of his tomb complex until he was dying.
The area with the terracotta warriors is now a tourist site, and one slide shows Dr. A and his wife pretended to drive a team of clay horses.
As was ancient practice, Qin Shi Huang did not order the construction of his tomb complex until he was dying.
Which is not true about the Great Wall?
According to the book China: A Macro History the location of the wall reflects the annual rainfall, the point being that where the rain is too little for farming, people are more nomadic and therefore too hard to govern/control.
It was so well built that most of it now survives.
The purpose was to keep various nomadic tribes living beyond the wall from pillaging villages in Chinese territory.
It ran along northwest China.
It was so well built that most of it now survives.
Which is not true about the term Han?
The term Han is not used much any longer.
The Han period came define the Chinese culture.
It was the name of a dynasty that ruled China in the classical period, late BCE (Before the Common Era) and early CE (Common Era).
The majority population of China are called Han (Chinese), in contrast to the ethnic minorities.
The term Han is not used much any longer.
Which is not true about Manchuria.
Japan came to rule Manchuria, naming it Manchukyo.
In Wild Swans, Dr. Zia was from Manchuria.
The last emperor of Japan was dethroned as a young child but was later made the puppet ruler of Manchuria by the Japanese.
It lies just south of the Korean penninsula.
Japan attacked it in the mid 1800s.
It lies just south of the Korean penninsula.
Which is not true about the Taiping Rebellion?
The Taiping movement was led a a mystic man who had been heavily influenced by Jewish mysticism.
The leader claimed to be like a younger brother of Jesus.
The Taiping movement became quite popular in southern China in the 1860s.
The Taiping army engaged in a long war with the Imperial Army, leading to perhaps more deaths than in any other war ever.
The Taiping movement was led a a mystic man who had been heavily influenced by Jewish mysticism.
Which is not true about China in the early 1900s?
The young emperor’s government is overthrown and a republic is declared in 1911.
Russia defeated Japan in the Japan-Russian War in Manchuria in 1904-5.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen becomes the new leader of the Republic.
The central government gradual loses control to regional war lords.
Russia defeated Japan in the Japan-Russian War in Manchuria in 1904-5.
Which is not true about the KMT
They fought a long civil war with the communists.
The KMT leader was Chiang Kai-shek.
After losing to Mao and the communists, the KMT relocated in Singapore and set up a government there.
In English the KMT was known as the Nationalists.
After losing to Mao and the communists, the KMT relocated in Singapore and set up a government there.
Which is not true about the Long March?
Mao led the Long March from start to finish.
The Long March took many twists and turns before the survivors settled in the far northwest.
The communists promised ‘land to the tiller’, meaning that families that had been farming parts of large holding by a rich family would now own the land they had been farming.
It took place in 1934-5.
Mao led the Long March from start to finish.
Which of these is not true about the communist period in China.
As we learned in Wild Swans, communist leaders had to continue the fight against some large landowners even after Mao took Beijing.
In Wild Swans we learned that local communist committees were sometimes instructed to identify a certain percentage of their members as ‘rightists.’
As we learned in Wild Swans, in the early decades of communist rule, there were many attempts to purge the party of ‘rightists’
Mao proclaimed the communist takeover in 1959.
Mao proclaimed the communist takeover in 1959.
Which is not true about the Great Leap Forward?
The experience led to a divide among communist leaders between the revolutionary idealists and the pragmatists.
It took place from 1958 to 1961.
Another theme was to increase agricultural production.
One theme was to quickly increase steel production.
It was successful in increasing agricultural production.
Farm villages were re-organized into collectives, meant to be more efficient.
It was successful in increasing agricultural production.
Which is not true about the Cultural Revolution?
The Red Guards targeted old ideas, culture, customs and habits by destroying old books, religious sites, art, etc.
It was inspired by an article Mao wrote, lamenting the loss of revolutionary zeal and calling for people to destroy the ‘4 olds’.
It lasted around a decade (1966-76), with education almost ceased and chaos in the streets.
Senior communist officials organized themselves into groups called ‘Red Guards’.
In Wild Swans we learn that the people were really tired of the Cultural Revolution period and came to blame the ‘Gang of Four’ which included Mao’s wife.
Senior communist officials organized themselves into groups called ‘Red Guards’.
Which is not true about the modernization period in China?
Once China managed to actually modernize it went on to earn the title, the World’s Factory.
Deng’s pragmatism is summed up in a saying about a cat catching mice.
China continues to keep one communist ideal – everyone is guaranteed employment.
Each generation of leaders since modernization began have been economic pragmatists willing to compromise traditional communist values as needed.
China continues to keep one communist ideal – everyone is guaranteed employment.
Which is not true about the Tiananman incident.
Chinese schools still do not teach about this incidident.
It is called Tiananman because it took place in Tiananman Square.
Hundreds of protesters were killed during the incident.
People were protesting in favour of more democracy in China, but they didn’t get it.
The ‘Tank Man’ video footage shows how he was run over by an army tank.
The ‘Tank Man’ video footage shows how he was run over by an army tank.
Which is not true about resources?
Much of the gold mined in the world is imported into India and especially China.
The HRE elements are important in high tech military equipment.
China may be planning to introduce an international yuan backed by its gold reserves.
China is dependent on importing Rare Earth elements, which are used in many high tech components worldwide.
China is dependent on importing Rare Earth elements, which are used in many high tech components worldwide.
