CN Flashcards
(115 cards)
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Northern river
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Huanghe
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Southern river
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Changjiang/Yangtze
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Northern climate
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Cool, dry
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Southern climate
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Warm, wet
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Neolithic cultures timeframe
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8000 - 2000 BCE
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Yangshao culture timeframe
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5000 - 3000 BCE
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Longshan culture timeframe
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3000 - 1900 BCE
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Xia dynasty timeframe
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1900 - 1600 BCE
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Shang dynasty timeframe
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1600 - 1046 BCE
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Zhou dynasty timeframe
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1045 - 256 BCE
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Western Zhou dynasty timeframe
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1045 - 771 BCE
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Eastern Zhou dynasty timeframe
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770 - 256 BCE
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Lifetime of Confucius
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551 - 479 BCE
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Warring States Period
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475 - 221 BCE
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Qin dynasty timeframe
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221 - 210 BCE
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Han dynasty timeframe
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202 BCE - 220 CE
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Emperor Wu (Han) lifespan
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141 - 87 BCE
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Period of Division
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220 - 589 CE
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Three Kingdoms period
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220 - 280 CE
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Cao Cao lifespan
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155 - 220 CE
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Western Jin dynasty timeframe
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256 - 317 CE
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Northern and Southern dynasties timeframe
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317 - 589 CE
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Sui dynasty timeframe
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581 - 618 CE
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Tang dynasty timeframe
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618 - 907 CE
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Song dynasty timeframe
960 - 1279 CE
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Yuan dynasty timeframe
1271 - 1368 CE
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Kublai Khan lifespan
1215 - 1294 CE
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Ming dynasty timeframe
1368 - 1644 CE
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Early historical period of Korea
400 BCE - 313 CE
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Three Kingdoms (Korea)
313 - 668 CE
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Goguryeo dynasty timeframe
37 BCE - 668 CE
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Silla dynasty
668 - 892 CE
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Jōmon Period
11,000 - 500 BCE
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Yayoi Period
500 BCE - 250 CE
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Mounded Tomb Period
250 - 600 CE
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Asuka-Nara Period
600 - 800 CE
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What regions are encompassed by East Asia in a geographical sense?
Eastern region of the Asian continent and the countries located there, principally China, North and South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan
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Defined in a cultural sense, what are the broad features of East Asia and which countries are included under this umbrella?
Close historical relations with China and influence of Chinese political and legal institutions, as well as Confucian and Buddhist traditions. This includes the geographical constituents of East Asia (China, North and South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan) as well as Vietnam.
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During China’s Neolithic Age, how did Longshan culture differ from Yangshao culture?
The Longshan (3000 - 1900 BCE) exhibited walled town settlements where the Yangshao had lived in millet-farming villages. Infrastructure was more advanced, with public buildings, roads, and drainage ditches. Additionally, the Longshan buried their dead in cemetaries, and the presence of pottery and jade objects in some graves indicates social differentiation.
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What kinds of evidence do we have to reconstruct the first dynasties in Chinese history–the Xia and Shang Dynasties? What can we learn from this evidence?
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During the Western Zhou Dynasty, how did Zhou kings justify overthrowing the Shang Dynasty, and how did they govern newly-conquered lands?
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During the Warring States Period, how did the nature of warfare change, and how did the demands of that changing warfare reshape Zhou feudal states?
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Explain the major ideas of Confucius.
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Explain the major ideas and practices of Daoism.
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Why was the Qin Dynasty so important to the history of China? What did the First Emperor of Qin accomplish?
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Describe prominent features of Han Dynasty society and governing.
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How did Buddhism become a major religious tradition in China?
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How was state development in Korea and Japan differently impacted by China?
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What were the foundations of Tang Dynasty power in East Asia?
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During the Song Dynasty, China was one of the most developed countries in the world. What features of that dynasty provide evidence supporting that judgment?
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Describe the status of women during the Song Dynasty.
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Explain the origins of the Yuan Dynasty and assess its impact on China.
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Anyang
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Asuka-Nara Period
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Cao Cao
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China proper
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Civil service examinations
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Commercialization
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Confucius and Confucianism
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Daoism
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East Asia
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Emperor Wu (Han)
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Empress Suiko
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Equal fields system
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Footbinding
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Goguryeo Kingdom
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Imperial Confucianism
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Kublai Khan
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King Wu (Zhou)
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Korean peninsula
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Legalism
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Liu Bang
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Longshan culture
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Mandate of Heaven
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Mounded Tomb Period
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Neo-Confucianism
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Northern and Southern dynasties
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Oracle Bones
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Prince Shōtoku
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Qin dynasty
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Scholar-officials
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Secondary state formation
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Shang dynasty
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Shang Yang
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Shinto
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Silk Roads
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Silla Dynasty
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Tang Law Code
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Three Kingdoms period
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Xia Dynasty
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Yangshao culture
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Yangzi River
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Yayoi Period
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Yellow River
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Yellow Turbans
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Yuan dynasty
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Zhao Kuangyin (Song Emperor Taizu)
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Zhou dynasty
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Western Zhou
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Zhu Xi
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101
Size of Japan, and its constituents
400,000 sq. km, slightly smaller than California. Four main islands and many smaller ones.
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Terrain and arability of Japan
Rugged, riverine, and mountainous such that only fifteen percent of land is arable.
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Places of relative agricultural importance to Japan
Kinai and Kanto plains
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Geology of Japan
Due to its location along the Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan has historically lived under the threat of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
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Terrain and arability of the Korean peninsula
Mountainous (cf. Japan), but more arable land relative to its area given coastal areas and plains that are well-suited to agriculture.
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Climate of East Asia
Temperate with summer monsoons.
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Describe air flows and their climate effects.
Warm, moist air flows southeast from the Pacific to the northwest. Cold and dry air from Central Asia moves in the opposite direction. Thus, easterly and southerly regions are warmer and wetter.
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Near which river did early Chinese states emerge, and which were they?
The Yellow River; Xia, Shang, and Zhou.
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Near which river did early Chinese states emerge, and which were they?
The Yellow River; Xia, Shang, and Zhou.
110
What and when marked the beginning of the Neolithic Age in China?
While foraging bands dotted East Asia from around 10,000 BCE, it was in 8,000 BCE that the Neolithic Age was heralded when some hunter-gatherers adopted a diet of domestic cereals (i.e., millet) and began to live in village settlements.
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How much time separated the first settled villages in China with what is thought to be the beginning of the first dynasty?
A space of some six millennia existed between these people and the Xia dynasty.
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What period marked greater complexity of Neolithic peoples in China and what is an iconic feature thereof?
5000 - 3000 BCE; pottery.
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What was the second prominent Neolithic culture? When did it arise? Where? What were some features thereof?
Longshan culture; 3000 - 1900 BCE, supplanting the Yangshao culture, and emerging east thereof along the lower and middle reaches of the Yellow River. Features included walled settlements, cemeteries outside of them, public works (drainage ditches and roads), and social stratification as evidenced by disparities in burials whereas presumed elites were buried with pottery and jade objects.
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What was a major shift during the third millennium BCE?
A move from villages to walled towns that in turn became political and economic centers. In these walled towns, there were political and/or religious chieftains that predated later kings.
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Describe the Xia and archaeological discoveries associated with it.
1900 - 1600 BCE. Associated with the Erlitou site, which may have been its capital. This location was home to a walled palace complex, elite burials with bronze weapons and jade, and workshops for production of pottery and bronze—the latter of which made it characteristic of a Bronze Age civilization.
