japanese whatevr

Question 1

confucianism

Answer 1

Focus on education, superior/inferior roles, and propriety (proper behavior)

Question 2

which of the following is associated with the song dynasty ? gun powder, paper, stirrups, the great wall

Answer 2

gunpowder

Question 3

what was the purpose of the civil service exam?

Answer 3

to select gov officials by merit

Question 4

code of behavior for knights

Answer 4

serve lord, lord, and lady
chivalry

Question 5

code of behavior for samurais

Answer 5

Bushido, live as youre dead, 100% loyalty to master

Question 6

Bushido

Answer 6

code of ethics

Question 7

Seppuku

Answer 7

ritual suicide / kill yourself when your daimyo/master dies

Question 8

Ronin

Answer 8

samurai without a master

Question 9

shogun

Answer 9

general

Question 10

emperor

Answer 10

figure head

Question 11

daimyo

Answer 11

land owners

Question 12

samurai

Answer 12

warriors

Question 13

heian age

Answer 13

Emperor and his court focused on refined court life
More concerned with luxury & arts than governing Japan
Obsession with fashion
Emphasis on etiquette (manners/appropriate behavior)
Emphasis on art, learning

Question 14

shogun vs emperor

Answer 14

The shogun held the true power while the emperor became a figurehead (he leads the country but doesn’t have any real power.)

Question 15

what did japan take from china

Answer 15

Japan borrowed from China but usually changed these things slightly to create their own unique culture
Confucianism
Focus on education, superior/inferior roles, and propriety (proper behavior)
Used the same characters in their writing, changed the shape slightly, and added phonetic characters as well
Japan used some of the same characters as the Chinese but also have “curvier” characters
Buddhism→ formed Zen Buddhism
Sculptures→ used Budha-style sculptures to represent Kami spirits
Landscape Paintings
Emphasis on nature (similar subject matter)
Chinese paintings were influenced by Daoism, and Japanese Paintings were influenced by Shintoism
Monochromatic
Misty
Pagoda (tiered temples) architecture
Chinese paint their buildings bright colors, and Japan uses natural wood

Question 16

who had a higher role, peasants or merchants?

Answer 16

peasants in confucianism

Question 17

civil service exam details

Answer 17

Boys started their studies around five years old; men took the test around 30 years old.
Only wealthy families could afford private tutors to prepare for tests (poor Chinese needed their sons to farm, not study all day)
Rigorous 3-day exam; only offered every three years

Question 18

Tang & Song Dynasties

Answer 18

golden age of china

Question 19

in golden agechina, Status/job based on …

Answer 19

talent, not birth

Question 20

golden age inventions (china)

Answer 20

Gunpowder (for fireworks)
Paper money
Compass (for sailing)
Movable type (printing press)
Mass produce a text instead of recopying by hand
Porcelain (pottery)
Strong, doesn’t easily stain
Silk

Question 21

golden age china art..

Answer 21

focus on nature, minimize humans/people

Question 22

role of peasant women in china

Answer 22

Inferior to men
Married off as teenagers (gave husband’s family a dowry)→ left their family & lived with husband’s family
Responsible for household duties (cooking/cleaning/children)
Also responsible for farming
Some social freedom (ex. shopped in the market, met other women for tea, could leave their home/walk - no foot binding)

Question 23

upper class women roles in china

Answer 23

Inferior to men
Married off as teenagers→ left their family & lived with their husband’s family
No cleaning/cooking→ servants did all of the work (spied on the wife for the husband)
Socially repressed (lonely)→ trapped in the house for most of their life (not allowed to leave without their husband)
Lived like a beautiful bird trapped in a golden cage
Read poetry or played musical instruments for entertainment
Always had to look attractive
Feet bound as a child (tiny feet seen as attractive, unable to walk for the rest of their life→ unable to leave their house, easily controlled by men this way)

Question 24

Exceptions for roles of women in china

Answer 24

Empress Wu Zhao
Upper class, married to the emperor (one of his many wives, not the 1st wife)
Gave advice to her husband, the emperor → showed her strength, intelligence, and bold personality
Killed the 1st wife’s baby (blamed it on the 1st wife to get rid of her)
Killed her own children (sons) to become Empress
Lied to and tricked people → planted fake inscriptions to make people think that “a female god would appear to become the greatest ruler in the world.”
Cut taxes, gave aid to the poor, and reduced the military
Ban Zhao
Educated upper-class woman
Worked as an imperial advisor and historian
Wrote a book advising women on how to behave/to be good Chinese women

Question 25

where mongols pastoralists?

Answer 25

yes

Question 26

where did mongols live?

Answer 26

steppes and in yurts, nomadic

Question 27

Mongols controlled through ......

Answer 27

fear, intimidation, & force

Question 28

Genghis Khan had..

Answer 28

United the Mongolian clans Formed the largest contiguous empire in history Used military strategy and ruthlessness to conquer

Question 29

what stayed after mongols took over china?

Answer 29

Kublai Khan adopted Chinese dress, customs, & lived in a palace Capital= Beijing Took on a Dynastic (Chinese) name= Yuan Dynasty Chinese people continued to farm Kept low-level Chinese bureaucracy (government workers) Religious tolerance

Question 30

what changed after mongols took over china?

Answer 30

Mongols in charge of the government Chinese were banned from high government positions Society divided into 4 classes: Mongols Foreigners (Muslims, Marco Polo) Northern Chinese Southern Chinese Eliminated the civil service exam Encouraged trade→ merchant class status was elevated No foot binding

Question 31

what ended mongols dynasty?

Answer 31

peasant rebellion called ming dynasty