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Asia Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did China trade by sea instead of by land? | the geography made travel by land difficult |
| What mountain range borders southern China? | Himalayas |
| What nations did China trade with? | Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, and India |
| What nation bordered China to the north? | Mongolia |
| What river provided water for rice farming in southern China? | Chang river |
| When a dynasty is believed to be chosen by heaven to rule? | Mandate of Heaven |
| Dynasty that fell because of corruption, food shortages, and nomadic invasions for 361 years? | Han dynasty |
| Chinese belief system based on morality, order, and mutual respect in relationships? | Confucianism |
| Belief system Chinese adopted to deal with suffering during China's period of chaos? | Buddism |
| Where did Buddhism originally come from? | India |
| What Chinese belief system blended with Confucianism because in order to be moral you had to live in harmony with nature? | Daoism |
| How did Wendi of the Sui dynasty reunify China again? | old traditions, religion freedom, and public work projects |
| How did Tang unify China even more? | increased roads and canals |
| The repeating cycle of one dynasty after another gaining and losing the Mandate of Heaven? | Dynastic Cycle |
| The 3 types of people who were chosen to work in the Dynasties' bureaucracy? | scholars, foreigners, aristocrats |
| Wealthy people? | aristocrats |
| Educated people? | scholars |
| People from different countries? | foreigners |
| Organized government with different departments? | bureaucracy |
| Scholars who passed the state exams? | scholar officials |
| Test taken to getting into the Chinese government? | civil service exams |
| Chinese philosopher whose teaching became the basis for China's government? | Confucias |
| Dynasty that let people from all social classes who passed the test to be in the government? | Ming dynasty |
| 3 agricultural changes that led to prosperity? | fast growing rice, terrence farming, and rice paddies |
| 3 reasons trade developed? | rivers canals, and roads developed |
| Term that means development of a city? | urbanization |
| What caused cities to develop in China? | trade |
| Why was paper money developed? | copper resources = small, trees = thousands |
| 3 Chinese advancements during the Tang and Song dynasties? | fireworks = rockets, compass = safe travel, seismograph = early earthquake warning systems |
| Original founder of the Mongol Empire? | Ghengis Khan |
| How big was the Mongol Empire? | China to Southwest Asia |
| Who was a later Mongol leader of China? | Kublai Khan |
| How did Kublai Khan improve China? | protected trade and improved canals/highways |
| Who was the famous European explorer who met Kublai Khan? | Marco Polo |
| Describe Mongol fighting tactics? | soldiers on horse back an arrow surprise attacks |
| What effect did the Mongol Empire have on trade? | opened trade between Europe and China |
| What dynasty overthrew the Mongols after Kublai Khan died? | Ming dynasty |
| Who started the Ming dynasty? | Hong Wu |
| Which Ming emperor built the Forbidden City? | Yongle |
| Why were Beijing's royal buildings and palaces called the Forbidden City? | commoners and foreigners weren't allowed inside |
| Admiral who sailed China's fleet to Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, and Africa? | Zheng He |
| Why did Zheng He travel for China? | to establish trade, gain, respect from other regions, and get tributes |
| What was built to protect Beijing from invaders? | the Great Wall of China |
| What led to the decline and fall of the Ming dynasty? | weak rulers, high taxes, and poor harvests |
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