WHAP Chapter 7 reading quiz_Dzubin
Order by
51 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Castration | common in premodern times. Process when the penis/balls/testicles were cut off a man as punishment, so they could not have children. |
| Sima Qian | was punished by castration and said to have provided the best information about the develoment of early imperial China. |
| Eunuchs | were appointed to sensitive posts over nobles, because they couldn't have familes, so therefore they could not challenge authorities. |
| principles or ideas adopted by the rulers of the Qin and Han dynasties | legalist |
| what ultimatly brought an end to the Han dynasty? | the deep divisions of the small class of wealthy land owners and the large class of landless poor. |
| What were some parts of the centralized imperial rule? | common written language and an educational system based on confucianism beliefs anf thoughts |
| Three "schools" of thought that emerged during the centuries of confusion and chaos | confucianism, daoism, legalism |
| first chinese thinker who addressed the problem of politcal and social orderin a straight forward self-concious way | Kong Fuzi, better know as Confucius |
| came from an aristocratic family and established confucianism | Confucius |
| Said that the possession of a stong sense of moral integrity and a capacity to deliver wise and fair judgements was more important then a formal learning | Confucianism |
| three confucian qualities | ren, li, and xiao |
| more like chinese "hippies" | daoism |
| goal of confucianism | social order |
| group that nature was very important to | daoism |
| founder of daoism | laozi |
| "dao" means... | "the way" "the way of nature" "the way of the cosmos" |
| person that said the daoists should refrain from advanced eduacation and live simply in harmony and nature | Wuwei |
| _____ devoted all of their attention exclusively to the state, which they wanted to strengthen and expand at all costs | legalists |
| important things to confucianism | ethics, morailty, and propriety |
| important to daoists | principles governing the world, the place of human beings in nature |
| two foremost exponets of legalist doctrine | Shang Yang and Han Feizi |
| states strenghts according to legalists | agriculture and armed forces |
| legalists were-- | very strict and did not win much popularity |
| legalist methods | to put and end to the warring states period and bring unification to China |
| What did the Qin and Han dynasties rule through? | elaborate bureaucracy |
| Qin devoted their wealth to the | organization of a powerful army with the most effective iron weapons |
| the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty | Qin Shihuangdi |
| the Qin Dynasty established a ___ | tradition of centralized imperial rule |
| emperor Qin Shihuangdi... | -built roads for communication, drafted laborers, and disarmed and destryoed anybody/anything that might rebel or resist against him -ordered workers to start the great wal -pointed China in the direction of political and social unity -ruthless -had a standardization of chinese script -he had all these terra cotta warriors burried with him. And he was obsessed with immortality and mercury. His tomb was pretty boss. |
| under the rule of Shihuangdi... | books were burned and people were killed |
| Shihuangdi died in... | 210 BCE |
| happened after the death of Qin Shihuangdi, in 207 BCE, when rebels overwelmed the Qin court, state buildings were burned and the government officials slaughtered | fall of the Qin Dyansty |
| started the Han dynasty, not charasmatic, but persistant, and a methodical planner | Liu Bang |
| longest and most influential dynasty in China | Han daynasty |
| the emperor that was the main reason for the Han dynasty's success was the long reign of the dynasty's greatest and most energetic ruler | Han Wudi |
| Han Wudi and Qin Shihuangdi were alike, true or false? | true |
| 2 major polices pushed by Han Wudi | administrative centralization and imperial expansion |
| _____ established an imperial university that prepared young men for government service | Han Wudi, and the university used Confucianism as the basis for their curriculum |
| Han Wadi never invaded Vietnam and Korea, true or false? | false, he invaded both of them |
| greatest foreign challenge to Han Wudi | the Xiongnu, nomadic steppe people who spoke Turkish |
| most successful leader of the Xiongnu | Maodun |
| erverthing was.... | patriarchal |
| What was very important during the former Han dynasty? | Silk, agriculture, and Iron |
| There were social tensions between the rich and the poor, true or false? | TRUE BRO, TRUE! |
| he totes used the mandate of Heaven, and stole the throne. "socialist emperor" only added to misfortune. peasants ended his dynasty and his life! lolololol | Wang Mang |
| sucked at everything, they didn't address the problem of land distribution | Later Han Emperors |
| Qin state only lasted | 14 YEARS |
| Han dynasty lasted | more than 4 centuries |
| produced a set of distinctive political and cultural traditions that shaped Chinese and neighboring societies over the long term | Han China |
| built a centralized bureaucracy that administered a unified empire | Han rulers |
| Who launched the program to unify the distinct regions into a larger Chinese society? | The Qin conquerors |
First Time Here?
Welcome to Quizlet, a fun, free place to study. Try these flashcards, find others to study, or make your own.