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CONFUCIAN TEACHINGS
what was the philosophy concerned with? |
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| setting peace and harmony |
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CONFUCIAN TEACHINGS
what did it emphasize? |
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setting a good moral example: fathers and leaders
each person has an important responsibility |
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CONFUCIAN TEACHINGS
social order and political organization |
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CONFUCIAN TEACHINGS
what did it encourage its followers to do? |
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| follow the 5 relationships |
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CONFUCIAN TEACHINGS
5 relationships |
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1. Ruler-ruled
2. Father to son
3. Older brother to younger brother
4. Husband to wife
5. Friend to friend |
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CONFUCIAN TEACHINGS
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CONFUCIAN TEACHINGS
what were sone of the concepts of filial piety? |
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| the duty and respect the children owed their parents |
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DAOISM
what was it concerned with? |
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| ensuring order in society |
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DAOISM
what did it emphasize? |
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| ways to live in harmony with nature |
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DAOISM
what did it encourage its followers to do? |
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| to have a government with few laws |
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DAOISM
yin and yang-what did it represent? |
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| the forces in nature that are thought to balane each other |
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DAOISM
similarities with other philosophies |
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| people should ahve principles and order with society |
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LEGALISM
what was it concerned with? |
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| strong laws and order, believed a government must be strict |
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-came to China from India during the 1st century
-stresses mercy and compassion: salvation for good
-it is the only religion of the 4 ideals were just looked at |
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CIVIL SERVICE
its effect on China |
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| it strengthened China and scholars/ Mandarins gained success |
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CIVIL SERVICE
what was it based on? |
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| Confucius teachings and philosophy |
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GREAT WALL OF CHINA
2 main purposes |
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1. keep out or discourage attacks by mounted barbarians from the north
2. an outlet for the labor of thousands |
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THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
what did it symbolize? |
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QIN
how were the Qin victorious at the end of the warring states period? |
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QIN
who was Qin Shi Huangdi and how did he rule China? |
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| He was the 1st emperor of China and ruled China under legalist beliefs |
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QIN
why was Qin hated and respected by the Chinese? |
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| He was hated because he was a strict ruler and respected him because he united China |
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-481-221 BC
-7 states warred and Qin was victorious |
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| the belief that one culture is better than another |
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SILK ROAD
trace its route. Under which dynasty did this start? |
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-started in China, went to Persia, then the Middle East, then to the Mediterean and finally Rome
- started in Han Dynasty
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| -traded: silk, Jade, Bronze, Roman glass, Persian coins, (oranges, peaches, and pears were brought to China), the wheel, writing, weaving, gunpowder, religions, paper, and printing |
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SILK ROAD
how did geography affect China before the Silk Road? |
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| -went through the mountains and deserts in the west and south western part of China, it slowed the exchange of ideas and goods |
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| rise and fall of ruling families |
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-every emperor was believed to have the mandate of Heaven
-when something bad happened (flood, drought, loss of a war) the Emperor had lost the mandate of Heaven and the citizens were allowed to revolt |
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| Explain what a Mandarin was. What were the civil service exams based on? |
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-Mandarin is a highly educated government official
-the test is based on Confucian teachings |
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SPHERES OF INFLUENCE
what were they? |
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a place in a country that foreigners control and enrich with their culture
for example: Hong Kong and Can-ton |
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SPHERES OF INFLUENCE
what nations had them? |
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| Britain, France, Germany, and other European powers |
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SPHERES OF INFLUENCE
when did this take place? what time period? |
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after the Opium War
during the Foreign Imperialism period |
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| what were the results of the Boxer Rebellion? |
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1. China was forced to allow foreign troops to occupy Chinese territory
2. caused the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911 |
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| What were the results of the Opium War? Treaty of Nanking? |
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1. the Chinese has to accept British terms of peace
2. extraterritoriality for westerners
3. Emperor agreed to pay for the opium that had been destroyed
4. China also, agreed to open their ports to Europeans
5. Qing emperor gave up Hong Kong to the British |
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| what did Europeans demand from the emeror by the late 1700s? |
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| to trade in other ports in China and to be accepted as equal partners in trade |
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started in 1027
ruled for 400 years |
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-Bronze casting
-early calendar |
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| Started idea of dynastic rule |
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-unified China
-simple law code
-started great wall
-uniformed measure and weights |
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| 1st emperor: Qin Shi Huangdi |
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-set up civil service exams
-silk road starts: part of world wide trade network
-the idea Government is run by the most talented and brightests |
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-central control
-bureaucratic system of government |
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YUAN (MONGOL)
time period? |
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YUAN (MONGOL)
accomplishments? |
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-economy flourished
-extended control across central Asia |
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YUAN (MONGOL)
how did they rule? |
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-1st appointed foreigners to government positions
-reduce the role of Confucian scholars @ 1st |
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-Genghis Khan
-Kubilal Khan |
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-revived Confucian learnings
-built forbidden city |
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-began isolation of China
-consequences: China fell behind the Europeans |
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QING (MANCHURIANS)
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QING (MANCHURIANS)
accomplishments? |
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| -conquered: Vietnam, Korea, Burma, Nepal, and Laos |
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QING (MANCHURIANS)
how did they rule? |
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-limited contact with foreigners
-didn't want to be absorbed into Chinese civilization
-eventually accepted Confucian ideas
-100 days of reform |
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| homeland for European Jews |
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| What did the Balfour Declaration do? What did Br. promise to the Arabs?...To the European Jews? |
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-it established Palestine as a national home for Jews
-it promised the Arabs nothing and promised the European Jews a homeland |
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| What same goals do the Zionists and Palestinian Arabs have? |
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| Who is credited with starting the Zionist movement? |
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| Similarities between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
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-monotheistic
-after life
-Jerusalem |
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| What was the goal of the Crusades? How long did the Crusades last? |
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-to recapture Jerusalem
-lasted 100 years |
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| What are some views/goals of Islamic fundamentalists? Give examples of where an Islamic state exists. |
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-they see westernization as a dangerous force that under minds Islamic society
-they wanted:
1. governments must use Shariah as a basis of all laws
2. Authority must be restored to clerics
3. return to values laid out in the Koran
4. no equal opportunities for women and minorities
5. reduce foreign influences on the region (especially the US)
-Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan |
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| governs all aspects of a Muslim's life (Political, Social, and Economical) |
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| Most of the world's oil is found where? |
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| How many countries make up the OPEC? |
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| Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia |
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| what does OPEC stand for? |
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| Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
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| explain what OPEC is, what's it's major goal? |
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| to become less dependent on the West for oil |
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| How much of the world's oil reserves are located in the M.E.? |
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| Camp David Agreement-what did it do? What countries were involved? |
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-ended 30 years of war between Egypt and Israel, Israel gave back the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt, and Israel promised eventual self-rule for the Palestinians
-countries: Israel and Egypt |
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| what major bond do Arab countries have in the M.E.? |
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| hostility towards Israel (everyone except Jordan and Egypt) |
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| 1956 war-results? explain the actions of Egyptian President Gamal Nasser |
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| Israeli troops occupied but later withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula |
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| Results of 1967 (six day war) what territory did the Israelis get? |
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| Israel won and got the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip from Egypt, Golan Heights from Syria, and the West Bank from Jordan |
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-Syria and Egypt attacked Israel. They wanted to regain the territory they lost in 1967.
-Israel pushed them back and the UN negotiated a cease-fire |
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| Recommendation of the UN in 1947? Partition Plan-What was it? What were the results? What territory did the Israelis get? |
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-it recommended Palestine should be broken up into a Jewish state and an Arab state
-Israelis accepted the plan, Arabs didn't
-Arab countries declared war on Israel (Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Lebenon)
-Israel won and got mst of Palestinian territory including Jerusalem |
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| What is the major reason of the Arab/Israeli conflict? |
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| neither will accept the other's reight to exist |
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SUNNI/SHIITES
why did this happen? |
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| Myhammad needed a successor after he died |
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SUNNI/SHIITE
Sunni want merit-explain |
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Sunni wanted the successor to get the job based on merrit
-they wanted Abu Bakr |
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SUNNI/SHIITE
Shiite want Bloodline succession-explain |
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They wanted a bloodline succession and wanted to elect Ali, Muhammad's cousin and son in law
-they thought electing Abu Bakr would be denying Ali's right to the throne |
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| the Atlantic Slave Trade and its effects on Africa in the 1600s |
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| it grew by the 1600s, more slaves were taken out of Africa because of the meergence of the plantation economy in North America and South America |
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| Mansa Musa-Why was he significatn in this part of Africa? Impact of his Pilgrimage |
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-because his wealth and pwer helped spread Islam
-Islamic learning and culture expanded in Mali |
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| Explain the Berlin Conference 1884 |
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| a conference between the European powers about dividing up Africa |
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-palm oil for soaps
-cotton
-gum for paper
-rubber
-ivory
-rare hard wood |
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| Reasons as to why Europeans invaded Arica during the 19th century |
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1. new markets for their manufacturers
2. new sources for raw matericals
3. to gain advantage over rivals
-cultural and ethnic diversity of the African people were disregarded |
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| What was the purpose of railroads/roads used by Europeans in Africa? |
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| to open the interior of Africa to settlers and to obtain raw matericals for industrialization |
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| What is African nationalism? How was this limited after WWII? |
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after WWII, increaed nationalism amongst Africans led to independence for many Africans
-national boundaries made by Europeans had little relationship to tribal boundaries |
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| What is the effecton tribal loyalties and migration of traditional African from rural to urban areas? |
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-the continued strength of the tribe is a reflection of the continuing influence of traditional cultures
-the result of migration from rural to urban areas had been the weakening of ancestral lines and kinship bounds (weakening the tribe) |
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| what West African city was the center for Islamic law and thinking during the Middle Ages? Describe it. How was it significant? |
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| -Tinbuktu: center of learning and trade, commercial and cultural center of West Africa |
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| the economy of the West African kingdoms was based on what? |
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| What trade good originated in North Africa then was carried south by camel to be traded for gold in the medieval West African civilizations? |
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| -Berbers, Arabs, and Bedowins traded salt, horses, and cloth to Mali |
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| Mansa Musa-spread of Islam |
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| traded gold, skins, slaves to Swahili Merchant Coast |
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SWAHILI MERCHANT COAST
place |
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| southern east coast of Africa |
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SWAHILI MERCHANT COAST
trade |
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Arabia, China, India
SMC got spices, porcelain, and ruges |
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SMG traded slaves, gold, wood, slaves, hola, and nuts
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