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Flashcards by Joanne Versteeg, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Joanne Versteeg
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Confucius | philosopher and teacher, founded Confucianism, important position in government, poor family but well educated, believed everyone should be righteous and he create rituals |
| Zheng He | built amazing ships for the Ming Dynasty, died on 7th and final expedition |
| Kublai Khan | grandson of Genghis Khan, was a Chinese Mongol because he adapted to Chinese customs, language, religion, and clothing; he also had a Chinese wife. people from his army (Mongols) were forced to farm even though they are fierce warriors. |
| Empress Wu | only female Emperor ever (ruled during Tang Dynasty) was wife of 2 emperors & took over when 1 got sick, created secret police, lowered taxes, increased agricultural production, & built Buddhist temples. chaos when she left. |
| Shang Yang | standardized writing, weights, measurements, an currency.. lived during the Qin Dynasty. |
| Shi Huang di | "1st Emperor" (in Qin Dynasty), destroyed books because he wanted to restart history, used legalism in government |
| Liu Bang (Emperor Gaozu) | made a stable government with Qin policies and officials educated in Confucianism and elements of Taoism/ Daoism |
| Li Yuan (Emperor Gaozu) | ruler of Tang Dynasty (China's Golden Age), Buddhist and Confucian beliefs (Buddhist monks taught Confucian classics) overthrown by his son: Taizong |
| Jurchens | also called Ruzhen, established the Jin Dynasty, captured Kaifeng in 1126 |
| Shu Yuanzhang (Emperor Taizu) | ruler of Ming Dynasty, drove the Mongols out of China, moved the capital to Nanking, enforced the autocratic rule and abolished the cabinet |
| Cixi | Empress, westernized but had to maintain traditional customs & values, there were also many financial problems |
| Sun Yat-sen | was a peasant educated in Hawaii (also converted to Christianity when there), returned to China to study medicine, gave up medicine for revolutionary ideas, made the 3 principles of the people (Nationalism, Democracy, and Livelihood) |
| Mao Zedong | peasant from Hunan province, education: Chinese classics + modern original member of China's Communist Party & made communist army, led the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, had "little red book" full of his ideas |
| Yuan Shih-Kai | seen as the only person who could unite China and end the power of war lords, 1st president of Revolutionary China, had leader of Nationalist Party killed, tried making himself Emperor |
| Deng Xiaoping | took over after Mao Zedong (had been with Mao his whole life), made the one child policy, four modernizations, and the SEZ's |
| Kim Il Sung | original ruler of Communist North Korea, when he died he appointed his 1st son: Kim Jong-il |
| Kim Jong-il | 1st son of Kim Il Sung, was appointed to rule Communist North Korea when his father died, but was too Western and had to give the power to his younger brother KIm Jong-un |
| Kim Jong-un | 2nd on of Kim IL Sung, was appointed to rule Communist North Korea because his older brother (KIm Jong- il) was too Western |
| Li Keqiang | the premier in Modern China, he was appointed by the president |
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