Ms. Galloway's AP World History | The past is never dead ...



East Asia Cheat SheetUnit One: Technological and Environmental Transformations(ca. 8000 BCE to 600 CE)Huang He HimalayasGobiTaklamakanleossflood controlisolationmilletsilkrice cultivationcharacter writingshamanspictographsShangZhoupeasantvassalshibronze metallurgydynastywell-field agriculturefeudalismWarring States periodoracle bonesdivinationMandate of HeavenYangshaoLongshanYuXiaConfucianismAnalectssocial orderfilial pietyGuiding questions:1. What were some of the forces which led to the downfall of the Zhou?2. In what ways might have Confucianism aided the stability of the dynastic system of ancient China?3. Explain the well-field agricultural system, and its relationship to the Warring States period.Unit Two: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies(ca. 600 BCE to 600 CE)Warring States periodShi HuangdiQin dynastyDaoscholar-gentrypatriarchyterracotta warriorsforbidden cityChang’annomadic groupsGreat WallcommandariescensorLegalismHan Feiziexamination systemcalligraphyDaoismLao Tzuyin and yangreciprocityrenlixiaofilial pietyproprietyLiu BangHan dynastyxiongnuHan WudiZhang QianBuddhismHunsstirrupSilk RoadIndian Ocean Tradelateen sailinterdependenceWei KingdomWu KingdomShu Kingdom Guiding questions: 1. Explain the central philosophies of legalism, Daoism, and Confucianism.2. How do the principles of Confucianism contribute to Chinese social and political order?3. In what ways is the Han dynasty comparable to the Roman empire?4. What factors led to the downfall of the Qin dynasty? The Han dynasty?Unit Three: Regional and Transregional Interactions(ca. 600 CE to 1450 CE)ChinaNeo-ConfucianismEra of DivisionTurkic peopleshegemonyMiddle Kingdomkowtowequal field systemEmpress WuXi Xia (Tenggut) Empirepaper makingchampa riceMenciusdemographic changeSui dynastyGrand CanalTang dynastyLand distributionTurkic revoltsTwo-tiered examination systemSong dynastyXenophobiaLiao EmpireEmperor TaizuScholar-gentryGunpowderJunksCompassFootbindingSouthern SongYuan dynastyKublai Khansegregation policiesinvasionsKhanbaliqueKamikazexiongnuPax MongolicaSilk RoadsBlack DeathGuiding questions:1. Describe the cultural, political, and social changes which occur during the Tang dynasty.2. According to the Song, who were the xiongnu? What is xenophobia, and how did it inform political, economic, and social policy during the Song dynasty?3. What changes/innovations did the Yuan dynasty introduce in Chinese society? What were some of the causes of the Yuan dynasty’s downfall?JapanAinuTaika periodShintoismFujiwara clanThe Tale of GenjiYamato tribesShotoku TaishiTang dynasty“The Taika Reforms”BuddhismConfucianismShintoismNara periodLand distributionShoenshogunbakufuBushiHeian periodFujiwara clanCourtier aristocratsRegional nobilitypeasantsgeninetafeudalismBushidoSamuraiseppukukatanacastlesGuiding questions:1. Compare and contrast Japanese-style feudalism with European feudalism during the Middle Ages. Include at least one similarity and one difference.2. Describe the relationship between Japan and China during the Taika period.Unit Four: Global Interactions(ca. 1450 CE to 1750 CE)ChinaMing dynastyland-based empiresdemographic increaseneo-ConfucianismMing HongwuBeijingForbidden CityZheng He“treasure fleet”Indian OceanPortuguese tradersMacaoJesuitsAmerican silverLi ZechengManchusporcelainsilkcompassisolationismKangxiqueueQing dynastyQianlongJesuit missionariesdiarchy systemWhite Lotus RebellionRussiaMongoliaCantonGuiding questions:1. Consider the seven voyages of Zheng He. What prompted the Ming dynasty to end China’s brief flirtation with exploration and international trade?2. What factors led to the downfall of the Ming dynasty?3. What was the social significance of the queue worn by Chinese men during the Qing dynasty?4. Both the Qing and the Yuan dynasties were “foreign” dynasties from the north. Beyond their common geographic roots, what are some similarities between the Qing and Yuan dynasties? Consider their social organization and political structure.JapanAshikaga ShogunateSengoku (Warring States Period)DaimyosPortuguese presenceFrancis XavierOda NobunagaToyotomi Hideyoshi“Sword Hunt”martial artsland-survey programfour-class systemJesuit missionariesChristianityKoreaTokugawa IeyasuEdoalternate attendancekabuki theaterDeshima“Window on the West”geishashaikuDutch presenceNagasaki harborGuiding questions:1. Describe the transition between the Ashikaga Shogunate and the Tokugawa Shogunate. Be sure to include the Warring States Period and the three military unifiers.2. What was the Japanese reaction to Christianity? In what ways was Christianity seen as a threat by some Japanese leaders?3. What prompted the Japanese move towards isolationism in the 17th and 18th centuries?Unit Five: Revolutions and Rebellions(ca. 1750 to 1900 CE)Imperialism in AsiaQing dynastyurbanizationOpium War“Canton System”George MccartneyQianglong emperoropium densgunboat diplomacyTreaty of NankingHong Kong“favored nation status”Open Door Policyspheres of influenceUnequal Treatiesmillenarianismself-strengthening movementBoxer RebellionFrench IndochinaTaiping RebellionHong XiuquanEmpress CixiCommodore PerryTreaty of KanagawaMeiji Restorationoligarchscult of the emperorJapanese industrialismzaibatsuDietabolition of samuraiindustrializationWesternizationtradition v. modernizationJapanese imperialismRuso-Japanese WarGuiding questions:1. What were the causes and effects of the Opium War(s)? How did this effect China’s long-term stability and government systems?2. What was the Meiji restoration, and in what way was it revolutionary?Unit Six: A Globalized World(1900 CE to Present)Global ConflictsWorld War IManchuriaManchukuoEmperor PuyiJiang JieshiRape of NankingPacific theater“island hopping”Pearl HarborkamikazeMidwayIwo JimaHiroshimaNagasakiGuiding questions:1. What were the causes of the war in the Pacific? What forces drove the United States to enter the war?2. In what ways was the world altered by the conclusion of World War II? What major events / trends / etc. came about because of this conflict?Twentieth Century ChinaChiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)Sun Yat-senGuamingdong (GMD)Revolution of 1911Korean Warcontainmentthe Soviet modelcommand economyChinese Communist Party (CCP)Shanghai Massacre (1927)New Life MovementMao ZedongPeople’s Liberation ArmySecond Sino-Japanese WarChinese Civil WarTaiwan / Republic of ChinaPeople’s Republic of China“Long March”“Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom”collectivizationCultural RevolutionRed GuardGreat Leap Forwardgender equalitySino-Soviet splitTibetPresident Nixon“Little Red Book”Tiananmen SquareMay Fourth Movementmixed economyDeng XiaopingGang of FourSpecial Economic ZonesThree Gorges DamHong KongGuiding questions:1. What was the relationship between Communists and Nationalists during the first Civil War (1916-1928)? Why were Communists initially involved in the Guamingdong party? What changed?2. What was Mao’s relationship with Chinese peasants? Why was this different from a strict Marxist interpretation of communism?3. What were the long-term effects of the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution? Were they successful?4. What were the goals of the student protest movement in Tiananmen Square? What were the results of this movement? ................
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