Unit 2
China

Identifications

Dynastic Cycle
Mandarins
Extraterritoriality
"One Child Policy"
"Struggle Meetings"
Cooperatives
Deng Xiaoping
Qin Shihuangdi
Neo-Confucianism
Genghis Khan
Jiang Qing
Canton
Golden Age of China
Kublai Khan
United Front
Analects
The Three Principles
Eunuchs
Zero Population Growth
The Open Door Policy
Collectives
Wudi
The Republic of China
Hong Xiuchuan
Yuan Shikai
Gang of Four
Isolationism
Ethnocentrism
The Opium Wars
Sun Yatsen
Warlords
Sino-Japanese War
Shang Qian
People's Republic of China
Ci Xi
Red Army
Foot Binding
Mandate of Heaven
Oracle Bones
Siddhartha Gautama
Yin and Yang
Asoka
The Long march
Sun Yat-sen
Marco Polo
Red Army
Tai Ping Rebellion
Jen
Boxer rebellion
Buddhism
Aryans
Pax Sinica
Chaing Kai-shek
Great Leap Forward
Opium Trade
Spheres of Influence
Silk Road
Manchus
Laozi
Taiwan
Treaty of Nanjing
Cultural Revolution
Guomindang
Yuan Shigai
Opium Wars
Civil Service System
Jiang Zemin
Daoism
Great Wall of China
Mao Zedong
Hong Kong
Four Modernizations
Tiananmen Square
Pragmatics
Red Guards
Queue
Legalism

Concepts

Major achievements from each Dynasty

Characteristics and achievements of the Yuan dynasty and the Qing dynasty

Technological and scientific advancements of traditional China

The rules and results of the isolation policy of the Mings

The map of China

Teachings of Buddhism

Teachings of Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism

The major causes and results of the Opium Wars

Why Chaing agreed to suspend war with the Communists in 1936

Mao's plan on gaining support of the Chinese peasants

Why Mao began the Cultural Revolution

Some of the rights given to Chinese Women by the Communists in the 1950s

The occurrences and results of the Cultural Revolution

The Political Status of Taiwan or the Republic of China

Why were Europeans interested in China?

Essays

  1. Discuss Mao Zedong's career as the leader of the Communist Party movement and as the first leader of the People's Republic of China.
  2. Compare and Contrast the Chines family/society in present day PRC with the traditional family/society of classical Confucian China. Include a discussion of lifestyles values, and beliefs. Include when, why and how the changes occurred.
  3. Compare and Contrast the concerns and teachings of Daoism and Confucianism. In what area of Chinese life did each philosophy have a lasting impact?

Note: Since this review sheet is being given to you at the beginning of the unit we may be adding identifications, concepts, and essays along the way.