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World History
~Unit 4: Asia~

Term s/Events
Divination Bones Ideograph/Pictograph Mandate of Heaven Dynastic Cycle The Five Relationships 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Confucianism Taoism Legalism The Art of War Buddhism

~Asia~

Definition

The 4 Noble Truths 1) 2) 3) 4) Foot Binding Civil Service Exam China: Terms not included above Ainu Kami Shinto Tenno Clan Tale of Genji The Pillow Book Shogun/Shogunate Samurai Samurai Sword Bushido

Seppuku/Hara-kiri Kamikazi Fujiwara Family Japan: Terms not included above

Asia: People
Emperor Yu Han Feizi Shi Huangdi Zheng He Minamoto Yoritomo Others not included above: Confucius Sun Tzu Genghis Khan Amaterasu Oda Nobunaga Lao Tzu Siddhartha Kublai Khan Murasaki Shikibu Marco Polo

Asia: Achievements
The Grand Canal Seismometer Rudder Gunpowder Wood Block Type Cast Iron Compass Silk Crossbow

Great Wall Samurai Sword Tokugawa Leyasu

Terracotta Army Horo Porcelain

Emperors Tomb Toyotomi Hideyoshi Others Not included above:

Essential Questions
1) What core values are established in China through the story of Yu? 2) How did the Chinese writing system create Chinas social class order? 3) What is the goal of Confucianism? 4) What are the advantages and disadvantages of Legalism? 5) In what ways does Sun Tzus military philosophy differ from Western ways of War? 6) Why do the Chinese consider Shi Huangdis reign as the beginning of Chinese history? 7) Why did the Chinese eventually adopt Confucianism? 8) How did Genghis Khan create the worlds second largest empire? 9) Why did the Chinese emperor destroy Zheng Hes fleet? How was this Chinas only opportunity to dominate the world? 10) What did Europeans do to earn disdain from China that would last for centuries?

11) Why have the Japanese considered themselves superior to other Asians? 12) Why did the Japanese only have one dynasty? 13) What were some important innovations of Medieval Japan? 14) Why did Japan switch from being ruled by an emperor to rule by the military? 15) In what ways was the Samurai Sword the pinnacle of technology during its age? 16) In what ways did the West ruin its reputation in Japan? 17) What was life like under the rule of the Shogun? Other Questions not listed above:

Chinese Dynasties
Xia (2070BC 1600BC) Shang (1600BC 1029BC) Zhou (1029BC 771BC) Qin (221BC 206BC) Han (25BC 220AD) Sui (581AD 616AD)

Tang (618AD 907AD) Song (960AD 1127AD) Yuan (1271AD 1368AD) Ming (1368AD 1644AD)

Japanese Time Periods

Ancient Jomon Classical Nara Heian Medieval Kamakura

Other Terms and Events not listed above: