Key concepts to remember about china
- 1. Key Concepts to Remember About China By Mrs.Cullen
- 4. Geography & Its Effects Geographic Features Effects
- 6. Resources • Why did other countries seek out trade with China and later seek to take over pieces of China? • What valuable resources are there? • Why was Manchuria a hot spot?
- 8. Confucianism • What did Confucius encourage? • How did he suggest peace and order be maintained?
- 9. What is filial piety?
- 10. Taoism • How was Lao tzu’s vision for peace and order different from Confucius’?
- 11. Legalism • Who believed in Legalism? • How did Legalists see peace and order would be created?
- 12. Buddhism • Where was Buddhism originally from? • How did it get to China? • What is Buddhism’s presence in China an example of?
- 14. Patriarchal • Chinese society has traditionally been patriarchal? What does this mean? • What other terms go with a traditional culture?
- 15. China’s Dynasties China Before 1912 • What is a dynasty?
- 16. Shang Dynasty
- 17. Zhou Dynasty
- 18. Qin Dynasty
- 21. Tang & Song Dynasties • This is China’s golden age. What is a golden age?
- 22. Han Dynasty
- 23. What is the route in orange known as? What two empires did it connect?
- 24. Ming Dynasty
- 25. Who was Zheng He?
- 26. Manchu (Qing) Dynasty What did the Chinese think of foreigners? How had trade been conducted for hundreds of years?
- 27. China’s Unlucky Century The 1800s • The relationship between China and the Europeans changed in the 19th century. Improvements in European technology gave Europeans an edge over the Chinese after centuries of kowtowing to the Chinese in trade. China’s failure to adopt these new technologies would make them vulnerable to European domination.
- 28. Opium War: Causes • Unfavorable balance of trade frustrated Britain • China would not buy anything from Britain but Britain bought Britain decided to see many items from opium (from India) to China – Britain was Chinese to get its losing a lot of gold money back – Chinese government told them to stop!
- 30. Opium War: Effects • Treaty of Nanking – Britain gets Hong Kong – China opens ports to British trade – Spheres of influence – Extraterritoriality – $21 million in indemnities given to Britain – How does the Manchu Emperor look as a result?
- 31. Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895 • Who fought? • Over what? • Who won?
- 32. Boxer Rebellion 1900 • Cause s • Effects
- 34. Overthrow of Manchu Emperor • 1911-1912 • Why is this such a huge event in Chinese history?
- 35. Sun Yat-sen (Yixian) • Key goal: Establish a Chinese republic • What is a republic?
- 36. Three Principles of the People Nationalism Democracy Livelihood
- 37. Chinese Civil War 1920s-1949 • Chiang Kai-shek • Mao Zedong VS.
- 38. Chinese Civil War • Causes
- 39. Chinese Civil War • Effects • Where did the Nationalists & Chiang Kai-shek flee to?
- 40. The PRC is born!
- 41. China Under Mao Zedong 1949-1976 • Little Red Book – What does indoctrination mean? – How was the Little Red Book (aka The Thoughts of Mao Zedong used to do it?
- 42. Great Leap Forward • The G.L.F. is an example of a Five Year Plan. • What is the purpose of a Five Year Plan?
- 43. Great Leap Forward • Causes:
- 44. Great Leap Forward • Effects:
- 45. Cultural Revolution • In 1966, Mao Zedong announced the “Cultural Revolution” which was aimed at getting rid of anyone questioning his power. Why was it called the “Cultural” Revolution? What kind of people did he consider a threat?
- 51. • Effects
- 52. • Mao dies in 1976
- 53. China Under Deng Xiaoping • Deng Xiaoping comes to power after Mao’s death in 1976 • Deng has a different vision for the future of China….or does he?
- 54. Four Modernizations • Deng’s goal is to modernize China by the year 2000 • The four areas he plans to modernize are: – 1. 2. 3. 4.
- 56. Responsibility System • Do I smell a whiff of capitalism?
- 57. Elements of Capitalism Introduced
- 58. Tiananmen Square Massacre • What happened in China (a country where great economic gains were occurring) that led the government to attack its own students? • Pictures taken from • http://www.cnd.org/June4th/64pics.html
- 80. Tiananmen Square Massacre 1989 • CAUSES • EFFECTS
- 81. One-Child Policy • During the 1960s and 1970s, Mao Zedong had encouraged the Chinese people to have as many babies as possible to make China a greater nation. • What is the problem with that plan?
- 82. One Child Policy • When Deng Xiaoping came to power, he realized that one of the first things that had to be controlled was China’s population growth. • Too many people = not enough resources to provide an adequate living • Therefore, he enacted the One Child Policy
- 83. One Child Policy • How does it work?
- 84. One-Child Policy • Changed to two-child policy, especially in rural areas • Why?
- 85. Effects of Years of Following One-Child Policy in China
- 86. Hong Kong
- 87. Taiwan
- 88. Tibet
- 89. China in the 21st Century