WHAG Study Guide: Unit 2 China

Vocabulary:

China

Mandarin/characters

Great Wall

Gun powder

Middle Kingdom

Legendary Xia Dynasty

Oracle bones

Ancestors

Rice

Dynasty

Dynastic Cycle

Mandate of Heaven

Mongols

Bronze

Zhou

Shang

Han

Qin

Silk Road

Period of Warring States

Buddhism

Taoism

Confucianism

Legalism

Belief System

Civil Service Exam

Barbarian

Canals and roads

Kublai Khan and Genghis Khan

Zheng He

Marco Polo

Trade

Junks

Imperialism

Boxer uprising

Sino-Japanese war and second Sino-Japanese war

Taiping rebellion

Sphere of influence

Self-strengthening movement

Unequal treaties

Opium wars

Nanking massacre

Mao Zedong

Communist Revolution

Great Leap Forward

Cultural Revolution

Tiananmen Square

Deng Xiaoping (economic reforms)

Population Density

Be able to:

1. Define and put into context the vocabulary words above
2. Connect historical events to their locations on a map (using the 19 geography locations you’ve been tested on in this unit)
3. List some of the most fantastic Chinese achievements throughout time
4. Compare traditional Chinese values as described in their legends to the values of modern America
5. List the most common occupation throughout history in China and describe why the geography makes this so
6. Trace the Dynastic Cycle
7. Evaluate the Mongol empire – were they savage barbarians, or an advanced civilization?
8. Describe the basic tenants, or ideas, of the three main belief systems of China
9. Compare the three major belief systems of China
10. Describe the trade routes of the Silk Road and oceanic routes as well as the goods traded by participating groups
11. Differentiate between the three types of imperialism that can take place
12. Name five nations that have imperialized China, describe why China was an attractive area to imperialize, and give examples of events of imperialism for each
13. Explain the reason that China chose isolation in the mid 1900s
14. Describe China’s role in World War II
15. Evaluate China’s choice to become a Communist nation
16. Describe the effect of the Cultural Revolution
17. Explain how China’s government and its economy have drifted apart since the incident at Tiananmen Square
18. Evaluate China’s role in the current and future world economy