Chinese Philosophies
Chinese Dynasties
Japan
Also Japan and Maybe Korea?
100
Which Chinese philosophy valued respect and special relationships with people?
Confucianism
100
What dynasty of considered to be the first Golden Age of China?
Han Dynasty
100
Japan is what type of geographic feature?
Archipelago
100
Feudalism is the exchange of _________ for __________
Land/protection and loyalty/food
200
Which Chinese philosophy believed people are naturally evil and emphasized strict rules and harsh punishments?
Legalism
200
Explain the Mandate of Heaven.
Ruling families are given their power by the gods, but they can lose that power if they are corrupt or incompetent.
200
What was the title of the supreme military ruler of Japan?
Shogun
200
Korea has been a _________ and ___________ for China and Japan.
Bridge and Battleground
300
Which Chinese philosophy emphasized living in harmony with nature and keeping one's life simple?
Taoism
300
What was the foreign Mongolian dynasty that took over and ruled China?
Yuan Dynasty
300
Japan utilized this concept, which means learning about other cultures and taking attributes of those cultures into your own
Selective borrowing
300
Revised Chinese system for writing that related to the Japanese way of speaking
Kana
400
What is this symbol called?
Yin and yang
400
Empress Wu was the only female emperor in China's dynastic period. Which dynasty did she rule during?
Tang Dynasty
400
This Japanese religion emphasizes honoring nature spirits and translates to "the way of the gods"
Shinto/Shintoism
400
Who or what defeated the Mongolians TWICE as they tried to invade Japan?
Typhoons
500
Name two of the five significant relationships in Confucianism.
- Ruler and subject
- Husband and wife
- Parent and child
- Older sibling and younger sibling
- Friend and friend
500
This explosive invention was founded during the Tang Dynasty.
Gunpowder
500
Gods/spirits that manifest in multiple forms, including rocks, trees, rivers, animals, places, and even people
Kami
500
What body of water separates China and Japan?
Sea of Japan