Bureaucracy
levels of organization checking each other; each group is in charge of something in society (agriculture, military)
Centralized government
one or two people have the most power and dictate society
Scholar official
work with government and had an education and were able to give government ideas, Confucian minded
Civil servant
most educated, serve government in society
Takla Makan
meaning one who comes in but never comes out
Shifting sands
Extreme temperatures
Gobi Desert
Yellow sand
Rivers
going toward the ocean
Yellow river
always yellow, Can flood land if overflows, Water highway, Distributes fresh water
Yangtze river
Very smooth, Water highway
Himalayas
Highest and biggest mountain range in entire world, Source of three major rivers, 1500 sq. miles
Population
1.2 billion today
Foot binding
the process of restricting the growth of a girl's foot to only 2 to 4 inches
Social status
if a woman could not walk, she could not be disobedient or leave or husband
Qing Ming festival
festival that is only once a year, grave cleaning
Confucianism
proper conduct and respect for parents and ancestors forever, believed in education
5 basic relationships
father/son, husband/wife, ruler/subject, older brother/younger brother, friend/friend
Confucius
influential scholar, teacher, philosopher, politician, Created philosophy so that people may live well
Key to a happy society
education, human relations
Human relationships
respect, loyalty, humaneness
Filial piety
the respect and responsibility to care for and love shown by children to their parents and ancestors
Mandate of heaven
sign from gods that an emperor was fit to rule, Approval from gods for JUST rulers
Passing of power
disapproval from gods, riots, natural disasters
Dynastic cycle
1. Strong Dynasty
2 - Dynasty declines and becomes corrupt
3.Natural Disasters
4 - Peasants, nobles, and people w/ power revolt
5 - Civil war
6 - New dynasty takes over
Golden Age
Printing
Gunpowder
Pound locks
Bureaucracy
levels of organization checking each other; each group is in charge of something in society (agriculture, military)
Centralized government
one or two people have the most power and dictate society
Scholar official
work with government and had an education and were able to give government ideas, Confucian minded
Civil servant
most educated, serve government in society
Takla Makan
meaning one who comes in but never comes out
Shifting sands
Extreme temperatures
Gobi Desert
Yellow sand
Rivers
going toward the ocean
Yellow river
always yellow, Can flood land if overflows, Water highway, Distributes fresh water
Yangtze river
Very smooth, Water highway
Himalayas
Highest and biggest mountain range in entire world, Source of three major rivers, 1500 sq. miles
Population
1.2 billion today
Foot binding
the process of restricting the growth of a girl's foot to only 2 to 4 inches
Social status
if a woman could not walk, she could not be disobedient or leave or husband
Qing Ming festival
festival that is only once a year, grave cleaning
Confucianism
proper conduct and respect for parents and ancestors forever, believed in education
5 basic relationships
father/son, husband/wife, ruler/subject, older brother/younger brother, friend/friend
Confucius
influential scholar, teacher, philosopher, politician, Created philosophy so that people may live well
Key to a happy society
education, human relations
Human relationships
respect, loyalty, humaneness
Filial piety
the respect and responsibility to care for and love shown by children to their parents and ancestors
Mandate of heaven
sign from gods that an emperor was fit to rule, Approval from gods for JUST rulers
Passing of power
disapproval from gods, riots, natural disasters
Dynastic cycle
1. Strong Dynasty
2 - Dynasty declines and becomes corrupt
3.Natural Disasters
4 - Peasants, nobles, and people w/ power revolt
5 - Civil war
6 - New dynasty takes over
Golden Age
Printing
Gunpowder
Pound locks