WHAP Midterm Study Guide Vocabulary: 1. Sedentary- farming system in which the farmer remains settled in one place 2. Differentiated- to distinguish from other thing; to change or alter 3. Foraging- the acquisition of food by hunting‚ fishing‚ or the gathering of plant matter 4. Stratification- division of society according to rank‚ caste‚ or class 5. Egalitarian- Of‚ relating to‚ or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities
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The Han and Tang emperors followed the idea of Confucianism to differ the Chinese people and the foreigners. The Chinese emperors treated China itself as the “Central Country” and called the civilians as Wa (華) and the foreigners were Yi (夷)‚ which meant the
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novel is a shy‚ and obedient girl born to a middle-class family in ancient China. Being born in the olden times means that there are a lot of rules and regulations to obey‚ especially for women. As part of the rules Ko-chin was married to a reformer‚ Han Lao‚ at the young age of fourteen. Ko-chin expecting her life to be an overly submissive and controlled one‚ was depressed and afraid. But‚ later on she realized that her husband did not want her to live according to the laws of the society‚ instead
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stability. Throughout history‚ civilizations in different regions and at a different time experience a Golden Age. These Golden Ages had tremendous impacts on later civilizations. Two prefect examples of Golden Age are the Gupta Empire in India and the Han Dynasty‚ in China. The most important discoveries that the Gupta Empire provided to us were advances in mathematics and science. Indians of the Gupta Empire were the first to figure out the size of the moon‚ the spherical shape of the Earth and
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our or came back‚ so he called the whole family together to talk about the matter. " What would you say‚" he said to them‚"if I suggest that all of us work hard to level the two mountains‚ so as to open a way to places south of Yu Prefecture and the Han River?" Many voices said they agreed to the idea. But his wife had her doubts. "With your strength‚" she said‚ "you could hardly remove a small hill like Kuifu. What could you do with the Taihang and Wangwu Mountains? Besides‚ where could you deposit
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effectively. Even though the majority rejected Buddhism‚ it did not stay that way for long. In the beginning of its spread‚ Buddhism was not accepted very much. As stated by Han Yu‚ a Confucian scholar and official at the Tang imperial court‚ Buddhist ways differed very much from the Chinese traditional ways. For example‚ Han Yu stated that Buddha’s manner of dressing didn’t conform to the Chinese laws‚ he did not speak Chinese‚ and his sayings did not contain anything about the ancient Chinese kings
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Laozi as their founder. Over centuries‚ Taoism was transformed from a small religion‚ very conservative‚ into a loosely organized religion.<br><br>During the Second Century B.C.‚ a ruler named Han had the most part in it. A large number of religious groups rose from this because of the social and political
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there are a few that stand out as oppressive and the progress of the nation floundered. There are others in which the leadership did something right‚ and the culture flourished. To illustrate this you have only to look at the Zhou Dynasty‚ Qin and Han Dynasties‚ Sui and Tang dynasties‚ and the Heian form of government. After the Zhou dynasty overthrew the Shang dynasty in 1050 BCE‚ the government became semi decentralized. Parcels of land were parted out to lords who could then pass that land on
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people governed. Marxism stresses the need to eliminate social hierarchies and the turning of power to the Proletariat working class. Feminists desired equal representation in their governments. The Chinese Nationalist movement stressed that the ethnic Han Chinese should be governing themselves. These points are readily proved through prominent readings of movement leaders. Karl Marx believed that the populous‚ powerful Proletariat class needed to rise up and equalize the elite Bourgeois class
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emperor Shi Huangdi. built the Great Wall‚ put together a census‚ standardized weights measures‚ extended his teriorty to Hong Kong and northern Vietnam when he died massive revolts took place. Han dynasty (202 B.C.E.-220 C.E.) The Han rulers “Wu Ti” expanded Chinese territory‚formal training‚ based on Confucian philosophy‚ created political and cultural values that lasted into the twentieth century. bureaucrats were trained to do annual mandatory labor
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