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East Asia: History and Culture

East Asia: History and Culture. Page 66, “China’s History” Get your computer, log in, and then leave it alone. Warm Up. Define the following: Dynasty Taoism Confucianism Commune Puppet Government. China: Early History. 6000 BC- Settlements along Chang

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East Asia: History and Culture

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  1. East Asia: History and Culture Page 66, “China’s History” Get your computer, log in, and then leave it alone.

  2. Warm Up • Define the following: • Dynasty • Taoism • Confucianism • Commune • Puppet Government

  3. China: Early History • 6000 BC- Settlements along Chang • 3000 BC- Small farming villages along Huang • 1700BC-1100 BC- Shang Dynasty • Domestication • Irrigation • Bronze work • Chopsticks

  4. China: Early History • Qin Dynasty (200BC)- Great Wall begun • T’ang and Sung Dynasties- • China unified • Culture flourishes • 1200s- China overthrown by Mongols

  5. China: Modern History • Silk Road • 1500s- Europeans arrive by sea • 1800s- China loses power to foreigners • Hong Kong (British, 1842) • Taiwan (Japan, 1895) • 1912- Last Dynasty overthrown

  6. China: Modern History • Chinese Nationalist Party and Chinese Communist Party fight for power in 1930s • Japan takes over (WW2) • Communists win control- Mao Zedong

  7. China: Modern History • Communism • Government controls economy • Private property siezed • Collective farming • Great Leap Forward (1958) • Cultural Revolution (1966-76) • Some reform since 70s

  8. China: Culture • Mostly Han Chinese • Speak Mandarin • Written Chinese uses pictograms, over 50,000 characters • Major religions • Buddhism • Taoism- natural order to the universe • Confucianism (ethical code)

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