1. Regents Review China And Japan

2. Classical China • Geography • Rivers (Yellow earliest) • Desert (W and SW) • Mountains (W and SW)

3. Classical China • Technology • Paper • Gunpowder • Compass • abacus

4. Classical China • Beliefs • Confucianism • Mandate of Heaven • Order, place (influence of Taoism)

5. Zheng He

6. Trade Routes • Mongols/Silk Roads • Cultural diffusion • Ideas (ie religions) • technology • Stirrup • Contribution to World History Marco Polo

7. Japan • Geography • Features • Coastal population • Terrace farming • Few minerals • Volcanic soil • Location

8. China & Japan • Isolationism

9. Japan • Influence of China and Korea • Feudalism (power spread out but more centralized than Europe) • Code to live by

10. China-carved up • Opium Wars • Treaty of Nanking • Spheres of Influence • Boxer Rebellion

11. Meiji Restoration • 1853 Mattew Perry • Desire for trade • Rapid modernization

12. Meiji Restoration

13. Chinese Empire crumbles • Nationalists • Sun Yatsen & nationalism • Nationalists (Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek)) • Communists

14. WWII

15. Mao Zedong • Promised Land Reform • Gained support of Peasants • Great Leap Forward • Cultural Revolution