regents review
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Regents Review. China And Japan. Classical China. Geography Rivers (Yellow earliest) Desert (W and SW) Mountains (W and SW). Classical China. Technology Paper Gunpowder Compass abacus. Classical China. Beliefs Confucianism Mandate of Heaven Order, place (influence of Taoism). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Regents Review
ChinaAnd Japan
Classical China
• Geography• Rivers (Yellow earliest)• Desert (W and SW)• Mountains (W and SW)
Classical China
• Technology• Paper• Gunpowder• Compass• abacus
Classical China
• Beliefs• Confucianism• Mandate of Heaven• Order, place (influence of Taoism)
Zheng He
Trade Routes
• Mongols/Silk Roads• Cultural diffusion
• Ideas (ie religions)• technology
• Stirrup• Contribution to World History
Marco Polo
Japan
• Geography • Features
• Coastal population• Terrace farming• Few minerals• Volcanic soil
• Location
China & Japan
• Isolationism
Japan
• Influence of China and Korea• Feudalism (power spread out but
more centralized than Europe)• Code to live by
China-carved up
• Opium Wars• Treaty of Nanking
• Spheres of Influence• Boxer Rebellion
Meiji Restoration
• 1853 Mattew Perry• Desire for trade• Rapid modernization
Meiji Restoration
Chinese Empire crumbles
• Nationalists • Sun Yatsen & nationalism• Nationalists (Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-
shek)) • Communists
WWII
Mao Zedong
• Promised Land Reform• Gained support of Peasants• Great Leap Forward• Cultural Revolution