China Review

China was connected with the Middle East via what road?

The Silk RoadsThe Silk Roads

What products were traded on

the Silk Roads?

Silk, paper, Silk, paper, porcelain, teaporcelain, tea

Who did China trade with during the

Middle Ages, c.1000-1500?

Muslims, who Muslims, who then traded with then traded with

EuropeansEuropeans

What trade route

connected China to

Southeast Asia?

South China South China Sea Maritime Sea Maritime

RoutesRoutesSouth China Sea Maritime Routes

Silk Roads

What are enclaves?

A city set aside A city set aside for trade with for trade with

foreignersforeigners

What religion

dominates China?

BuddhismBuddhism

Who founded

Buddhism?

Siddhartha Siddhartha Gautama,Gautama,

The “Buddha”The “Buddha”

In what country was Buddhism originally founded?

IndiaIndia

Who spread Buddhism to

China and Southeast

Asia?

The Buddhist missionary

AsokaAsokaAsoka spread Buddhism to the light blue area!

What are the four

noble truths?

Four truths about life Four truths about life developed by Buddha.developed by Buddha. Said: all people suffer--due Said: all people suffer--due to desires-- to end suffering to desires-- to end suffering we must get rid of our we must get rid of our desires by following eight desires by following eight fold path--reaching nirvanafold path--reaching nirvana

What is the eight-fold

path?

The eight-fold path The eight-fold path is a list of eight is a list of eight rules that Buddhists rules that Buddhists must follow to get must follow to get to to nirvananirvana..

Follow this path to nirvana!

What belief do Hindus

and Buddhists

share?

Both believe in Both believe in reincarnationreincarnation (soul rebirth)(soul rebirth)

What is Nirvana?

““a state of a state of nothingness”nothingness”Where a person Where a person no longer has to no longer has to suffer through suffer through reincarnationreincarnation

Which central Hindu belief

is NOT part of Buddhism?

The caste The caste systemsystem

Which form of imperialism did

European powers create in China

c. 1900?

Spheres of influences (control trade only)

Russian sphere

Japanese spheres

British sphere

French sphere

What was the Boxer Rebellion?

When Chinese rebels, called Boxers rebelled against European and Japanese spheres of influence in

China. It failed.Boxer Rebellion

A Chinese Boxer

When did the Boxer Rebellion happen?

1900“We rebelled in 1900 and got beat badly!”

What was the Russo-Japanese

War fought over?

Who won?

A sphere of influence in Korea and Manchuria, ChinaJapan and

Russian fought over this territory

vs.

Japan wins!

Russia

Japan

What country controlled China

(including Manchuria) during World War II (1939-

1945)?

JapanJapanLand controlled by Japan, 1941

Who led the

Chinese Civil War?

Mao Tse-tung

Since Mao Tse-tung won the

Chinese Civil War in 1949, he

turned China into what form of government?

China becomes communist

Who opposed Mao Tse-tung,

and what country

supported this man?

Nationalist Chiang Kai-

ShekChiang Kai-Shek (anti-

communist) was supported by the United States!

Where did Chiang Kia-Shek flee to [and start a new

country] after losing to Mao Tse-tung?

Nationalist China

(Taiwan)China

Taiwan

What war did China join in order to stop the United Nations (led by the United

States)?

The Korean WarChinese

advance, Nov. 1950 against troops led by Gen. MacArthur

Area controlled by MacArthur and U.N.

Area controlled by communists

Land controlled by communists after Chinese advance.