Regents Review
description
Transcript of Regents Review
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