AP World - China Review

Communist leader took over in 1949, bringing China out of its long periods of family rule and bringing in a new regime with values that disagreed with the traditional concept of power

• Chiang Kai-Shek
• Sun Yat-sen
• Mao Zedong
• Deng Xiapeng

has shaped the Chinese political system since the 6th century, emphasized the importance of order and harmony, reinforced the citizens to submit to the emperor's power, reinforced emperor's responsibility to fulfill his duties, contradicts egalitarian ideology with its central belief in unequal relationships

• Confucianism
• Taoism
• Buddhism
• Falun Gong

highly organized bureaucracies formed from the highest elite, government jobs were coveted and competitive based on the examination system, knowledge based

• Nomenklatura
• Guanxi
• Scholarship Bureaucracy
• Danwei

order, harmony, strong sense of hierarchy

• Taoist Values
• Maoist Values
• Confucian Values
• Buddhist Values

predominant ethnic group in China, ancient times, Middle Kingdom, won their country's independence, pride in culture and accomplishment is apparent today, become increasingly involved in world politics and trade

• Uyghurs
• Tibetans
• Xinhua
• Han

areas in which countries have some political and economic control but do not govern directly (ex. Europe and U.S. in China)

• Spheres of Influence
• Imperialism
• Foreign Control
• Hegemony

Ruling dynasty of China from 618 to 907; noted for its openness to foreign cultural influences

• Song
• Tang
• Sui
• Jurchen

Chinese practice of tightly wrapping girls’ feet to keep them small, begun in the Tang dynasty; an emphasis on small size and delicacy was central to views of female beauty.

• Filial Piety
• Patriarchy
• Confucianism
• Foot binding

China’s capital during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people.

• Koryo
• Silla
• Hangzhou
• Bejing

Ruling dynasty of China (581–618) that effectively reunited the country after several centuries of political fragmentation.

• Song
• Tang
• Jin
• Sui