WH - Unit 7 - East Asian Empires

Belief that those in power have the right to rule from divine authority.

• Mandate of Heaven
• Dynastic Cycle
• Gift of the gods
• Voucher of Valhalla

Pattern of events that describes the challenges every government must face

• Dynastic Cycle
• Mandate of Heaven
• Trials of government
• Cycle of Power

The short dynasty between the Han and the Tang; built the Grand Canal, fell due to harsh forced labor and high taxes

• Sui Dynasty
• Han Dynasty
• Zhou Dynasty
• Tang Dynasty

Opens Confucius schools and has exams for civil service positions. Opens the Silk Road.

• Han Dynasty
• Zhou Dynasty
• Tang Dynasty
• Sui Dynasty

Practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller. Way to attract men and make women reliant on men. Most common under the Song Dynasty.

• Foot Binding
• Toenail Painting
• Arch Supports
• High Heels

Chinese ethical and philosophical system adopted by the Han Dynasty as the basis of their civil service system.

• Confucianism
• Buddhism
• Shinto
• Taoism

Geographic barriers that protected China from invasion

• Himalayas, Gobi Desert and Pacific Ocean created barriers/ protection from rest of the world
• Rocky Mountains, Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean
• Alps, Mediterranean Sea and Sahara Desert
• Yellow River, Sea of Japan and Mt. Fuji

A barrier made of walls across China's northern frontier built to stop invasion.

• Great Wall
• Grand Canal
• Big Moat
• High Hall

Caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran begun under the Han Dynasty

• Silk Road
• Grand Canal
• Paper Trail
• Porcelain Highway

1st Dynasty to promote the concept of the Mandate of Heaven.

• Zhou Dynasty
• Sui Dynasty
• Han Dynasty
• Tang Dynasty