East Asia: History and Culture Page 66, “China’s History” Get your computer, log in, and then leave it alone.
Warm Up Define the following: – Dynasty – Taoism – Confucianism – Commune – Puppet Government
China: Early History 6000 BC- Settlements along Chang 3000 BC- Small farming villages along Huang 1700BC-1100 BC- Shang Dynasty – Domestication – Irrigation – Bronze work – Chopsticks
China: Early History Qin Dynasty (200BC)- Great Wall begun T’ang and Sung Dynasties- – China unified – Culture flourishes 1200s- China overthrown by Mongols
China: Modern History Silk Road 1500s- Europeans arrive by sea 1800s- China loses power to foreigners – Hong Kong (British, 1842) – Taiwan (Japan, 1895) Last Dynasty overthrown
China: Modern History Chinese Nationalist Party and Chinese Communist Party fight for power in 1930s Japan takes over (WW2) Communists win control- Mao Zedong
China: Modern History Communism – Government controls economy – Private property siezed – Collective farming Great Leap Forward (1958) Cultural Revolution ( ) Some reform since 70s
China: Culture Mostly Han Chinese Speak Mandarin Written Chinese uses pictograms, over 50,000 characters Major religions – Buddhism – Taoism- natural order to the universe – Confucianism (ethical code)