| A | B |
|---|
| Ideographs | Symbols used to express an idea such as beauty or joy |
| Mandate of Heaven | Ruler was granted the right to rule from heaven |
| Dynastic Cycle | Rise and Fall of chinese dynasties according to the mandate of heaven |
| Filial Piety | Duty and respect children owe their parents |
| Confucianism | 5 Relationships, doing the right thing, because it is the right thing to do |
| Daoism | Living the natural way, no real need for rules |
| Legalism | Strict rules, uses rewards and punishments |
| Kowtow | Low bow expressing respect and submission |
| Extraterritoriality | Westerners accused of a crime in China would go back to their own country to face trial |
| Opium War | War between China and England over drugs |
| Sphere of Influence | Area of a country in which a foreign country has special economic privelages |
| Open Door Policy | Allowed all countries to trade with China |
| Mao Zedong | Communist leader of China |
| Chiang Kai-shek | Nationalist part leader |
| Pictographs | Early writing that represented trees, flowers, etc. |
| Collective Farm | Land operated and managed by the government |
| Capitalism | Market economy, government stays out of economic decisions |
| Communism | Government controls economy |
| Pictographs | Early Chinese writing that are pictures of objects such as trees, animals, and weapons |
| Sun Yatsen | 1st President of the new Republic in China |
| Totalitarian State | Government controls all parts of life |
| Taiping Rebellion | Led by Hong, who thought was Jesus' younger brother, tried to take over China and force people to convert to Christianity |
| Boxer Rebellion | Tried to expel foreigners and Christian missionaries from China |
| Puyi | Last emperor of China, was 2 years old when he came to the throne |
| Revolution of 1911 | Led to the first republic form of government in China |
| Treaty of Nanking | Agreement that ended the Opium War and gave the British more money and trading rights |
| 100 Flowers Movement | Mao allowed people to provide the government with "healthy criticism," but when people did, he had them punished |
| Deng Xiaoping | Had 4 principles to modernize China, opened China up to the western world |
| Tiananmen Square | Site of a massacre of school students that were protesting for a more democratic government |
| Great Leap Forward | An attempt to focus on industry, which left the food source neglected and caused mass famine |
| Cultural Revolution | Tried to renew the Communist spirit, led to mass chaos, closing of schools, and book burnings |
