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EAC Comp Review 2023-2024

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  • 3 facts about Chinese Geography
    Many natural borders, 2 major rivers, deserts and mountains protect from invasion
  • Reason that Harry Truman used the Atomic Weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
    To save lives vs. a traditional land invasion against Japan
  • What's an example of a non-violent protest or demonstration?
    Gandhi's Salt March
  • Goal of the Sepoy Rebellion.
    Kick out BEIC from India, remove foreign influence.
  • Name one golden age for India, Japan, and China
    Gupta, (Han or Tang), Heian
  • What were the oracle bones?
    Shang Dynasty earliest form of Chinese writing, used for fortune telling.
  • Who were the BEIC and what impact did they have in India?
    British east india company, weakened Mughals, started British colonies
  • What was the purpose of footbinding?
    To remove mobility from women, limit their power, treat them like beautiful objects.
  • Two Benefits of the Mongol Invasion
    Spread of culture/technology, improved security and safety, increased international trade
  • Reason for the Opium Wars?
    UK has a trade imbalance with China, wants tea but doesn't have silver
  • Goal of the Taiping Rebellion.
    Get rid of the Qing Dynasty, install Christian culture in China
  • Why was Gupta Empire a golden age?
    Advancements in culture, science, and math.
  • What is isolationism?
    Removing yourself from international politics, closing borders.
  • 3 Facts about Legalism
    Popular with Qin, Strict Laws, Rewards, Focus on Military and Farming
  • Three facts about Shintoism
    Japanese religion, kami spirits, focused on cleanliness, god linked to emperor.
  • Three facts about the Agricultural Revolution
    Gave us Surplus food, change from nomadic to Sedentary, causes growth of city / civilizations
  • Goal of the Boxer Rebellion.
    Kick out foreigners and support the Qing Dynasty, remove Christians.
  • Dynastic Cycle - Describe It!
    New Dynasty - Good Works - Gain power and wealth - Corruption - Natural Disaster / Bandits / Rebels - Lost Mandate of Heaven - Collapse - New Dynasty
  • What evidence do we have that the Indus Valley culture had a strong, organized government?
    Very well planned cities, all the bricks are uniform sized, public works like baths.
  • Example of a tributary state?
    Han/Xiongnu, Korea/Japan, Korea/China
  • Three facts about the first Sino-Japanese War
    Fight over control of Korea, Japan wins, proves the weakness of China / failure to industrialize quickly
  • Three facts about Hinduism.
    Henotheistic (1 major god, many lesser gods), caste system, karma and dharma,
  • Two groups that are similar to the Mongols?
    Jurchen, Xiongnu, Mughals
  • Three things Qin Shihuang Did.
    Standardization of weights, measures, currency, Great Wall, Terracotta Soldiers, Unification of China, Legalism
  • How did Japan get Buddhism?
    Through cultural diffusion with Korea
  • Three ways the Yamato Clan gained power in Japan.
    Kofun Tombs, Granting Titles, Gifting Land, Strategic Marriages, Shintoism god-link to Amaterasu
  • Cause and Effect of the Russo-Japanese war
    Fight over port in China - Japan defeats Russia, first Asian victory vs. Western Imperialism
  • How are the Qing and the Mughal Empires similar?
    Both were rich and powerful before foreign imperialism weakened them.
  • Three facts about Sun Yat Sen
    Chinese Nationalist, Rebelled against the Qing, First President of the Republic
  • Effect of the Industrial Revolution in the UK on Asia.
    UK needed new markets for goods, needed raw resources for factories, led to imperialism and invasions
  • 3 facts about Daoism
    Go with the flow, "The Way", Lao Tzu, Harmony with nature
  • What's important about the Warring States Period of China?
    100 schools of thought, time when Qin was coming to power, fall of Zhou and feudalism finished
  • 3 Facts about Japan's Geography
    Island / Isolation, Near to Korea, Mountainous and Forest = no wheel, little agriculture
  • Describe the Caste System of India.
    Born into different castes, marry into same caste, can't change - connected to Hinduism
  • Which Indian ruler helped spread Buddhism the most?
    Ashoka