HIST 211 Study Guide Final 

The final of exam will consist of the Map List from the first Map quiz, Short Answer, listing questions & Matching based on the following two sections. In addition, there will be a choice of essays from the list below.


I.  Review/ Cumulative Information -- IDs

Confucius Mandate of Heaven Sima Qian Amaterasu
Yin/ Yang Great Wall of China Warring States Era Grand Canal
Taizong Prince Shotoku Gempei War Heian Japan
Civil Service Exams Trung Sisters Samsara Siddhartha
The Dragon Ladies Three Cultural heroes Five Classics Fujiwara Clan
Uji Dragon Bones Qu Yuan Han Gaozu
Qin Shi Huangdi Sessho Insei Ainu
Five Sage Emperors      

II. Review Map List:  Map List for Final

III. Review all fill in the blank from previous exams. You are responsible for all of that material.

IV. Character List

V. Review Essay
Be able to write a cumulative essay comparing and contrasting China and Japan to Western Europe. Consider the issues we have discussed in class about freedom, imperial structure, isolation, and law codes.
 

Mongols to Present

Yang-ti Shih-chi Ever-Normal Granaries Battle at Hsuan-men Gate
Taizong
 Tang Dynasty
 Gaozong
Empress Wu
Taizong's law code
 Xianzong
 Yang Guifei An Lushan
Sakoku arquebus Matthew Perry Francisco Pacheco
Martyrs' Hill   Great Martyrdom  
Bakufu T'ang Dynasty Shogun Joei Code
Kamakura Kaifeng Civil Service Exam Mandarins vs. Functionaries
Jinshi Zhao Rukua Wen Tong Gers
Airag Tartars Secret History of the Mongols Temujin
Nokhor Great Huraltai Pax Mongolica Genghis Khan
jasagh Karakoram Ogodei Khan Kublai Khan
Chronicle of Novgorod Kamikaze Yelu Chucai Bushi
Ashikaga Takauji Daimyo Yuan Dynasty Ming Dynasty
White Lotus Society Red Turban Rebellion Taizu LiZicheng
Zhu Di Great Treasure Fleet Zheng He 1421 Theory
The Travels of Marco Polo Prince Henry of Portugal Pedro Álvares Cabral Goa
Ocean Devils Macau Society of Jesus Cavalry of the Church
Francis Xavier Alessandro Valignano Nagasaki Oda Nabunaga
Toyotomi Hideyoshi Tokugawa Ieyasu Crazy Friars Shimabara Rebellion
Oath of Apostasy Dutch Matteo Ricci Adam Schall von Bell
Ferdinand Verbiest Rites Controversy Manchu Dynasty Jin Dynasty
Kangxi  Qianlong Wang Fuzhi Yongsheng
Dream of the Red Chamber Canton System White Lotus Rebellion Barbarian Management
Mission of Lord Macartney British East India Company Lin Zexu Country Trade Triangle
Opium Wars Treaty of Nanking Commodore Matthew Perry Wei Yuan
Dutch Learning Fukuzawa Yukichi Empress Dowager Ci Xi Taipei Rebellion
Self-Strengthening Sonno Joi Movement Meji Restoration Iwakura Mission
Yan Fu Qin Jin Sun Yat Sen Zaibatsu
Sino-Japanese War Boxer Rebellion Chiang Kai-Shek Mao Zedong
Treaty Ports Memory Palace Concept of Pollution Samurai
Hong Kong Canton Treaty of Bogue Shanghai
Extraterritoriality Most Favored Nation Status Legation Spheres of Influence
Heshen Charter Oath Meiji Constitution Nguyen Dynasty
Khmer Empire Chosun Dynasty    

II. Listing.

  1. Name the eight Imperial Dynasties of China in Order.   Which dynasty was the Mongols?  Manchurians?  Which was the last Chinese Dynasty?

  2. Draw the dynastic cycle for China.

  3. List the signals that the Mandate has been lost.

  4. Name the three eras of Chinese History.  Name the three divisions of Imperial Chinese History.

  5. What era is considered Classical China?  Classical Japan?  Golden Age for China? Traditional Japan?

  6. Population of Song China

  7. Name the eight eras of Japanese history.

  8. Name 6 religions of East Asia & country of each

  9. Five Relationships of Confucian Thought

  10. Name the five elements for China.

  11. Name the five Classics of Chinese Thought

  12. Name four evidences of Imperial Decline in Heian Japan.

  13. Name & explain (briefly) the 5 main characteristics of Song Dynasty in China 

  14. Name four syndromes of Warrior Queens

  15. List of places China traded with under the Song

  16. List 3 Scientific or Economic Innovations of Song China

  17. Name 4 problems of the Mongols in China           

  18. Name 6 places the Mongols Conquered   

  19. Name 3 place the Mongols did not successfully conquer

  20. List three places controlled by the Portuguese

  21. Name three problems of Europeans in Japan.

  22. Name the reasons the Europeans went Exploring.

  23. Why & when did the Chinese treasure fleet sail?

  24. 3 Characteristics of Qing China

  25. Results of the Opium War -- 2

  26. List 5 of the ten regulations of the Canton System                                    

  27. Name four changes in Japan as a result of Westernization                        

  28. Name three battles of WW II              

  29. Prime Minister of Japan during WW II

  30. Leader of China during WW II

  31. Three leaders in 20th Century China & their Party

  32. The Soong Sisters and their nicknames

  33. The Five Dragon Ladies of China

  34. List four capitals of Japan

  35. List four capitals of China
     

Essay.  You will have to answer two essays on the final.   They will be divided into two blocks.  You will choose one from "Block A" and one from "Block B".
1. Given what you have learned this semester,  explain and illustrate the values which are the most crucial to Chinese and Japanese society.  You should include at least 3 values (5 for an "A" answer)  for each society.  Each value must be justified and illustrated with specific examples  and the time period of each example should be identified.

2. Compare and Contrast the social values of  Asian societies and European ones.  Demonstrate how theses societies clashed in their first encounters and in the 19th century.  Use specific incidents to illustrate the differences in perspectives and how this led to conflict. Consider politics, religion and social ideas.

3. Discuss the origins, importance and relevance of the Mandate of Heaven  in Chinese history.  Demonstrate how this idea relates to the rise and fall of specific dynasties. Include at least four cases. 

4. Compare and Contrast the responses of Japan and China to Westerners in the 19th Century.  What possible approaches were there? What policies did each country pursue and why? What long-term results came from these policies? 

5. Compare and Contrast the social and political systems of Tokugawa Japan and Japan under the Meiji Restoration.  What values changed?  Which ideas did not?  How did the social system change?  What problems still existed?

6. Discuss the causes, progression and results of the Opium War.  Why did this conflict erupt?  How did it change life in China?  In Japan?  What Treaty ended this war and what were its provisions?

7.  Discuss the rise of  feudalism in Japan.  Explain how the economic (land) system worked as well as the system of  the shogun's government.  How did the government change over time?  What problems were there with the shogun system? 

8. Discuss the rise, fall  and impact of the Mongols.  Who are these people  and how did they rise to power?  How did they affect life in China?  In Central Asia? In Japan?   How did their empire come to an end?

9. Compare and contrast the approaches, responses and results of the Christian missionary efforts into Japan and China. What problems were encountered?  How were they overcome?  

10. Discuss the purpose and results of the Boxer Rebellion.  What circumstances in China led to this rebellion? Include the major elements of the Rebellion, those involved, events and the outcome of the Rebellion.  What long -term impact did this have on China and her relations with the West?