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Robert Griffin Students Name: 7th Grade History Class Thurday, May 24, 2012 Final Exam Review
Middle East
Islam The Five Pillars o Shahada Submit to Allah o Salat Pray 5 times a day o Zakat Give % of total worth o Sawm Fast during Ramadan o Hajj Pilgramage to Mecca o The Arabic Name o What it means Abraham and family
o Wife Rebecca o Sons Isaac With Rebecca Ishmael With Haggar o God told them to o First founding father of Judaism o Made covenant with God Kaaba o Box in Mecca o All Muslims pray towards it o Built by Abraham Restored by Muhammad Dome of the Rock o Abraham had to sacrifice Isaac there Muhammeds Life and Teachings o Born 570 CE o First revelation 610 CE o Ascends to heaven 622 CE in Jerusalem o Kadijah and Abu Talib die 619 CE o Takes Mecca in 630 CE o Dies 632 CE Koran o Holy book of Islam o Patches Old and New Testaments Imam o Head of Mosque o Religious leader Mosque o Center of Muslim community o Everyone prays there Caliphs o Successors of Muhammad Rise and Spread of Islam
Griffin Judaism Adam and Eve o First people on Earth Covenant o Abraham had covenant with God for the promised land Moses o Led Jews out of Egypt Exodus o Jews flee from Egypt Tabernacle o The Ark was stored there while the Jews were in the desert First Temple o Est. mid 900s BCE o Dest. 586 BCE By Babylonians Judah Second Temple o Started being built 537 BCE Jews liberated by Cyrus the Great o Completed 516 BCE o Destroyed 70 CE Jewish Diaspora o 586 Passover o Celebration of the Exodus Sukkot o Celebration of the trip across the desert Yom Kippur o Day of atonement Ark of the Covenant o Where the covenant, pot of manna, and Araans rod is stored Sabbath worship o The day of rest Kosher o Special set of eating guidelines that Jews must follow Tanakh o Torah Includes Torah and two other books
Torah o Genesis o Exodus o Leviticus o Numbers o Deuteronomy Promised Land and various names King David o First king of Canaan o Could not build temple Solomon o Son of David o Wise Rehoboam o Son of Solomon o Canaan split up into Israel and Judah under his rule Assyrians o Conquered Israel, 8th Century BCE o Jews die off Babylonians o Conquer Judah o Destroy temple, 586 BCE Two Kingdoms o Israel o Judah
Christianity Jesus o Messiah o Born year 0 Virgin Mary o Mother of Jesus Matthew Verses Stories in Childrens Bible Resurrection o Jesus comes back to life on Easter Good Friday o Jesus is crucified Easter o Holiday celebrating Jesuss
Griffin resurrection Christmas o Celebrates Jesuss birth Early Christians and Pharisees Council of Nicea o 325 CE Great East-West Schism of 1054 o Filioque o Papel Primacy kids Legalism o Many laws o Harsh laws o Used in Qin dynasty o Invented Warring States o Han Fe Tzu
China
Geography of East Asia Identify the countries and bodies of water of Asia (just as required in September) Eastern Religions and Philosophies Confucianism o Meritocracy o Confucius o 5 relationships Father to son Husband to wife Brother to brother Friend to friend Ruler to ruled o Used in Han dynasty o Invented in Warring States Daoism (Lao Tzu) o Meditation o Religion o The natural way o Invented Warring States Buddhism o India o Follows Hinduism o Practiced in China o 4 noble truths o Eightfold path o Age of Division o Transition confuses Chinese They think Buddhism is the same as Daoism o Mencius doesnt like them because Buddhists cant have
Terms from East Asia Kowtow Extraterritoriality o Foreigners get tried in their own courts for what they do in another country Mandate of Heaven and the Dynastic System o A dynasty starts to become corrupt, another dynasty takes over, is good for a while, then becomes corrupt, and loses the mandate of heaven Isolationism o China was isolated from the rest of the world Sun Yatsen o Doctor o Led the Nationalists o Starts revolution of 1911 o Dies in 1925 o Heir was Chiang Kai Shek Xia Qing Dynasties o Xia First dynasty Not much known We dont know if it existed Emperor Yu o Zhou Longest dynasty Rulers invaded China Ruled 800 years Established the mandate of Heaven 11th Century BCE to 256 BCE
Griffin o Qin Shi Huang Di was the first emperor Legalism Harsh laws No Confucianism Great Wall built Books burned All Aristocrats had to come together They could be watched 221-207 BCE Warring states period Population rises, famine
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206 BCE 220 CE Land gets divided amongst all All siblings split the land they inherit Meritocracy Examination System o Eventu ally the land gets very small Age of Division Dark age 220-589 CE Nepotism Meritocracy breaks down Tang and Song Confucianism Equal taxes Sons split land Ming Qing Manchus Fall begins in 1700s High taxes plagues the people
Shi Huang Di o Started ruling at age of 9 Qin Dynasty Han Dynasty Warring States Age of Division Opium Wars o Britain wins because they have better technology China had isolated itself They thought that they were better than the British o Trade imbalance Eventually, Brits force opium into China, addicting them Huge amounts of opium come to China o First one 1840 Guangzhou was fortified, but Brits attack Ningbo and Tianjin o Ends 1842 Treaty of Nanjing Government has to pay for dumped opium Hong Kong taken by British British can trade in more areas of China Extraterritorial ity o Foreig ners of treaty
Griffin ports are tried in their own courts Other countries can build in China First of Unequal Treaties
o Send one 1956 o Ends 1960 Beijing Convention Commissioner Lin Zexu o Dumps opium in the sea o Rounds up opium dealers Hong Xiuquan o Leads Taiping Rebellion Karl Marx o Wrote Communism book Civil Service Exam o Confucianism o Must remember Confucian texts Siddhartha Gautama o Started Buddhism o Buddha Ci Xi o Encouraged Boxer Rebellion Henry Puyi o Last Emperor Taiping Rebellion o Hong Xiuquan o 1860s o Starts in Southern China, most ravaged by the Opium War o Goal: to take over China o Kills all of the losers o Resisted by Zeng Guofan 120,000 join army Recruits are scholars o Leads a huge group of people o They are very successful at
first Boxer Rebellion o 1900 o They blame Chinas problems on foreigners o Ci Xi sides with Boxers o West fights Boxers o Ci Xi runs o Exam system cancelled 5 years in conflict areas o 450 million oz of silver to West Equal to 3 trillion dollars in todays money o Xenophobia Sino-Japanese War o Second one 1937-1945 World War II Time Nationalists and Communists unite to defeat them In the beginning the Communists arent involved The Nationalists needed the Communists to win o First one in the 1890s 1894-1895 Most Favored Nation clause They could build factories along with other Most Favored Nations Spheres of influence Revolution of 1911 o Qing ends
Griffin o Warlords start fighting o Sun cant get everyone under control o General Yuan Shikai wanted power o 1927 Nationalists turn on Communists Attack Shanghai Set up government Taiwan o Nationalists fled there after losing Tibet o Attacked by China Chiang Kai-shek o Started ruling Nationalists in 1925 Mao Zedong o Leader of Communists o Peasant o Organized with other peasants in 1927 o Led Long March o United with Communists afterwards The Korean War o 1950-1953 o North Korea Communism Supporters China Russia o South Korea Capitalism Supporters The Great Leap Forward o 1958-1961 o Failure o Attempt to catch China up quickly o People die from starvation The Cultural Revolution o 1959-1976 Deng Xiaoping o Four Modernizations
Science and Technology Better Military More industry Modernized agriculture o Moved away from Mao o Moves China further towards Capitalism o Top leader during the Tiananmen massacre o Leads China into its amazing rise Eightfold Path o Right o Understanding o Thought o Speech o Action o Effort o Mindfulness o Concentration 4 Noble Truths o Dukkha Life is suffering o Samudaya Cause of suffering o Nirodha There is a way to end suffering o Magga, the Eightfold Path, is the way to end it Three Principles of the People o Nationalism o Democracy o Livelihood Spheres of Influence o Starts at the first unequal treaty Most Favored Nation Clause o When one nation gains more power in China so do the others o Japan is a part of it When they gain rights to China in the
Griffin Sino-Japanese war all of the other countries get them Nationalist Party o Sun Yatsen Started it Even Communists like his ideas o Chiang Kai Shek Communist Party o Mao Zedong o Otto Braun Communism o Karl Marx o Communes o Everyone works together People's Republic of China o Communist China Proletariat o Industrial working class Bourgeoisie o Richest people Propaganda o Fake information put out by government to trick people Totalitarian state o Government controls everything Red Guards o Appointed by Communists o Cultural Revolution o Denounced enemies Tiananmen Square 1989 (aka Beijing Massacre) o Deng shot and killed thousands of protestors Jade Emperor o Property rights o Scientific revolution Foreigners advance farther than China o Work ethic Essay/paragraph writing MLA Formatting Citations Specs