Global Studies
Name ________________________________
Confucianism & Traditional Chinese Society
Confucianism:
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__________________ was China’s _______________________________ philosopher
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Not a ________________, a ________________ of proper ______________________
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People were to _____________________________ and
______________________
__________________________________
--men who passed
_____________________: a ranked order
______________________
_____________
--served as
______________________
_____________
-- _____________________
--lived lives of
_____________
______________________
-- worked the __________
-- ________________ their
--some _____________
sons
than others
-- some ______________
Other
-- ______________
________________
________________
______________________
land
-- people could __________
up and down
______
-________________
their sons
____________
____________
____________
____________
The Mandate of Heaven and the Dynastic Cycle
 Son of Heaven: ____________________ who served as link between _________________
and _______________; performed __________________ and made __________________
 Mandate of Heaven: belief that _______________ gave emperor _____________________;
like ______________________ of kings in Europe; ________________________ showed
loss of mandate
 Dynastic Cycle: _____________________ of dynasties, _______________________
New Dynasty
 restores _____________
 __________________ land to _______________
 Improves ____________________ and ___________________
 appoints ______________ and _________________ officers
Aging Dynasty
Fall of Dynasty
 dynasty loses ______________________
 ________________ or ______________
take over
 new dynasty is _____________________
 ignores ___________________________
 loses control of _______________
 heavy _____________ to pay for
________________
 allows _________________ to decay
Problems
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peasant ______________ and ___________
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armed ________________ in ______________
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