Ancient China Geography
This continent is home to Ancient China.
What is Asia?
This ruler became known as China's First Emperor.
Who is Shi Huangdi?
This Chinese philosopher taught the importance of respect and good behavior.
Who is Confucius?
The Silk Road connected China with this general region.
What is the West?
The Terracotta Army was built to protect this person after death.
Who is Shi Huangdi, 1st Emperor of China?
This river is known as "China's Sorrow" because of its devastating floods.
What is the Yellow River?
Shi Huangdi connected and expanded this series of structures into this to defend China from northern invaders.
What is the Great Wall of China?
The teachings of Confucius were recorded in this book.
What are the Analects?
This valuable Chinese product gave the Silk Road its name.
What is silk?
This military strategist wrote The Art of War.
Who is Sun Tzu?
Ancient civilizations developed near rivers because they provided this important resource for farming.
What is fertile soil, silt or loess?
This army of over 8,000 clay soldiers was buried near Shi Huangdi's tomb.
What is the Terracotta Army?
Who wrote down Confucius's teachings?
Who were his students?
Name one civilization that traded with China through the Silk Road.
What is India, Egypt, or Mesopotamia, Greece or Rome?
The Great Wall was built to protect China from this group of people.
Who were the northern nomads, Mongols, or Mongolia?
Name one major geographic barrier that helped isolate Ancient China.
What are the Himalayas, Gobi Desert, Talklamankan Desert or Pacific Ocean?
The Qin Dynasty made trade and communication easier by doing this across China.
What is standardization? (weights, measures, money, writing)
According to Confucius, this relationship should be based on respect and obedience.
What is parent and child?
Name a danger traders faced on the Silk Road.
What are bandits, deserts, mountains, harsh weather, no water, starvation or disease?
Confucius believed rulers should lead by setting a good example rather than ruling through this.
What is fear or punishment?
This gigantic land feature provides water to 1/4 of the world's population.
What is the Tibetan Plateau or the Himalayas?
Name three achievements of Shi Huangdi or the Qin Dynasty.
Great Wall, standardization, Terracotta Army, roads, unified China.
The Five Relationships were designed to create this in society.
What is harmony or order?
Name three items traded along the Silk Road, and where they came from.
China - Silk, Paper, Jade
India - Spices, Cotton
Egypt - Gold, Papyrus, Linen, Jewelry
Mesopotamia - Metals, textiles
Greece - Olive Oil, Wine, Pottery, Marble
Rome - Glass, Silver,
Ancient China, Mesopotamia, and Egypt all began near rivers. Name one river from Ancient China and two things rivers provide to a civilization.
What is the Yellow River or Yangtze River? Rivers provide: water to drink, water for animals, water for crops, transportation, and fertile soil.