Geography and Early China
These are the two main rivers of China.
Huang He and Chang Jiang
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This idea gave power to the king or leader, and no one ruled without heaven's permission.
His real name was Ying Zheng and succeeded in unifying China
Shu Huangdi
Under Emperor Wudi, this philosophy became China's official government philosophy.
Confucianism
What were the two inventions that increased farm output.
Wheelbarrow and iron plow
What are Oracles?
Predictions
This idea or beliefs were the first put their ideas into practice throughout China.
Legalism
How did Si Huangdi change China's old system?
He claimed all power and did not share any power with the lords.
What were the social classes in Han China?
Upper: emperor, royal court, scholars
Second Class: peasants
Third Class: artisans
Lowest: Merchants
What was the Silk Road?
4,000 Mile long network of routes stretched from China across Asia's deserts and mountain ranges, through Middle East, until it reached the Mediterranean Sea.
Archeologists have not yet found evidence that the tales of this dynast were true. Yu the Great, was said to have found this dynasty.
Xia (Shah) Dynasty
He said China needed to return to Ethics, or Moral Values. He believed these values needed to be embedded into the families as well as the government.
Who was Confucius?
What steps did Shi Huangdi take to unify China?
standardized laws, writing, and weights and measures, created a money system and made trade easier
Name three Han Achievements
Sundial, Seismograph, Acupuncture
What items did the Chinese trade for?
horses, gold, silver, and precious stones.
This dynasty ruled the Huang He Valley; a broad area of Northern China.
Shang Dynasty
This idea pushed the government away from people's lives. +
Daoism
Name two Great Achievements under the Qin Dynasty?
roads and Canals
Great wall to stop the invaders
Chinese waters system-canals
standardizing writing
How were the Han social classes different than most social classes?
Based on wealth or power
What is diffusion?
Spread of ideas from one culture to another
What was the Social Order of the Shang Dynasty?
Royal family and the nobles-highest
warriors
Artisans
Farmers
Slaves
What was Zhou Dynasty's new political order?
Granting lands to nobles in return for loyalty, military support, and others.
What were the two reasons behind the fall of the Qin Dynasty?
Shi Huangdi's death
Government fall and civil war
What were Confucius ideas about family?
The father was the head of the family and had absolute power. Wives and children had to obey husbands and fathers.
What caused Buddhism to become the main religion of China?
Diffusion
similar to Confucianism
Monks from India