Vocab
A series of rulers from the same family?
Dynasty
Long wall protecting China's border; The longest cemetery in the world.
Great Wall of China
A set of beliefs about the world and how to live?
Philosophy
Who was the first emperor of China; Who was considered cruel to the people for forcing them to complete the task of building The Great Wall of China?
Emperor Qin
Early civilizations like Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China have one thing in common . . .
They were developed around RIVERS and fertile valleys in order to grow crops
A yellow dust-like material that can form fertile soil for farming
Loess
What was the job of the Great Wall?
To defend/protect China
The belief in a strong legal system with severe consequences.
Legalism
Emperor Qin is known for
Being the most hated emperor in China; burning books; having really harsh punishments; building the Great Wall; killing lots of people
What are the names of the two rivers ancient Chinese settlers farmed along?
Yellow and Yangtze Rivers
To be separated from others, typically by a barrier.
Isolation
Who did most of the work on the Great Wall?
Peasants and Criminals
Treat others the way you want to be treated is a teaching expressed by which ancient Chinese philosopher?
Confucius
Emperor Qin was unsure how he would be treated in the afterlife, so he took this with him?
Trade route used to exchange goods, ideas, technology, and religion stretching from China to Rome.
Silk Road
What were Oracle bones used for?
Making predictions about the future for the emperor
The Great Wall was built to keep out what invaders?
Which belief system believed in "go with the flow"?
Daoism
Some Qin dynasty punishments were
Torture, Beheading, working on the Great Wall, your family being punished for something you did
What religion was spread to China along the Silk Road?
Buddhism
The right to rule given to a dynasty by heaven, the highest force of nature.
Mandate of Heaven
How long was the Great Wall of China during the Qin dynasty?
5,000 kilometres (~3,100 miles)
The ideas of Confucianism were compiled into a book called what?
the Analects
Positive change that Emperor Qin made
Standardized currency, language, and systems of weights and measures
OR
Unify China
The Himalayan Mountains, The Gobi Dessert, and The Pacific Ocean are examples of...
Natural Barriers