Civilizations
What do all of the early civilizations we've studied have in common geographically?
Formed in river valleys
Korea is an example of this, a body of land surrounded by water on three sides
A peninsula
What is unique about Chinese writing?
Characters represent words instead of sounds. (ideas/words instead of letters)
Shamans who led rituals to connect people to the spirit world.
Japan is an _____________________ along the Ring of Fire.
Archipelago
This feature of civilization started in China and spread to Korea and Japan, helping with communication and trade between the civilizations
Writing System
What is the name for a string of islands formed by underwater volcanoes?
Archipelago
What was the first Chinese Dynasty?
The Shang c. 1600 BCE
Korea was settled by people from _________________.
Nomadic Tribes
Because of their geography Japan was an ________________ kingdom.
Isolated
What were social classes like in China, Korea, and Japan?
Emperor
Aristocrats/Government Officials
Merchants and Artisans
Farmers and Laborers
How far did the Silk Road stretch?
From China to the Roman Empire
This Chinese philosophy stressed the importance of clear laws and clear punishments.
Legalism
Korean kingdoms and the Yamato of Japan adopted their ___________________ from China.
government structure
Because of Japan's geography, their major source of income came from _________ & ___________.
What inventions came from the Shang Dynasty in China?
silk
written language
bronze and jade art
What was the nickname of the Huang He River? Why?
China's Sorrow because of the deaths caused by its floods
This Chinese philosophy stressed the importance of living in harmony with nature
What Japanese job interacted the most with Koreans?
Merchants and Traders
Shintoism is the belief that...
What are four key characteristics of early civilization that helped early river valley civilizations?
Water, Irrigation, Farming
More food = More people = Job specialization
Land to protect from invaders
Trade and development of written language
What features of China's landscape (both natural and human made) helped protect its kingdoms?
Mountains (Himalayas)
Deserts (Gobi)
Great Wall
What inventions came from the Han Dynasty?
civil service test (to be a government official)
wheelbarrow
acupuncture (medicine with needles!)
How did the Silla improve the lives of early Koreans?
irrigation
art (block printing)
testing government officials
What do Japan, Korea and China all have in common as their civilizations take shape? (6 answers)
Began in small groups
Agricultural growth
Fighting over territory
Unification under a central government
Development of religion
Emperors and their responsibility to honor the gods