Physical Geography
What is the Huang River also known as?
Yellow River
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The belief the people of China had about their rulers and behavior and their ruling system.
Shi Huang ti united the city-states
unity
what is the difference between legalism and confucianism?
legalism is going by rules and laws while Confucianism is more belief and instilling morality.
What part of China is bordered by water? (north, south, east, west)
south and east China
How did someone gain or loose the Mandate of Heaven?
If the ruler of the dynasty did bad things in punishments the gods would do bad things back and vice versa.
Who was the female leader of China?
Emperor Wu
a peasant gives the land lord crops as rent
economy and order
How does one’s “perspective” impact our view of the world and history?
it differentiates someones views on what's good and what is considered bad and what actions were helpful and not helpful.
Who lived in the north part of China?
Barbarians
How did the Mandate of Heaven provide ORDER and UNITY?
Unity because it created one belief system and order so that people wouldn't rebel and the ruler couldn't do whatever he/she wanted.
What was She Huang tis goal when he became ruler?
to unify china
Shi Huang ti completed work on the Great Wall of China
Protection
What is blown into the rivers that gives it a yellow appearance?
Loess
What land mass is China situated on?
Eurasia
The Zhou dynasty
How were the Han dynasty and the Qin dynasty different?
The Han dynasty refused to burn books and the ruler was kinder that the Qin dynasties.
camel caravan linked china with India, the Middle East, Greece and Rome
unity and economy
What years did China’s do we consider to be “China’s Early Dynasties”?
150 BCE - 1911 CE
Turfan Depression
The cycle of the Mandate of Heaven?
2. government becomes corrupt
3. Natural disasters occur and destroy commoners faith in the government.
4. Commoners revolt
5. Dynasty is lost the Mandate of Heaven
6. New ruler comes into power
How long was the warring states period?
254 years exactly
how did China creating a language provide order and unity?
Why is the Great Wall of China significant to China’s early history?
because it became history for china that was known all around the world and protected china against invaders.