Geography
Loess
The Dao is ___________
The Natural way of the universe
This person was known as the first teacher
Confucius
The Shang is the _______ dynasty for which there is written record
earliest
The Zhou developed many things such as ________
Weapons, coins, building a road network, use of fertilizer, supporting poets and artists
China is isolated by physical barriers: _________ _________ ____________ ___________
Taklimakan Desert, Gobi Desert, Himalayas, and Pacific Ocean
These two great forces were at work in nature
yin and yang
These were problems that Confucius saw during his time ________ and ______
Greed and Cruelty
The Shang kept their rulers within their ________
family
The Zhoe believed this decided how dynasties rose and fell
Mandate of Heaven
Chinese civilization arose along which river?
Huang
The Dao De Jing was _______
A book said to be of Laozi's beliefs
Confucius lived just before the _________
Warring States Period
The Shang built a number of large walled cities as well as used ________ to control floods along the Huange River
Dikes
The Zhou kept control over all of their different regions by ________
Putting Family members in charge of individual regions
Ancient Chinese settled in the North China _______
Plain
Daoism reflects ancient China's beliefs about
The world
The Five relationships of Confucianism are :
Ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, older and younger brothers, and two friends
The Shang used these instead of an alphabet
pictographs
This development made trade across the vast Zhou empire easier
coins
What made it difficult for Zhou Kings to keep their kingdom united?
The kingdom was spread out.
Chinese thinkers believed the balance between yin and yang___________
The source of all virtues, this is when a child is devoted to their parents
Filial Piety
Oracle Bones
The Zhou gave power to ________
Individual states and the nobles who led them