The system for trading political loyalty for land
Feudalism
The periods of time when there was no dynasties characterised by constant fighting between war lords
What are the periods of warring states
Absolute power to the king to keep citizens from being unruly with harsh punishments.
What is legalism
The people in ancient china had a process for making this material which they used to wrap fish
what is paper
A series of rulers which usually pass the throne to their sons
what is a dynasty
What is the first dynasty?
What is the Xia Dynasty
The importance of family in Ancient China stemmed from the belief that these people were the connection to a families past, present, and future
They developed several devices used to keep time and dates, name 2 of them
The name China comes from the name of this Dynasty
What is the Qin
What is the Dynasty that lasted the longest
What is the Zhou
Some of the relationships detailed in this belief system are:
Ruler and subject
Husband and wife
Old and Young
What is Confucianism
This luxurious cloth made in Ancient China was the name sake of one of the largest trade routes in History
What is Silk
How did Buddhism spread throughout China?
Trading on the Silk Road
The Dynasty where the leader combined the smaller sections of various walls to build the Great Wall of China
What is the Qin
Which dynasty created the first empire in China?
Qin
What is the collection of texts about the ideas of Confucianism?
The Analects
These rivers were the foundation of most early Chinese civilizations
What are the
•HUANG HE (YELLOW RIVER)
•CHANG JIANG (YANGTZE RIVER)
This dynasty is credited with wooden block printing and creating a magnetic compass.
What is the Han
Name an effect of the Silk Road.
Economy grew, Buddhism spread through trade, China realized it wasn't isolated, trading goods that couldn't be made or grown in China
The Great Wall of China is quite the impressive structures, which groups of people during the Qin dynasty worked on the wall?
The peasants and slaves