The Beginning
These two rivers helped Chinese civilization start.
Yellow and Yangtze
This is the first recorded Chinese country, or dynasty, that we know.
Shang Dynasty
Who is the founder of Confucianism?
Confucius
The name of the First Emperor
Qin Shi Huangdi
Who is the founder of Daoism?
Laozi
True!
Why did Shang kings use oracle bones?
To talk to their ancestors and ask about the future.
This philosophy believes in balance and harmony with nature, and wanted people to be less harsh on others.
Daoism.
What did Emperor Qin standardize?
A system of money, weights, and measurements that would be the same throughout China.
This dynasty replaced the Shang as one of the most powerful Chinese states in the ancient period.
Zhou Dynasty
This plateau is considered the "rooftop of the world"
Tibetan Plateua
True or false....the Shang Dynasty practiced human sacrifice.
True!
Hang Feizi
Emperor Qin ordered this construction to keep people out of his northern borders.
Great Wall of China
How tall are the Terracotta soldiers?
5'11 - 6'7
Why did people settle in Inner China?
Next to rivers, fertile soil.
This heavy metal was invented by the Shang.
Bronze
What is a principal of Legalism?
People are selfish and need to be controlled and punished.
Why was the Terracotta Army made?
Because Emperor Qin thought it would protect him in the afterlife and let him keep his power in the after life.
Which dynasty united ALL of China into one nation?
Qin Dynasty
These are the two major regions of China.
Inner and Outer China
This concept of keeping your ancestors' favor when you're in power was called what?
Mandate of Heaven
In Confucianism, who would be the leader of a family?
The oldest male.
What was Emperor Qin obsessed with?
Living forever (immortality)
Where were many dead laborers buried in relation to the Great Wall?
Buried inside the Great Wall.