Why was China's diverse geography important to Ancient China?
made it naturally isolated (think mountain ranges and water)
What is a contribution from Ancient China that is used to celebrate the 4th of July?
Fireworks
What continent is China in?
Asia
Who lives in a pineapple, under the sea?
Sponge Bob Square Pants!
Why did they call the Yellow River the river of "China's sorrow"?
Ancient trade route linking China with the West that carried goods between civilizations
Silk Road
A Chinese philosopher who was the most influential teacher in Chinese history and still today.
Confucius?
What was China's primary export?
Silk
The Chinese developed irrigation which helped them to do what?
grow more crops
How did the Silk Road effect China's economy?
China became wealthy
What is a social class?
People with a similar position in society
What is a dynasty?
A line of rulers for a country that are from the same family.
The landform that separates China to the north
What is Gobi Desert?
How were oracle bones used?
to predict the future
What landforms surround China?
Seas, deserts, mountains, and jungles
Confucius was a very famous ______, in Ancient China.
philosopher
What was the primary purpose of the Great Wall?
To keep out nomadic invaders from the North.
The word ancient means something that ________.
happened long ago
Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?
Huang He (Yellow River)
How did Buddhism spread from India to China?
Along the Silk Road
What Chinese innovation helped with navigation?
Compass
What belief system's goal was to reach "Nirvana" and believed in karma and reincarnation?
Buddhism
What are materials that come from nature called?
natural resources
The Mandate from Heaven was
the divine right to rule
Who is in charge of China?