Ancient China 1
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
How long did the Warring States period last?
250 years
The devotion of children to their parents is called
filial piety
What is an innovation of the Qin dynasty?
Measurement, weights, one currency
A Chinese philosopher who was the most influential teacher in Chinese history and still today.
Confucius?
What was the most important reason Qin Shi Huang Di built the Great Wall of China
To protect his empire from the Mongols to the North
The Chinese developed irrigation which helped them to do what?
grow more crops
What philosophy is the yin and yang a part of?
Daoism
A political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from the gods.
Mandate of Heaven
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?
Who was the Emperor who standardized china?
Qin Shi Huangdi
What landforms surround China?
Seas, deserts, and mountains
Confucius was a very famous ______, in Ancient China.
philosopher
Which dynasty was the first for which we have written records?
Shang
The word ancient means something that ________.
happened long ago
Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?
Huang (Yellow River)
What mountain stretches across china?
Himalayas
Why was the North China Plain a good location for farming?
the soil was soft and crops were easily planted
What belief system's goal was to reach "Nirvana" and believed in karma and reincarnation?
Buddhism
What type of ruler Qin Shi Huang Di was?
He was a ruler with strict laws and extremely harsh punishments
The Mandate from Heaven was
the divine right to rule
Who is in charge of China?