Geography
What are the two main rivers in China?
Yangzi (Chang Jiang) & Huang He (Yellow)
What did Zhou Kings claim to possess that gave them the authority to rule?
Mandate of Heaven
This type of philosophy describes that people should live in harmony with nature.
Daoism
This was a 4,000-mile-long network of trade routes known as the _____________.
The Silk Road
Qin Shihuangdi ordered this to be built to keep China safe from invaders.
The Great Wall of China
What geographical features separate China from the rest of Asia?
What are Mountains and Deserts
Following the decline of the Zhou, what period of disorder and civil war did China enter?
Warring States Period
This philosophy stresses the importance of laws and harsh punishments.
Legalism
What soft, light, highly valued fabric was traded along the Silk Road?
Silk
What invention of the Han is an item we use everyday in the classroom?
Paper
What river is also called China's sorrow because of destructive flooding?
Huang He (Yellow)
Which dynasty started the first cities?
Shang
Placing the needs of others before your own is a belief of this philosophy?
Confucianism
What religion came to China from India via the Silk Road?
Buddhism
Qin started to use of a common ______________ to help unify China.
currency
Where did civilization first emerge in Ancient China?
What is along the river banks of the Huange He and Yangzi Rivers
The Shang used ____________ seek the guidance of their ancestors?
oracle bones
A way of thinking is called a ___________.
philosophy
The Silk Road began in China and ended where?
The Mediterranean Sea
Most ancient Chinese people were __________.
farmers
This caused the the Huange He to turn yellow.
What is Loess?
The Han dynasty started this exam to help improve the type of workers that could get government jobs.
Civil Service
The goal of each Chinese philosophy was to create a _____________ society.
peaceful
The Han dynasty collapsed after many years of ______ in Ancient China.
civil wars
___________ were wealthy landowners that lived in elaborate homes.
aristocrats