Geography
The geographical feature that limited interaction between China and Mongolia.
Gobi Desert
This religion spread from India to China due to increased trade between the two countries.
Buddhism
This was built during the Qin dynasty to keep nomadic invaders out of China.
The Great Wall
This is the term for a series of rulers from the same family.
dynasty
This was the name of the major land trade route connecting China to the rest of the world.
The Silk Road
rat, ox, dragon, dog, goat, rabbit, snake, tiger, pig/boar, horse, monkey, rooster
The Plateau of Tibet is found in this mountain range.
Himalayan Mountains
This Chinese philosophy includes the belief that people should live in harmony with nature.
Daoism
This Chinese invention used the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day.
sundial
This dynasty was the longest in Chinese history.
Zhou
This was the main crop grown in ancient China.
rice
These are the two major rivers in China.
Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) and Yellow River (Huang He)
This Chinese philosophy believed that the right way to live was similar to The Golden Rule - Treat others as you would have them do unto you.
Confucianism
The ancient Chinese invented this magnetic device that shows cardinal direction.
compass
This was the shortest dynasty in China's history.
Qin
This was China’ s single greatest export.
silk
These are the two major deserts of China.
Gobi Desert and Takla Makan Desert
These are the guiding principals at the heart of Buddhism.
The Four Noble Truths - the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering.
This Chinese invention is designed to measure the strength of an earthquake.
seismograph
This period of time made people look for ways to restore order and peace in China.
The Warring States Period
This class of people were NOT respected in the Han dynasty because they did not create or produce goods themselves.
merchants
This sea located in Asia is the world's largest inland body of water.
The Caspian Sea
This philosophy held that minor offenses must be treated harshly.
Legalism
This is the name for the art of writing developed in China.
Calligraphy
This was a belief that a king’ s right to rule came from the gods.
The Mandate of Heaven
The standardization of these two things during the Qin dynasty allowed for the ability to easily trade anywhere in the empire.
currency and weights