Silk Road
What was the Silk Road?
a trade route stretching from China to the Mediterranean Sea
What is a series of fortified barriers over 1,4000 miles long built across northern China to keep invaders out?
Great Wall of China
What was surprising about the Han Dynasty's social classes?
The peasants were in second place
Which mountain range borders China?
Himalayans
The belief that people are evil by nature and must be controlled by strict laws.
Legalism
What are two civilizations that were involved in the Silk Road trade route?
Egypt, Rome, Byzantium, India, China
What medical achievement did the Han dynasty come up with?
Acupuncture
How many tests did people have to take to get into the government?
3
Why was the Huang He called China's sorrow?
It flooded, killing people and destroying crops
The belief that people ought to find peace and happiness by living in harmony with nature
Taoism
Inventions and __________ were traded along the Silk Road.
Ideas
How did the roads and canals unify China?
armies could get on the road quicker; trade; transportation
The Zhou dynasty had a political system where the ruler or government provided protection in exchange for service. What kind of government is that?
Feudal system
How were the rivers beneficial for China?
trade, protection, fertile land
The belief that the spirits of ancestors live on in the afterworld and have powers to help or punish people who are still alive.
Ancestor Worship
What religion came to China from the Silk Road?
Buddhism
What was the seismoscope used for?
detecting earthquakes
The Qin Dynasty managed their government through departments with appointed officials. What kind of government is that called?
bureacracy
Which ocean is on China's Eastern coast?
Pacific
What thing was Confucius missing in his philosophy?
relationship between God and man
How did the Silk Road change China?
natural boundaries not causing isolation
More ideas spread
What are 2 achievements of the Han Dynasty?
Acupuncture, seismoscope, silk, iron wheelbarrow, plow, rudder, etc.
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
The belief that Heaven gave the king his right to rule but required him to rule righteously
How did the natural boundaries of China affect it?
protection, isolation from the west
What are the responsibilities of the younger and the elder in Confucianism?
elder- set example
younger- respect/obey