Ancient China 1
Why was China's diverse geography important to Ancient China?
made it naturally isolated (think mountain ranges and water)
What invention from Ancient China is still used today, often at night or to celebrate the 4th of July?
Fireworks
What continent is China in?
Asia
What two religions developed in Ancient China?
Confucianism and Buddhism
How did the Yellow River get it's name, "River of Sorrow"?
Flooding that cause death and destruction
Ancient trade route linking China with the West that carried goods between civilizations
Silk Road
A Chinese philosopher who stressed the importance of respecting elders, modelling morality, and doing things right because it's right, not because of a consequence.
Confucius
What was China's primary export?
Silk
The Chinese developed irrigation which helped them to do what?
grow more crops
Ancient China became more prosperous and were introduced to ideas from the west by using the ....................
What was the Silk Road?
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 major tool of war invented by the Ancient Chinese was.............
What is a chariot?
How were oracle bones used?
to predict the future
What does the term philosopher mean?
"Love of wisdom"
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 Ancient Chinese developed blast furnaces that allowed them to produce cast ________.
What is Iron?
Along what TWO rivers did China's earliest civilizations develop?
Huang He (Yellow River) and the Yangtze River
How did Buddhism spread from India to China?
From traders along the Silk Road
Parents of Ancient Chinese children choose who their children would. This is called an....
Arranged Marriage
Chinese pray to their ancestors because
They thought their ancestors could bring them luck or disaster.
What are the groups that occupy the fourth class called?
merchants and slaves
In Ancient China family was .......
central to society.
Which dynasty was the first to leave written records?
The Shang