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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 mountain range protects China along the South West region?
The Himalayas
WILDCARD:
What is Ms. K's first name?
claire
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
What two dynasties built the Great Wall?
Ming and Qin
What was China's longest dyansty?
Zhou
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 geographical feature that separates China to the north (Mongolia)
What is Gobi Desert?
How long is the great wall? (does not have to be exact, but close)
13,171 miles
What 4 geographical features surround China?
Seas, deserts, mountains, and plateau
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.
What was the shortest dynasty?
Qin
Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?
Huang He (Yellow River)
Buddhism originally started in what country?
India
What Chinese innovation helped with navigation?
Compass
What belief system's goal was to reach "Nirvana" and believed in karma and reincarnation?
Buddhism
Which dynasty is in the "bronze age"
Shang
This philosophy stressed punishments for even the most basic of crimes
Legalism
What is the term for the person in charge of ancient China?
Emperor