Geography
These are the names of the two major rivers in China.
What are the Yellow River (Huang River) and the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang)?
These military leaders commanded their own personal armies.
What are warlords?
Name the three major philosophies of Ancient China.
Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism
This massive structure was built to protect China from northern invaders like the Mongols.
The Great Wall of China
This series of trade routes connected China to the West.
What was the Silk Road?
This yellow, dusty soil is excellent for farming and helps crops grow.
What is loess?
This is historically recognized as the very first dynasty of China.
Shang Dynasty
Kings used these objects to predict the future by heating them until they cracked so priests could read them.
What are oracle bones?
He was the first emperor of China.
Who was Shihuangdi?
Mongols were effective conquerors because they were excellent horseback riders and used this specific technology to keep their hands free to fight.
What are iron stirrups?
These are the large, treeless plains where the Mongols lived as nomads in yurts.
What are steppes?
Name three specific Zhou dynasty inventions to improve agriculture and warfare.
Irrigation systems, the saddle, stirrups, and the crossbow
This concept requires children to obey, respect, and care for their parents.
Filial Piety
This was built specifically to protect Emperor Shihuangdi in the afterlife.
What was the Emperor’s Clay Army or the Terracotta Warriors?
Name at least four inventions that came from the Han Dynasty.
What are the rudder, silk, paper, seismograph, compass, or acupuncture?
Which seas do each major river of China empty into?
Yellow River -> Yellow Sea
Yangtze River -> East China Sea
This is the belief that a king's right to rule came from the gods, and this is the term for the rise and fall of ruling families. (Two terms needed)
What are the Mandate of Heaven and the Dynastic Cycle?
Name the four social classes of China and identify which one was the largest.
Who are aristocrats, farmers, artisans, and merchants (Farmers were the largest group)?
How did Shihuangdi unify the empire?
Created one set of laws, government, writing and currency
Created roads that connected the empire
The Han Dynasty replaced Legalism with this philosophy and made this the center of society
What are Confucianism and the family?
Name the four specific natural barriers that physically isolated China. How did most of these affect trade?
Gobi Desert, Tibetan Plateau, Himalayan Mountains, and the Pacific Ocean. Most affected trade negatively.
We've discussed four dynasties of ancient China. Put them in order from oldest to "newest"
Shang -> Zhou -> Qin -> Han
Identify the one goal that all three major philosophies shared, and explain how Buddhism became one of the major religions of China.
What is creating a better society (shared goal).
People turned to Buddhism after many years of civil war in China.
List three negative things Shihuangdi did for China.
He killed people, banned books, burned people, buried people alive, or used forced labor.
Identify the two endpoints of the Silk Road and name five things exchanged on it.
What are China and Rome?
jewels, metals, spices, silk, china, culture, religion, ideas