Ancient China 1
Who was the first emperor of China?
Qin Shi Huang
What was the first empire in China?
Qin Dynasty
What was a key food in Ancient Chinese culture?
Rice or tibet
What were the two major philosophies?
Confucianism and Daoism (Taoism)
What was the Great Wall of China used for?
To protect the Chinese Empire from northern nomadic invaders and foreign tribes
Name one natural feature of Ancient China
yellow river, gobi desert, Tibetan Plateau
Which social class had the largest population?
Nong
Are the Terracotta Warriors a primary or secondary source of information? Why?
Primary- from the time
Which metal is most valued by the ancient Chinese?
Bronze
What did Emperor Huang die of and why?
Suspected mercury poisoning trying to achieve immortality
Which emperors' tomb was the terracotta warriors discovered in?
Qin Shu Huang
What word's definition means: A series of rulers from the same family line.
Dynasty
What areas did the silk road connect?
China with Europe, Africa, and west Asia.
What dynasty came after Qin?
Han Dynasty
List 3 things we can learn about warfare/life in Ancient China through the discovery of Terracotta Warriors
Armour
Weapons
Chariots/Horses
What the emperor valued in the afterlife
Why was the Great Wall built?
What is "to keep out foreign invaders?"
What things traveled the Silk Road?
What is ideas, disease, inventions, people, trade, religion?
Explain the Yellow River was so crucial to the Ancient Chinese and why civilisations developed along there
Food and water source
Crops growing
Natural barrier
Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?
Huang He (Yellow River)
Name the 5 social classes in Ancient China
Emperor, Shi, Nong, Gong, Shong
What was China's primary export?
Silk
What was a practice that women in Ancient China did to make themselves more beautiful?
Lotus feet / foot binding.
Name 3 things Emperor Huang did to unite China
Ended Warring states
Same units of measurement
Same units of writing
What was a common form of weaponry used by the Ancient Chinese army?
Bow and arrow.
Name the first female empress of Ancient China
Wu Zetian