Geography
A mountain range on the western side that separates India from China.
What are the Himalayas?
A philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with the Dao.
What is Daoism?
The first dynasty in China that is supported by written records and is known for their use of oracle bones and bronze tools.
What was the Shang Dynasty?
The most famous product traded from China.
What is Silk?
A set of beliefs about how to live.
What is a philosophy?
A Chinese river that often floods; also known as the Huang He River
What is the Yellow River?
A philosophy that believes that people must be controlled with a strong leader and legal system.
What is Legalism?
This dynasty is considered a golden age in Chinese history and expanded China’s borders, strengthened the government, and opened the Silk Road.
What was the Han Dynasty?
A religion that spread from India to China using the Silk Road.
What is Buddhism?
China’s earliest written records that shared predictions for the future were written on these.
What are Oracle Bones?
a harsh desert that covers much of Northern China.
What is the Gobi Desert?
a philosopher from ancient China who valued wisdom and believed that everyone is teachable.
Who was Confucius?
The shortest dynasty that is remembered for unifying China and beginning the construction of the Great Wall.
What was the Qin Dynasty?
The sharing of ideas, beliefs, and technology between cultures.
What is cultural diffusion (or cultural exchange)?
A group of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
A dust-like material that forms soil and makes the Huang He River yellow.
What is losess?
The founder of Daoism.
Who was Laozi?
This dynasty is remembered for their art, poetry, trade, and cultural growth.
What was the Tang Dynasty?
This large empire in Europe wanted Chinese Silk.
What is the Roman Empire?
This term defines "the right to rule".
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The longest Chinese river that runs through central China; also known as the Yangtze River?
What is the Chang Jiang River?
The main problem in society that all three philosophies mentioned.
What is a loss of morals?
The Mandate of Heaven was created during this dynasty.
What was the Zhou Dynasty?
The Silk Road allowed civilizations to trade both goods and this.
What are ideas?
The Confucius principle that discusses having respect for one’s parents and elders.
What is Filial Piety?