Geography
The mountain range separating China from India
What are the Himalaya Mountains?
This is how many major philosophies we have discussed in regards to Ancient China
What are 3 major philosophies?
The oldest historically confirmed Chinese dynasty
What is the Shang Dynasty?
This trade route was a major contributor in the spread of Buddhism from India to China
What is the Silk Road?
This man made barrier was built by the Chinese to protect themselves from the Mongols
What is the Great Wall?
The two types of physical features that provided both protection and isolation for the Chinese civilization
What are mountains and deserts?
This is also known as the "right to rule"
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This dynasty is credited with building the Great Wall of China
What is the Qin Dynasty?
People who sell or trade goods, they can commonly be found traveling along the Silk Road
What are merchants?
BONUS: 2x points
This is Ms. Altman's favorite Pokémon
What is Gengar?
The two major rivers that the early Chinese settled around
What are the Yangtze and Yellow River?
This philosophy assumes that people are inherently bad and need to be controlled
What is Legalism?
Calligraphy was a stylized writing form developed during this dynasty
What is the Han Dynasty?
This is the act of selling or trading goods to an outside civilization
What is exporting?
This "army" was created to defend Qin Shi Huang in the afterlife
What are the Terracotta Soldiers?
The Chinese name for the Yellow River
What is the Huang He River?
What is Taoism?
In a tricky move to gain political control, this dynasty created the Mandate of Heaven
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
BONUS: 2x Points
This is the name of the YouTuber who makes the ancient civilization songs that you all commonly describe as "mid"
Who is Mr. Nicky?
Priests during the Shang Dynasty read these bones to make predictions about the future
What are oracle bones?
BONUS! 3x points
This mountain pass in Pakistan was a crucial part of the Silk Road, connecting India to the trade routes
Hint: A fellow sixth grader speaks Pashto, a language that originates from the nomadic peoples who resided near this pass.
What is the Khyber Pass?
Using this philosophy as guidance, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty instituted civil service exams as a way to ensure government employment was based ability not on class
What is Confucianism?
In order from oldest to most recent, these are the four major Chinese dynasties
What are the Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han dynasties?
Implemented under the Zhou Dynasty, this system involved three classes of society: nobles, soldiers, and peasants/commoners
What is the Feudal System?
Created under Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty, these tests were given to potential employees to qualify them for a particular job. This system of promotion or leadership was based on ability, not birth.
What are civil service exams?