Geography
What is the mountain range that borders both India and China?
Himalayas.
What is the symbol that represents the balance between good and evil?
Yin and Yang.
What is one invention/achievement from Ancient China that still effects our world and how we live today?
Seismograph (tracking storms)
Comets and Eclipses
Durable Paper
Wheelbarrow
Shipbuilding
What is the name for the trade network that linked, eastern Europe and Asia?
The Silk Road.
What kind of difficult storms would often hit China?
Monsoons.
The Analects are a collection of sayings that are a part of which ancient religion?
Confucianism.
This dynasty is known as the first traditional dynasty in Chinese history
Xia Dynasty
What religion was spread into China through trade networks like the Silk Road?
Buddhism
What river helped early Chinese civilizations begin?
The Yellow River or Yangzi
This religion, which originated in India, believes in the cycle of reincarnation and the pursuit of enlightenment through meditation and ethical living
Buddhism
The Zhou Dynasty claimed the Mandate of Heaven. What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Used to explain dynastic cycle-switch of dynasties, signs of nature and power were signs of favor (for or against) with the gods.
How did silk impact life in Ancient China?
became a valuable export
created job opportunities for women
This vast desert, located in northern China and southern Mongolia, is known for its harsh climate and shifting sand dunes.
Gobi Desert
Which ancient religion believes that the government is unnatural and should "leave people alone"?
Daoism.
The Xia Dynasty is associated with as a Bronze Age Civilization. What is one way bronze was used?
Writing, metalworking, weapons, utensils (perhaps)
How did the development of a unified writing system benefit Ancient China?
It helped unify diverse regions by improving communication
The belief that one's culture is the best and only one is called?
Ethnocentrism.
Name one of the 5 relationships in Confucianism.
Ruler-Subject.
Elder-Younger Brother.
Husband-Wife.
Father-Son.
Friend-Friend.
What was one major effect of Shi Huangdi's rule during the Qin Dynasty?
Centralized power, unified China, built the Great Wall of China, banned certain political literature that disagreed with his ideas, common coinage system, uniform writing system
What is feudalism?
System where local lords governed their own lands but helped in defense and other forms of support