Geography
The continent China is located on.
What is Asia?
This emperor based his rule on the ideas of Legalism.
Who is Qin Shihuangdi?
People in Ancient China believed their gods needed this to keep them happy.
What are offerings of food?
First example of written Chinese language.
What are Oracle Bones?
A network of trade routes between cities over which luxury goods were carried.
What is the Silk Road?
A cold, rocky desert in the Northwest of China
What is the Gobi Desert?
The Zhou Dynasty claimed this principle gave them the right to rule.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This philosophy taught that if each person does his or her duty, society as a whole will do well.
What is Confucianism?
A traditional Chinese medical practice involving the use of needles to relieve pain.
What is acupuncture?
The best-known Shang Art form.
What is bronze casting?
The Shang Dynasty made this China's first capital city.
Young men studied history, law, and Confucianism for years to prepare for this.
What is the Civil Service Exam?
This philosophy promoted a peaceful society and taught that people should give up worldly desires.
What is Daoism?
These Chinese inventions allowed soldiers to fight on horseback.
What are saddles and stirrups?
These people pay their rent by giving the landlord a portion of their crops.
Who are tenant farmers?
Site of the first Chinese civilizations.
What is the Huang He Valley?
He wanted the best minds to work in government.
Who is Han Wudi?
This religion helped people deal with stress and fear of unstable government during the fall of the Han Dynasty.
What is Buddhism?
This dynasty built a canal from the Chang Jiang River to Guangzhou to provide soldiers with supplies.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
Wealthy landowners and members of the upper class.
Who are aristocrats?
Nomads from the North who raided Chinese lands.
Who were the Xiongnu?
This ruler put an end to many harsh Qin practices.
Who is Han Gaozu?
He thought that humans were naturally evil.
Who is Hanfeizi?
People forced to build roads and the Great Wall of China.
Who are farmers?
A belief in the importance of respect, obedience, and care for one's elders.
What is filial piety?