Vocabulary
Material made from a type of insect that was used to produce clothing and became China’s main trading export.
What is Silk?
This "great" leader is credited for founding the historically controversial Xia Dynasty.
Who is Yu?
The powerful and kind creatures that were believed to bring life-giving rain to China.
What are Dragons?
The Chinese river that was also known as "China's Sorrow" due to its excessive flooding.
What is the Huang He River/Yellow River?
The two most common metals produced by China in their early economy.
What are Bronze and Iron?
The English translation of the Huang He River.
What is the Yellow River?
This woman is notable for serving as a Chinese military general during the Shang Dynasty.
Who is Fu Hao?
An item used to communicate with ancestors and create predictions for the future.
What are Oxen Bones?
The country in which Buddhism was founded.
What is India?
The economic structure where a single person, group, or government controls the supply and production of a good or service.
What is a Monopoly?
The worship of multiple gods and/or spirits.
What is Polytheism?
The first Chinese king to rule under the "Mandate of Heaven" or the idea that god(s) granted people the right to be in power.
Who is King Wu?
The Chinese religion that introduced the idea of Yin and Yang.
What is Daoism?
The cardinal direction that best describes China's location in Asia.
What is East?
It was illegal in China to export these insects to other countries to maintain global control of silk production.
What are silkworms?
A social system using Kings, Lords, and farmers as distinct social classes.
What is Feudalism?
The single supreme god that Chinese people believed in during 1600 BCE.
Who is Shangdi?
A Chinese religion in which spirits not only exist within humans, but also throughout nature.
What is Animism?
The empire that closed the Silk Road trade routes after a thousand years.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This era was birthed when travel by sea became the more common way for trade to take place.
What is the Age of Exploration?
A legal system based on the idea that people were evil and selfish by nature.
What is Legalism?
The name that Han Dynasty ruler Liu Bang went by during the rebellion against the Qin Dynasty.
What is Gaozu?
This dynasty is questioned by historians due to lack of written records and little archaeological evidence indicating that it ever existed.
What is the Xia Dynasty?
The longest river in central China.
What is the Chang Jiang River/Yangtze River?
The Qin dynasty began using this coin to trade goods and services.
What is the Banliang?