Ancient China 1
The tallest mountain range in the world
The name of the plateau located in the western part of China.
Tibetan
The name of the ocean that borders China.
Pacific
The Yellow and Yangtze rivers flow which directions....
East and West
The material used by Shang artisans to create beautiful objects
Bronze
What was the name of China's FIRST dynasty?
The Shang Dynasty
A Chinese philosopher who was one of the most influential teachers in Chinese history.
Confucius
A crop grown by farmers along the rivers in China
Rice
An army created for the burial site of the emperor Qin Shin Huang
Terracotta army
The dynasty that followed the Zhou.
Qin
Gobi
innovation took place during the Shang period that used animal bones to ask questions of the ancestors?
Oracle Bones
Ancient China was surrounded by desert, mountains and ocean. What impact did these natural borders have on the culture?
They isolated the Chinese civilization allowing it to develop independently.
Mandate of Heaven
A series of rulers from the same family line
Dynasty
This dynasty was the first to have a system of writing.
Shang
What was the primary purpose of the Great Wall?
To keep out nomadic invaders from the North.
Where Chinese civilization first began.
Yellow/Yangtze Rivers
The year (approximate) the Shang Dynasty was founded.
1600 BC
Artisans
What was the main reason Emperor Qin wanted the Great Wall constructed?
To keep out invaders from the north
What type of government was established by the Shang Dynasty?
Monarchy
This dynasty was the first Empire in China.
Qin
The philosophy founded during the Zhou Dynasty that is not Confucianism
Taoism
This period began around 475 BC and lasted up until the end of the Zhou dynasty in 221 BC. There were seven major states left in the empire.
Warring States Period