Geography
This mountain range helped isolate China from the south.
What are the Himalaya Mountains?
This dynasty is considered the first but has little evidence.
What is the Xia Dynasty?
This philosopher taught people should lead by example.
Who is Confucius?
This ruler became the first emperor of China.
Who is Qin Shihuangdi?
This was a network of trade routes connecting China to other regions.
What is the Silk Road?
This river is known as “China’s Sorrow” because of flooding.
What is the Yellow River (Huang He)?
This dynasty created the first Chinese writing system.
What is the Shang Dynasty?
This philosophy teaches harmony with nature.
What is Daoism?
This structure was built to protect China from invasions.
What is the Great Wall?
This was the most valuable product traded from China.
What is silk?
This desert is located in northern China.
What is the Gobi Desert?
These objects were used to predict the future in the Shang Dynasty.
What are oracle bones?
This philosophy supports strict laws and harsh punishment.
What is Legalism?
This dynasty is known as a golden age in ancient China.
What is the Han Dynasty?
This explorer helped open trade routes to the west.
Who is Zhang Qian?
This is the fertile area where early Chinese civilization developed.
What is the North China Plain?
This belief said rulers were chosen by heaven.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This idea describes balance between opposite forces.
What is yin and yang?
These tests were used to choose government officials.
What are civil service exams?
This religion spread from India to China along the Silk Road.
What is Buddhism?
These two rivers provided water, food, and fertile soil.
What are the Yellow River and Yangzi River?
This system divided land among nobles who provided protection.
What is feudalism?
This book contains the teachings of Confucius.
What are the analects?
This invention helped farmers move water to crops.
What is the chain pump?
This term describes the spread of ideas and culture between regions.
What is cultural diffusion?