Geography and Early China
China covers an area of ________________ miles
4 million
The Zhou kings claimed to possess the _________________________
mandate of heaven
Shi Huangdi followed __________________ political beliefs
legalist
The First emperor of the Han Dynasty
Liu Bang
One of the two most important farming tools developed during the Han dynasty...
iron plow or the wheel barrow
The most important mountain range in China
Qinling Shandi
Most famous Daoist teacher
Laozi
Shi Huangdi's name before he changed it
Ying Zheng
Th Han Dynasty lasted for more than ______ years
400
During the Han period, weavers used _____________ to weave silk threads into beautiful fabric
foot-powered looms
"China's Sorrow"
Huang He, or Yellow River
By 481 BC, China had entered an era called, _____________________ , a time of many civil wars.
Warring States period
The new roads built by the Qin were ____________ paces wide
50
Under emperor ____________, Confucianism became the official government philosophy
Wudi
People from Central Asia traded ____________ for Chinese silk
horses
Who is said to have founded the Xia Dynasty?
Yu the Great
The first belief to be put into practice throughout China
Legalism
What year did archaeologists find the tomb of Shi Huangdi, and his terra cotta warriors?
1974
Nearly 60 million people lived in China during the Han dynasty, and about ____ percent of them were peasants who lived out in the countryside.
90
The Silk Road was about _____________ miles long
4,000
Shang writing has been found on thousands of turtle shells and cattle bones. These are known as ______________________.
Oracle bones
Confucius' ideas were written down by his followers in a book called ______________
the Analects
Shi Huangdi died in the year _____________
210 BC
Han invention we use everyday
paper
Buddhism offered the hope of _________ and _________________ to the Chinese people
rebirth, relief from suffering