Geography
The large body of water that isolates China on its eastern coast
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Pacific Ocean
What importance did kinship ties have in the Shang dynasty?
Very important!
The man that united China under one single ruler
Qin Shi Huangdi
What did Confucius believe rulers should do?
Set the example for their people to follow
What is a dynasty?
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A family of rulers
The mountain range in southern China that isolates it from India
Himalayan Mountains
The first Chinese writing was recorded on these artifacts from the Shang Dynasty
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Oracle Bones
Why was the Great Wall of China built?
To keep out invaders from the north
Daoism says that people should return to what
Nature
Define Legalism
The belief that people are basically bad, so harsh laws and punishments are necessary
The vast, barren wasteland that isolates China on its northern border
Gobi Desert
This philosopher was born during the Zhou Dynasty, but his teachings wouldn't become popular until much later
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Confucius
Name two things did Qin Shi Huangdi standardize throughout all of China?
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Writing and Money
Both Confucianism and Daoism strived to create what kind of society?
Peaceful
How did Buddhism come to China?
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Through Indian merchants spreading it on the Silk Road
The flattened land to the north of the Himalayas that became part of the Silk Road
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Tibetan Plateau
This dynasty believed in the Mandate of Heaven
Zhou Dynasty
What was unusual about Liu Bang, the first emperor of the Han Dynasty?
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He was a peasant.
Which dynasty made Confucianism the base of its government for the next 2000 years?
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Han Dynasty
Define the Mandate of Heaven
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The belief that rulers are chosen by the gods
The two rivers that brought fresh soil to China
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Yellow River and Yangtzhe River or Huang He and Chang Jiang
Daoism was started in this era by a man named
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Lao Tzu
What major trade route came about during the Han Dynasty that heavily impacted the world?
The Silk Road
The Han Dynasty invented an item we use everyday at school.
Paper!
Why was the Silk Road important?
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It was the first time cultures from around the world interacted with one another in one place