Ways the ancient Chinese writing system is different from cuneiform and hieroglyphics
What are the Chinese system is still in use and Chinese writing uses pictures and ideas more than markings
100
The three main classes in Chinese society
What are landowning aristocrats, farmers, merchants?
100
These geographical features shaped China's civilizations
What are rivers, mountains, and deserts?
100
The right to command
What is a mandate (Mandate of Heaven)
200
Appointed government officials
What is the bureaucracy?
200
Effect of developments of Han dynasty on the Chinese people
What is an improved life?
200
Three Chinese philosophies
What are Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism?
200
This dynasty controlled the most land in China
What is the Qin dynasty?
200
The ideas of this person included a duty to participate in government
Who is Confucius?
300
People with a similar position in society
What is a social class?
300
Reasons the Shang rulers became so powerful
What are controlling land and having strong armies?
300
The direction the Qin dynasty expanded the most
What is the south?
300
A member of the upper class whose wealth is based on land
What is an aristocrat?
400
Line of rulers in the same family
What is a dynasty?
400
Ways Confucianism and Taoism are different
What are: Daoism teaches people should try to be in harmony with the world; Confucianism teaches people should work to change and improve the world.
400
The purpose of the silk road
What are carrying Chinese goods to other areas - as far as Greece and Rome?
400
Ways in which East China Sea affected expansion
What is increased trade possibilities
400
when the head of the family is honored by other members
What is filial piety?
500
The idea that a system of laws is more necessary than honorable men serving in leadership
What is legalism?
500
Process Shang artists used to make bronze urns
What is making clay molds in several sections, working detailed designs into the clay, fitting the pieces of the mold together, pouring in the bronze, and removing the mold after the bronze cools?