Geography of China
This river valley is where Chinese civilization began.
Yellow River
China was ruled by families called these.
Dynasties
A large group of government workers is called a
Bureaucracy
Confucius taught there were __ types of relationships.
Five
Nomadic people who conquered China in the 1200s.
Mongols
Asia
Prince Zheng became known as this ruler.
First Emperor of Qin
Han leaders wanted officials chosen for this quality, not family ties.
Merit
Confucianism emphasized respect and this behavior towards leaders.
Loyalty
Mongol ruler who founded the Yuan Dynasty.
Kublai Khan
These lowlands are found along China's eastern coast
Eastern lowlands
This dynasty ruled for over 400 years.
Han Dynasty
Government jobs were earned by passing these tests.
Civil Service Exams
According to Confucius, those in power should act this way.
Kind
The Yuan Dynasty stopped using these exams.
The Civil Service Exams
This river is also called the Yangtze River.
Chang Jiang
This dynasty reunified China in 589 CE.
Sui Dynasty
Scholar officials studied the teachings of this thinker.
Confucius
Confucius taught people how to act in relationships like ____ & _____.
Where one person is above the other.
Ruler and subject
Under the Yuan, this group was the highest social class.
Mongols
This access helped early Chinese farmers grow crops and travel.
Access to water
This dynasty ruled China for almost 300 years after the Sui.
Tang dynasty
The Song Dynasty used exams to create this type of system.
Meritocracy
Confucian ideas shaped this group of people.
Scholar officials
This dynasty replaced the Yuan in 1368.
Ming Dynasty