Countries
Physical Features
Rivers
Imperial China
Chinese Dynasties
Three Major Philosophies
100
Mongolia
100
The earliest Chinese Civilizations settled in what river valley?
Huang He
100
The Chang Jiang River is ____________ of the Huang He River
South
100
What does 'imperial' mean?
Definition: belonging or related to an emperor
100
What is a dynasty?
Definition: a line of rulers descended from one family
100
During what dynasty did the Warring States Period occur?
Zhou Dynasty
200
Japan
200
THIS WORD (A) means 'dry, treeless grasslands'. Don't confuse it with THIS WORD (B) which is a method of farming that is used in the mountains.
BONUS POINTS (+100): In China, this method of farming is often used to grow what food?
A: Steppes
B: Terrace farming
200
What art the other names for the Chang Jiang River? No partial points.
Long River
Yangtze River
200
What are the definitions of the words 'aristocracy' and 'meritocracy'?
No partial points.
Aristocracy: a ruling class of noble families
Meritocracy: rule by officials of proven merit
200
During which dynasty were Civil Service Exams first introduced?
Han Dynasty
200
What were the three major philosophies of Imperial China?
Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism
300
Taiwan
300
Use cardinal directions to describe where the Taklimakan Desert is located
AND
Use cardinal directions to describe where the Gobi Desert is located.
No partial points.
Northwest of China. East of the Tian Shan Mountains.
Northeast of China. North of China, South of Mongolia.
300
What is the other name for the Huang He River? Why is it called that? You'll need to use a specific vocabulary term to get the points.
Yellow silt/loess
300
What are two things that a bureaucracy does?
Collect taxes
Oversee public works projects: ex. irrigation, roads
Manage the army
Enforce laws
300
Name the 5 dynasties in China that we have learned the most about. What order did they rule in?
Shang
Zhou
Han
Tang
Song
300
What question were all three major philosophies of China trying to answer?
'How can we bring peace and order to society?'
400
India
400
The mouths of the Huang He and Chang Jiang River are the Yellow Sea and East China Sea, respectively. However, the start of these rivers are located around the same physical feature in the SOUTHWEST of China.
What physical feature in the SOUTHWEST of China holds the beginnings of the Huang He and Chang Jiang Rivers AND what is the vocabulary term for the 'beginning/start' of a river?
No partial points.
Plateau of Tibet. 'Source'
400
Why does China have a 'love/hate' relationship with the Huang He River?
'China's Sorrow' -> flooding'
'Mother of Chinese civilization' -> silt leads to good crop growth
400
What is the Mandate of Heaven? Give as much detail as you can. What dynasty first claimed to have the Mandate?
No partial points.
Zhou dynasty first to claim Mandate of Heaven.
Permission from the God Heaven for a ruler to rule. This permission could be seen as being taken away if a ruler ruled badly. Signs of bad rule included high taxes, foreign invasions, and natural disasters. If these things happened, the people could rebel. 
400
Name one strength and one weakness of the Civil Service Exams.
Strengths:
Well-organized government
Education of scholar-officials emphasized moral behavior, justice, kindness, importance of family
Unified Chinese culture
Poor & hard-working men given opportunity to serve in government (social mobility)
Ensured that officials were trained and talented (meritocracy)
Weaknesses:
Valued tradition over progress
Exams did not test science, math, or engineering → innovation is not encouraged
Confucian scholars considered merchants to be lowest class of society → hurts trade and economy for China
400
Which major philosophy was fundamental to the Civil Service Exams? What type of characteristics did emperors hope a government official who had studied this philosophy would have?
Confucianism
Rational/moral
500
Nepal
500
Use cardinal directions to describe the location of the Himalaya Mountains AND name one country the Himalayas immediately separate from China.
No partial points.
Southwestern China. Borders: India/China, Nepal/China
500
What is B on this map? Why were these types of structures built originally? Be specific. No partial points.
Grand Canal
Built to control flooding from the rivers (especially Huang He) -> water diverted to sea/ocean.
500
What is a 'bureaucracy'? What were the two types of bureaucracies of imperial China? Who was employed for each of these types? There's a special term I'm looking for here.
Definition: a highly complex body of workers with many levels of authority
Aristocrat -- Aristocracy (buy way in)
Scholar-officials -- meritocracy (earn way in)
500
Why would we say that the bureaucracy under the Han and Tang Dynasty wasn't a true meritocracy?
Under what dynasty did a full(er) meritocracy develop? What changed to make it more of a meritocracy?
Civil Service Exams do not equal full meritocracy because mostly aristocrats passed due to important advantages like tutors and books. Also true for Tang Dynasty.
Song Dynasty: more commoners could pass the Civil Service Exam because government-sponsored schools were opened. Anyone could enroll/get an education (except merchants)
500
What was the focus of each of the three major philosophies?
No partial points.
Confucianism: education
Daoism: harmony with nature
Legalism: harsh laws/punishments