Vocab
Questions about the great wall and environment
Emperor
Destruction and order of things.
Expansion and confinement and government
100

What is immortality?

What is-The ability to live forever.

100

How long is the Great Wall of China?

What is- 4,500 miles long.

100

Who was Confucius?

Who is- An Ancient Chinese Philosopher whose teaching became part of the Government system.

100

Why is the yellow river also called "China's Sorrow"?

What is- destructive floods would come without warning.

100

What are two important factors limited Ancient China's contact with outsiders?

What is- Long distances, natural barriers. 

200

What is the definition for loess?

What is- Yellow-brown soil.

200

What kinds of dangers did Silk Road traders face?

Mountains, Brutal winds, Venomous snakes, Pirates, Ideas. 

200

What were the goals of Confucius?

What is- Bring peace, Reform rulers, Bring prosperity (success), Bring stability.

200

What is the Yin and the Yang?

What is- everything is made of two opposing forces that come together to create a whole. (for example, Hot and Cold)

200

What dynasty expanded trade on the Silk Road?

What is- The Han Dynasty

300
What is the definition of silk?

What is- A valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars called silkworms.

300

Ancient Chinese people were so sure that they lived at the center of the world that they called themselves?...

What is- The Middle Kingdom.

300

What are the five human relationships, according to Confucius? 

What is- 

                 1. Ruler and Ruled

                 2. Father and Son

                 3. Husband and Wife

                 4. Older brother and younger brother

                 5. Friend and Friend.

300

According to Taoism, what is the "Tao"?

What is- the natural order the universe; the way things are supposed to be.

300

What did the Chinese have that silk Road traders wanted?

What is- Silk, Porcelain, Spices, Ivory, Ideas.

400

What is the definition for mandate?

What is- An official order to do something.

400

What were some failures of Emperor Qin and his dynasty?

What is- 

1. Outlawed Confucius's teachings and other important thinkers.

2. Legalism- people are punished from bad behavior and rewarded for good behavior.

3. Burned all books except the one about medicine, technology, and farming (any scholar that protested was killed). 

400

What is an example of something that could cause an emperor to be overthrown/stripped of the mandate of heaven?

What is- Famine,, flood, earthquake, disease, invasions, etc.

400

What do Legalists believe about government?

What is- A ruler should establish strict laws and enforce them with harsh punishments.

500

What is the definition of paranoid?

What is- Feeling that you're being threatened in some way.

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