China's Geography
Known as China's Sorrow:
What is the Huang He River
or
What is the Yellow River
This man said he could fix all of China's flooding problems:
Who is Gun?
This group made up the highest population in Chinese society.
What are farmers?
Shortest dynasty that lasted only 15 years.
What is the Qin dynasty
a durable and sometimes shiny material that was used for clothes and traded often in China
What is silk
3rd largest country in the world.
What is China
When you're forced to leave a place and never return.
What is exiled.
Used to represent money
What are cowrie shells?
Lasted longer than any other dynasty for 800 years
What is the Zhou Dynasty
A group of people traveling together for safety purposes
What is a caravan?
Major physical barrier that separated China from it's neighbors
What is the Gobi Desert
Fixed all of China's flooding issues and became the first king of the Xia dynasty.
Who is Yu the Engineer?
Shang kings looked for advice on important issues using these.
What are oracle bones?
Landholders providing land to tenants in exchange for loyalty and service
What is the feudal system?
Worked on the GWOC
peasants and criminals
One of the major advantage of the physical barriers in China
What is protection from invaders
A traditional story concerning early history that may or may not be true.
What is a myth?
The Shang dynasty worshipped and believed heavily in this:
What is ancestors having the power to hurt or help them?
Leaders got their authority from God
What is the Mandate of Heaven
Used to signal attacks
What are smoke signals
Known as the Chang Jiang.
What is the Yangtze River
Yu fixed China's flooding problem by using these 3 thing:
What are levees, canals, and dikes?
An advance made by the Shang dynasty.
What is a writing system?
Shi Huagandi was this dynasty's fierce leader
What is the Qin Dynasty
These nomads kept invading China
What are mongols?