Shang Dynasty
This is the first dynasty with proof that it existed.
What is the Shang Dynasty?
The Zhou overthrew the Shang using the idea that the right to rule was given by the gods. What is this called?
What is the "Mandate of Heaven"?
What was the first empire in China?
Qin Dynasty
What philosophy did the Han implement?
Confucianism
The Plateau of Tibet is along which mountain range?
Shang priests wrote questions on these, added heat, and interpreted the cracks.
What are oracle bones?
Name the Chinese philosopher who was one of the most influential teachers in Chinese history, and still today. (hint: his philosophies became religion and were used in the Han dynasty)
Confucius
What was China's primary export?
Silk
How did the Han choose government officials and beaurocrats?
Civil Service Exam
What 2 major rivers provided fresh water for Ancient Chinese people?
Yellow and Yangtze Rivers
A series of rulers from the same family line. Monarchy passes from father to son.
What is a dynasty?
Name one of the five relationships discussed by Confucius.
Husband and Wife
Older Brother and Younger Brother
King and Servant
Friends
Father and Son
He drank mercury.
The Han Dynasty was a golden age of Chinese history, in part because of these trade routes.
Silk Road
Wind-blown silt that gives the Huang He its yellow color.
Loess
This may have been the "first dynasty," but we are not sure
What is the Xia Dynasty?
This refers to relationships between family members, either by blood, marriage, or through a sense of close connection.
kinship
Name one way Shi Huangdi unified the Chinese people.
standardized writing, currency, weights and measures, wagon axles, and started the Great Wall
Who was the first leader of the Han Dynasty?
Liu Bang
How did Buddhism spread from India to China?
From Buddhist missionaries along the Silk Road
What is the Yellow River or Huang He?
What type of government system did they use in the Zhou Dynasty?
Monarchy; they had kings
Shi Huangdi believed that people were basically bad and needed harsh rules and punishments to stay in line. What is this called?
legalism
What is it called when appointed officials run different parts of the government?
Bureaucracy
What desert separates China and Mongolia?
Gobi Desert