Ancient China 1
Why was China's diverse geography important to Ancient China?
made it naturally isolated (think mountain ranges and water)
What invention from Ancient China is still used today, often at night or to celebrate the 4th of July?
Fireworks
What continent is China in?
Asia
What mountain range protects China along the South West region?
The Himalayas
How did the Yellow River get it's name, "River of Sorrow"?
Flooding that cause death and destruction
Ancient trade route linking China with the West that carried goods between civilizations
Silk Road
A Chinese philosopher who stressed the importance of respecting elders, modelling morality, and doing things right because it's right, not because of a consequence.
Confucius
What was China's primary export?
Silk
The Chinese developed irrigation which helped them to do what?
grow more crops
How did the Silk Road effect China's economy?
China became more prosperous and were introduced to ideas from the west
What is a social class?
People with a similar position in society
What is a dynasty?
A line of rulers for a country that are from the same family.
The landform that separates China to the north
What is Gobi Desert?
How were oracle bones used?
to predict the future
What landforms (4) surround China?
Seas, deserts, mountains, and jungles
Confucius was a very famous ______, in Ancient China.
philosopher
What was the primary purpose of the Great Wall?
To keep out nomadic invaders from the North.
The word ancient means something that ________.
happened long ago
Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?
Huang He (Yellow River)
How did Buddhism spread from India to China?
From traders along the Silk Road
What Chinese innovation helped with navigation?
Compass
What belief system's goal was to reach "Nirvana" and believed in karma and reincarnation?
Buddhism
What are materials that come from nature called?
natural resources
The Mandate from Heaven was
the belief that the heavens chose a ruler (NOTE: not a God)
Who is in charge of China?