Lesson 1
What is China geographically isolated by?
Mountains, deserts, and the ocean
What does the symbol Yin and Yang mean?
Yin is dark and mysterious and Yang is bright and warm.
What was the purpose of the Great Wall?
To protect people from invaders.
What is the Silk Road?
A trading path that lead throughout all of Asia and Europe.
Lesson 2: What is an example of a Philosophy?
Legalism, Confucianism, and Daoism are all examples of Philosophies.
What is the dynastic cycle?
The rise and fall of a dynasty.
What is Legalism?
A belief that rulers should use the legal system to force people to obey laws.
What was the purpose of the Terra Cotta Warriors?
To protect the emperor Shi Huangdi in the afterlife.
How did Buddhism spread?
The Silk Road.
Lesson 4: What is silk from?
Silkworm cocoons.
What is the importance of the two rivers?
It deposited yellowish slit that made the fertile soil.
What is Daoism?
The teachings of living in harmony with nature.
How did Shi Huangdi rule?
Some of the things that he did was:
1.) Lowered taxes
2.) Made punishments less harsh
3.) Put family and trusted people in government positions
What were some of the things that the Chinese invented?
Paper, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Compass.
Lesson 1: What did the two rivers also help with?
Trading.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The approval to rule from a god.
What is Confucianism?
The teaching of respect for others.
What is bureaucracy?
Officials were chosen by the ruler.
What does trans-Eurasian mean?
It was what the trail was called because it was stretched across Europe and Asia.
Lesson 3: What was life like in Han China? (List 2 from Country life and 2 from City life)
Country:
1.) Farmers lived in villages near the lands were they worked
2.) Lived in 1-2 story mud houses
3.) Country life was the majority
4.) Poor farmers plowed the land themselves
5.) Rich framers plowed the land with and ox
6.) Both rich and poor had a few simple tools
7.) Wore simple clothes
8.) Farmers in the North grew wheat and millet
9.) Farmers in the South grew rice
10.) Had vegetable gardens
11.) Fish and meat were expensive
Had small portions
City:
1.) Centers of trade, education, and government
2.) Crowed
3.) Lots of entertainment (Musicians, Jugglers, Acrobats)
1.) Street gangs
Oracle Bones.
What is filial piety?
One of Confucius most important teachings. (Which is Treating parents with respect)
Who found the Terra Cotta Warriors?
Farmers
What does cultural diffusion mean?
The spread of ideas.
Lesson 4: What did the Chinese trade along the silk road? (List at least 3)
1.) Silk
2.) Paper
3.) Pottery
4.) Oil
5.) Metals
6.) Sesame seeds
7.) Stones