Geography & Early China
The Zhou Dynasty
The Qin Dynasty
The Han Dynasty
The Silk Road
100
what is jade? ๐
a hard gemstone used in beautiful jewelry
100
who was the most famous confucianism teacher? ๐
confucius ๐
100
what does shi huangdi mean? ๐
"first emperor" ๐ฅ
100
true or false: families valued girls more than boys?
๐๐บ
false ๐ก
100
what was the most famous trade route? ๐ฃ
"super easy!!" - sid ๐ฆ
SILK ROAD YA DUM DUM ๐ญ
200
what was the first dynasty? ๐จ๐ณ
the shang dynasty ๐ชท
200
what religion did laozi teach? ๐
daoism โฏ
200
true or false: did shi huangdi enforce a strong government with strict laws? ๐
true ๐ โ
200
what is silk? ๐
a soft, light, highly valued fabric ๐
200
true or false: traveling the silk road was difficult ๐ค
true ๐ โ
300
what were oracle bones? ๐ฎ
things that priests used to "predict" the future.
300
what are the three religions most practiced in china? โฉ
confucianism ๐ง , daoism โฏ, and legalism ๐งโโ
300
name one achievement of shi huangdi ๐ฅณ
โจ(any of these are correct)โจ
unified china, built a network of roads and canals, built an irrigation system to improve farming, built the great wall across northern china
300
what class were the peasants? ๐ท
second class ๐ฅ
300
what religion spread along the trade route? โฏ
buddhism โธ
400
what are the two main rivers of china? ๐
huang he (yellow river ๐) & the chang jiang (yangzi river ๐)
400
what is the dao? โฏ
the guiding force of all reality (related to daoism) ๐ซก
400
why was the great wall of china built? ๐งฑ
to defend against invaders ๐ก
400
what does a seismograph do? ๐
shows which direction an earthquake is coming from ๐ธ
400
how long was the silk road? ๐ฃ
4,000 miles long (-_-;)ใปใปใป
500
what are the levels (in order) of the shang society? ๐ช
Royal families/nobles ๐, artisans (business people) ๐, farmers ๐งโ๐พ, and slaves
500
why did zhou power decline? ๐ญ
lords refused to fight invasions & they soon began to fight each other ๐ฅท
500
what was Shi Huangdi's real name? โ
โจhint: the king who unified chinaโจ
ying zheng ๐ชด
500
when did the han dynasty fall? ๐
AD 220 ๐ข
500
name two obstacles that traders faced along da silk road โ
โจ(anyone of these work)โจ
bandits ๐ฅท, blizzards โ, desert heat ๐, & sandstorms ๐ฅช