Geography
Religion
Achievements
Politics
Economy
Dynasties
100
This geographical feature is labeled number 1.
What is the Plateau of Tibet?
100
This religion became the major religion of China?
What is Buddhism?
100
This Qin Dynasty achievement created a military barrier to protect China from invaders.
What is the Great Wall of China?
100
This is person who studies and tries to answer the most basic questions about life and society (a thinker).
What is a philosopher?
100
This item was heavily traded to foreigners and increased China's wealth.
How to create this item was kept a secret from outsiders under penalty of death.
What is silk?
100
This is a ruling family in which power is passed from one royal family member to the next.
What is a dynasty?
200
This geographical feature is labeled number 3 on the map.
What is the Yellow River?
200
How is the Mandate of Heaven connected to religion?
What is the ancient Chinese believed their gods gave their kings the right to rule?
200
This valuable fiber is made from the cocoon of worms.
What is silk?
200
This philosopher lived during the warring States Period and wanted to solve the political and cultural problems that were tearing China apart.
Who is Confucius?
200
This is a network of trade routes that linked Asia to Europe.
What is the Silk Road?
200
This is an all powerful king or queen.
What is a monarch?
300
Which geographical feature is labeled number 6 on the map?
What is the Himalayan Mountains?
300
Buddhism spread from India to China along this network of trade routes.
What is the Silk Road?
300
This achievement made trading across the empire easier.
What is standardized money and measurements?
300
This political philosophy gives absolute power to the king and states that people are naturally selfish/ evil and the only way to ensure order is to implement a system of strict laws and harsh punishments.
What is Legalism?
300
silk, spices, porcelain, jewelry
What are items traded along the Silk Road?
300
This was the first ancient Chinese dynasty.
What is the Xia Dynasty?
400
This geographical feature is labeled number 2 on the map.
What is the Gobi Desert?
400
This Han Dynasty achievement is used to navigate and determine directions.
What is the magnetic compass?
400
This is a book of Confucius' teachings.
What is the Analects?
400
The creation and enforcement of these achievements made trading easier.
What are standardized money and measurements?
400
This China's longest ruling dynasty who used Confucius teaching and created the Mandate of Heaven.
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
500
This geographical feature is sometimes called the Cradle of Chinese Civilization and China's sorrow.
What is the Yellow River?
500
This Han Dynasty achievement is made from baked clay.
What is porcelain?
500
This political belief or claim states that the ancient Chinese leaders were chosen and told to rule by the gods.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
500
This is the first emperor of China.
Who is Qin Shi Huangdi?
600
These geographical features act as natural barriers to China.
(You must list each natural barrier by name.)
What are the Himalayan Mountains, the Gobi Desert, the Tibetan Plateau, and the Pacific Ocean?
600
This Han Dynasty achievement included carving shapes on wood that are transferred to paper using ink.
What is wood block printing?
600
This the the political philosophy used by Qin Shi Huangdi.
What is Legalism?
600
-This dynasty ended the Warring States Period
-Unified all of China
-Created the first Chinese Empire
-Began construction on the Great wall of China
-Used Legalism
-Created a standardized money and measurement system
-Lasted for only 15years.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
700
This is how China's geography is connected to the Mandate of Heaven.
What is China's large size made it difficult to rule?
700
This Han Dynasty achievement was created around 100 CE and made the transfer of knowledge and record keeping easier.
What is paper- making?
700
This is the cycle that began during the Zhou dynasty that illustrates the rise and fall of dynasties.
What is the dynastic cycle?
700
-This dynasty combined Confucianism and Legalism to rule
-had much political and economical success
-created the Silk Road
-made trade easier by enforcing the use of standardized money and measurements
-Continued building the Great Wall
-Conquered lands beyond China's natural barriers
-Began a period of cultural diffusion
What is the Han Dynasty?