Vocabulary
Increase in production during the Han Dynasty a soft, light, highly valued fabric.
what is Silk?
What are the three major rivers in China?
What are Huang He (yellow river), Chang Jiang (Yangtze River), and Xi Jiang
This dynasty was founded by Yu the Great, and had no written records.
What is the Xia Dynasty (2070 - 1600 BC)
The Great Wall of China was built primarily to:
What is protection from invasions
Kong Zi, also known as:
Who is Confucius
Built to protect Ancient China
What is The Great Wall of China?
What river is known as the "Cradle of Chinese Civilization" or "Mother River"?
What is Huang He River?
The dynasty that used the Oracle Bones
What is the Shang Dynasty (1700- 1050 BC)
The purpose of the civil service exam in China:
To select government officials based on merit
Confucius taught people:
What is how to live with integrity and how to return to traditional Chinese values.
These were used to predict the future.
What are Oracle Bones?
Located in Northwestern China and Mongolia
What is the Gobi Desert
System of weights and measures, standardized coins, a uniform writing system and a code of laws were all accomplishments of which Dynasty?
What is Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC)
Who were seen as links to the past, present and future?
What is ancestors?
Yin and Yang have to be balanced so what can exist?
What is Balance
A philosophy that developed under Confucius during the Zhou Dynasty
What is Mandate of Heaven?
Spreads across modern countries of China, Nepal, India, Bhutan and Pakistan is which mountain range?
What is Himalayan Mountains
The Silk Road was established during this dynasty.
What is the Han Dynasty (206- 220 AD)
Once the Silk Road was established, what was a major factor in the economy of China?
What is Trade
Renounce worldly ambition and turn to nature the:
What is Dao (the Way)
A trading route that had more than one route and used land and water.
What is the Silk Road?
Located in Western China, China's largest desert
What is the Taklamakan Desert?
Considered the first official Chinese dynasty supported by written and archaeological evidence:
What is the Shang Dynasty
Education was mainly for who and what was it based on?
What is boys
What is the 5 classics: (Book of Poems, Book of History, Book of Changes, Spring and Autumn Annals, Book of Rites.)
What are the five relationships?
Ruler and Subject
Parent and Child
Husband and Wife
Old and Young
Friend and Friend