Trivia
Which continent is China located on?
Asia
What did the Zhou people use oracle bones for?
To predict the future.
The silk road traveled across land and water using what?
Trade routes
The Han dynasty was the first to make this invention.
Paper
How did most Chinese people make their livings?
As farmers
What is the rivers name that the first Chinese civilization began on?
The Chang river also known as the Long river.
What was the dynasty the Zhou defeated and who was the given the name ''son of heaven"?
The Shang dynasty and the ruler of China.
Who was the first emperor to lead a centralized government over a united China?
Shi Huang
At the end of the Han dynasty, wars were everywhere and leaders fell. What group of people came and took control?
Warlords
Which philosopher was known as the first teacher?
Confucius
What does loess mean?
It is a fine dust like material that makes soil fertile and can turn water yellow.
What did the Zhou dynasty discover how to make?
Iron
How did the Qin standardize transportation?
They made axels on carriages the same length.
Emperor Wu Ti and the Han government was bound together by these two Confucian things.
Confucian values and learning.
The Analects of Confucius said people should live by these two things.
Proper behavior and ideals
The Han dynasty created the wooden ox, otherwise known as what?
The wheelbarrow
What happened after the fall of the Zhou dynasty?
There was war and chaos
Why did the qin build the great wall?
To keep out nomads and enemies.
The Han government had a monopoly on these two things.
Iron and Salt
What does Dao mean?
The natural way of the universe.
What were the spirits called that Chinese people felt were most important?
Ancestors
How did the Zhou king control his kingdom?
He would put family and friends in charge of territories.
The Qin people believed in Legalism. People should live under what kind of rules for society to work under legalism?
Harsh rules and a strict leader.
What did the Han dynasty gain from working with Zhang Qian?
Relationships with central Asia
How does harmony exist in Daoism?
Yin and Yang are in balance with each other.