Geography of China
This mountain range forms a natural barrier to the southwest of China.
What are the Himalayas?
This river is known as the Yellow River.
What is the Huang He?
This legendary leader founded the Xia Dynasty.
Who is Yu the Great?
This ruler unified China and became the First Emperor.
Who is Qin Shi Huang?
This system had kings, lords, and peasants.
What is feudalism?
This desert in northern China limited interaction with other regions.
What is the Gobi Desert?
This river is the longest in China.
What is the Yangtze River?
This dynasty is the first with clear archaeological evidence.
What is the Shang Dynasty?
This dynasty built the first version of the Great Wall.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
If disasters occurred, it meant the ruler lost this.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Because of mountains and deserts, China developed this type of isolation.
What is natural isolation?
This benefit of rivers helped crops grow.
What is fertile soil?
The Shang used these to predict the future.
What are oracle bones?
This trade route connected China to other regions.
What is the Silk Road?
This philosophy supports strict laws and harsh punishments.
What is Legalism?
Only a small percentage of China’s land was good for this activity.
What is farming?
This major problem with rivers could destroy villages.
What is flooding?
This dynasty introduced the Mandate of Heaven.
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
This dynasty followed the Qin and brought stability.
What is the Han Dynasty?
This philosophy teaches harmony with nature.
What is Daoism?
These geographic features helped protect China but also limited trade.
What are natural barriers?
Early Chinese civilization began in these locations.
What are river valleys?
This period marked constant warfare at the end of the Zhou.
What is the Warring States Period?
Qin Shi Huang ruled using this strict philosophy.
What is Legalism?
This symbol represents balance in Daoism.
What is Yin and Yang?