Geography
Latitude 36° North by
Longitude 104° East
What is China's absolute location?
Honored dead ancestors through offerings and used oracle bones to ask for advice.
What is ancestor worship?
paper
The longest dynasty.
What is the Zhou dynasty?
Silk
What is an export of China?
Grew all the food and still had to pay taxes.
Who were the peasants?
Eastern Asia
What is China's relative location?
Universal Truths:
love others
Honor one's parents
Moral example
What is Confucianism?
Calendar with 365 days and two solstices.
What is an achievement of the Shang Dynasty?
Rulers had power over small walled cities.
What is the Shang dynasty?
Iron
What is an export to China?
Were privileged and gave most of their money to the Emperor?
Who were the nobles?
North = cold
North West = dry
South = wet & tropical
What is China's climate?
Live in harmony with nature and seek inner peace./
What is Daoism/Taoism?
Gave the philosophies to the world.
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
Developed a system of training and educating future administration officials.
What is the Han dynasty?
Salt
What is an export of China?
kids had to start school early and had to take tests.
Who were the officials?
Yangtze & Yellow
What are the two major rivers of China?
People are basically selfish and need strict laws
What is Legalism?
The golden dynasty of China.
What is the Han Dynasty?
The first complex government was a model for future dynasties.
What is the Qin dynasty?
Coral
What is an import to China?
Had many wives to ensure children.
Who was the king or emperor?
Natural Barriers =
Why are China's original territories so isolated?
If the king/emperor ruled well, then Heaven gave him the right to rule.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Unified China under the first emperor.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
Began the Great Wall of China under Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
What is the Qin dynasty?
A major trade accomplishment of the 1st Emperor.
What are unified weights, measurements, and road widths to facilitate fair trade
Listed from highest to lowest level.
What are king/emperor, nobles, officials, merchants, artisans, and peasants?