Geography
The country directly north of China
What is Mongolia?
These people were honored and believed to bring luck
What are ancestors?
1750 B.C.
When the Shang dynasty began?
This is called the longest cemetery in the world
What is the Great Wall of China?
A line of hereditary rulers of a country
What is a dynasty?
The two rivers that formed a boundary for Ancient China
What are the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers?
The names of two philosophers who taught people a better way to live life.
Who are Confucius and Lao-Tzu?
550 B.C.
When Confucius was born?
What is silk?
a military leader who has his own army that helped kings control territories
What is a warlord?
The Chinese word for "Yellow River"
What is Huang He?
This dynasty unified China and began the Great Wall of China
Who was the Qin dynasty?
221 B.C.
When the Qin dynasty began?
What are cast iron plows and waterwheels?
a Chinese philosophy that rid material wants and focused on harmony in nature
What is Daoism?
These were crucial for rich farming soil and trade
What are rivers?
China's longest dynasty
What is the Zhou dynasty?
100 B.C.
When the Silk Road was connected from Middle East to China?
The practice of inserting thin, short needles into certain points to relieve pain
What is acupuncture?
The responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents.
What is filial piety?
3 most significant natural barriers that isolated Ancient China to the north, east, and west
What are the Himalayas, Gobi Desert, and Pacific Ocean.
This emperor wanted educated people to work in the government and created schools for civil service jobs
Who is Han Wudi?
1911
When dynasty rule ended in China?
This was invented to keep written records
What is paper?
Wealthy population that owned most of the land
What are aristocrats?