Geography
This mountain range in southwestern China was one geographic feature that isolated Ancient China.
Himalayan Mountains
The pattern in Chinese history where a new dynasty gains power, rules successfully, then declines, and is eventually replaced by a new dynasty.
The Dynastic Cycle
Philosophy that uses strict laws and harsh punishments; it teaches humans are inherently evil.
Legalism
These statues were created to defend Shi Huangdi's tomb after his death.
Terracotta Army
This is one way the Silk Road was like the internet.
Spread of Ideas and Beliefs, Connects cultures and people, Exchange of diverse goods.
This landform in northern China consisted of very hot temperatures and no resources for settlers to survive.
Gobi Desert
The "First Emperor of China" believed in the philosophy of Legalism and united China under the standardization of writing and currency.
Qin Shi Huang
This philosophy believed in meditation, faith in nature, and "Going with the Flow."
Daoism
People in the Shang dynasty used bronze to create the original version of how we travel in today's world.
Chariots
These exams were created to test a person's ability to work in the government. We still use this today through the example of the BAR exam.
Civil Service Exams
What 2 major rivers provided fresh water and fertile soil for Ancient Chinese people?
Yellow and Yangtze Rivers
This period represented an era of constant war and panic among Chinese states.
Warring States Period
Chinese philosophy that values respect and the social relationships between one and his elders.
Confucianism
A political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from the gods.
Mandate of Heaven
This lady became the first female empress of China during the Tang Dynasty, allowing more freedom for women.
Wu Zetian
Due to being isolated, settlers in Ancient China considered themselves to be the center of the universe and called themselves this concept.
The Middle Kingdom
The Tang and Song Dynasties used this to trade and exchange goods and ideas across this feature.
Silk Road
A Confucius concept that one should not only respect their elders, but also their ancestors.
Filial Piety
What was used a lot during the Shang Dynasty to ask questions from ancestors, and represented the earliest form of writing in Ancient China.
Oracle Bones
How did the mountains make cultural diffusion difficult for China?
The mountains were natural barriers that prevented an easy flow of people and their culture.
List the seven Chinese dynasties we have discussed in class in chronological order.
Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang, Song
A Daoist belief in nonaction, or that one should not get involved.
Wu Wei
What Chinese innovation from the Han Dynasty helps us understand Ancient Chinese history more clearly even today? Why?
Paper. Because scholars at the time were able to write things down on paper frequently and keep far more records than ever before.