Ancient China 1
China's FIRST dynasty
What is The Shang Dynasty?
A philosophy where one was expected to respect their elders and emphasizes proper behavior among people.
What is Confucianism?
This luxury good was Ancient China's primary export
What is Silk?
A long dead family member who came before you. Sometimes worshipped.
What is an ancestor?
The two rivers that helped Ancient China with transportation, food, farming, fresh water?
What are the Huang He (Yellow) and Yangtze rivers?
This form of art was created during the Han dynasty.
The first dynasty to unite China
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
The balancing of dark and light, yin and yang, and a strong connection with nature are central to this philosophy of ancient China.
What is Daoism/Taoism?
This yellowish soil gives the Yellow/Huang river it's nickname.
What is loess?
A difficult era of Ancient China that forced great thinkers to come up with the best ways to rule, leading to the 100 Schools of Thought
What is the Warring States Period?
A philosophy that uses strict laws and harsh punishments; it teaches humans are inherently evil.
What is Legalism?
Han emperors did this to stabalize the Chinese economy.
What is buying and storing goods to when there were famines.
The dynasty that arose after the Shang.
What is the Zhou?
A political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from the gods.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
A series of rulers from the same family line
What is a dynasty?
Shang leaders used these, throwing them into a fire to see what their ancestors believed was the right decision.
What are Oracle Bones?
A huge barrier along China's border that started out small but over centuries and dynasties grew in size
What is The Great Wall of China?
A dynasty that led with fear, using strict laws and harsh punishments to oppress their citizens.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
The main reason for the terracotta army being built?
What is to protect and serve the emperor in the afterlife
The founder of Confucianism
Who is Confucius?
This was the main reason Emperor Qin constructed the Great Wall?
What is to keep out invaders (Mongols) from the north?
This ancient Chinese medical treatment to treat pain and illness is thousands of years old and is still used today.
What is Acupuncture?
3 Natural barriers that protected and isolated Ancient China from the outside world.
What are Mountains (Himalayan, Plateaus), desert (Gobi), oceans (Pacific)?
This road, named after a fabric, connected China to the Roman Empire.
What is the Silk Road?
Ancient China's "Golden Age" dynasty.
What is the Han Dynasty?