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Geography
Early Dynasties
Chinese Teachings
Qin Dynasty
Chinese Achievements
100
This desert lies on the northern border of China
What is the Gobi Desert?
100
Made from tortoise shell and used by Shang priests to predict the future
What are oracle bones?
100
The most influential teacher in Chinese history, valued order in the family and government
Who is Confucius?
100
The cruel "first emperor" of the Qin dynasty
Who is Shi Huangdi?
100
An important everyday item of Chinese invention
What is paper?
200
These mountains lie along the western border of China
What are the Himalayas?
200
The first Chinese dynasty we have evidence of; made China's first writing system
What is the Shang dynasty?
200
The belief that people are bad by nature and need to be controlled
What is legalism?
200
Two examples of Qin standardization
What are: (any two) laws, writing system, money, weights?
200
A device that measures the strength of an earthquake
What is a seismograph?
300
These are home to the world's largest farming area
What are the plains (of China)?
300
The reward for loyalty, military support, etc. to a Zhou king
What is land?
300
The most famous Daoist teacher who wrote "The Way and Its Power"
Who is Laozi?
300
Built by laborers under Shi Huangdi to protect them from northern invaders
What is the Great Wall?
300
The technique for making this was kept secret and became a key item to trade all over Asia and even to Rome
What is silk?
400
Known as China's sorrow and the birthplace of Chinese civilization
What is the Huang He (or Yellow River)?
400
The longest lasting Chinese dynasty
What is the Zhou dynasty?
400
The religion that was central to Han government, you even had to pass a test on it
What is Confucianism?
400
How many of the Warring States that King Ying Zheng and his army defeated to become emperor and unify China
What is 6?
400
These items made of iron great increased farm productivity
What are the plow and wheelbarrow?
500
These mountains separate northern China from southern China
What are the Qinling Shandi?
500
There is no real evidence of this dynasty led by Yu the Great
What is the Xia dynasty?
500
The religion many Chinese turned to at the end of the Han dynasty when they suffered greatly
What is Buddhism?
500
Modeled after real soldiers, thousands of these clay soldiers were buried to protect the emperor's tomb?
What is the Terra-cota Army?
500
The model for all Chinese histories
What is The Shiji?