Cheng, who assigned himself the title Shih Huang Ti, meaning first emperor founded the _______ Dynasty.
What is Qin
100
The beliefe that an emperor was supported by the gods in his rule of China was called the _______-
What is Mandate of Heaven
100
One dynasty controlled price changes caused by food surpluses and shortages using a system called
What is leveling
100
What type of writing that developed into an art form?
What is Calligraphy
100
The Chinese dynasty that lasted the longest
What is Zhou
200
Followers of the great philospher ______ collected his ideas and teachings on a work called Analects.
Who is Confucius
200
One reason Han rulers were more effective than earlier Chinese rulers was because the Han established a central _______ system to help govern China
What is Civil Service
200
During the Han dynasty, missionaries from India brought in teachings of _______ in China.
think religion
What is Buddhism
200
Name the line of kings that ruled the Huang River region starting about 2200 B.C. and that many legends have been told about.
Think first dynasty we talked about
What is Xia
200
All early dynasties in China created a strong central governments except the
What is Zhou
300
______ washes into the Huang River and gives it its yellow tint.
What is Loess
300
To protect their crops early farmers built earthen walls called_______ along the Huang River.
What is dikes
300
What type of government in which an emperor has complete power?
What autocracy
300
What type of government organized into different levels?
What is bureaucracy
300
One Chinese contribution to the world was the invention of
What is paper
400
A therapy called _______ is perhaps the best known early chinese contribution to medicine.
What is acupuncture
400
Ancient Chinese believed everything resulted from the balance between two forces they called _____ and _____.
What is Yin and Yang
400
What is the belief that spirts inhabit everything
What is animism
400
What was constructed by many dynasties in sections to keep out invaders?
What is Great Wall of China
400
One way in which the Chinese writing differs from Western writing is that Chinese writing
What is consists of symbols
500
List 3 important rivers of China
What is Huang, Chang, Xi
500
List examples given under duelism
Yin Yang
What is female, dark, passive. male, bright, active
500
List the five dynasties of China
What is Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
500
Describe family life in Ancient China.
What is lived in one house, men ruled and honored for strength,women no property rights, more respect once they had children. Fathers pick their sons careers.
500
The biggest problems the Huang River caused China resulted from the river's