Philosophy
This is what the philosophy of Laozi came to be called.
What is Daoism?
The supreme god during China’s first several hundred years as a civilization was Shang Di who (along with other gods) was consulted through the use of ______.
What are Oracle Bones?
Daoism and the concept of yin and yang focus on this due to the belief in a 'universal force.'
What is called natural order?
Mongol who founded the Yuan Dynasty, uniting China for the first time in 300 years.
Who was Kublai Khan?
This geographic feature split the silk roads into different pathways near Tibet and The Himalayan Mountains.
What is called the Taklimakan Dessert?
The teachings of this man, China’s most influential scholar, are found in the Analects.
Who is Confucious?
China’s first cities arose along the Huang He where yellow silt, called ______, made the valley fertile.
What is Loess?
He was a leader of the Qin Dynasty and burned books and forced peasants to work on the Great Wall of China.
Who was Shi Huangdi?
A Chinese, Muslim explorer who traveled to Southeast Asia, Africa, & the Arabian Peninsula with a fleet of up to 300 ships.
Who was Zheng He?
This trade route stretched from sea to sea across China and into Europe.
What was called the silk roads?
Confucianism was largely built on a strong belief in this.
What is Familial Piety?
The rise, decline, and replacement of families of rulers is called this.
What is the Dynastic Cycle?
The hugeness of China’s territory prompted its rulers to establish this system, in which all land is owned by the king, but nobles are granted rights to use it in exchange for their loyalty.
What is Feudalism?
This philosopher was known for his emphasis on responsible relationships and respect for parents because of his belief in social harmony.
Who was Confucious?
This closely guarded secret of China's was important in their history?
What is how to make silk?
This philosophy utilized a system of strict punishments and lavish rewards.
What was Legalism?
This concept divides the world into two powers – the masculine and the feminine.
What are the Yin and Yang?
Around 1027 B.C., they overthrew the Shang dynasty, claiming that their actions were justified by heavenly powers. (They created the idea of Mandate of Heaven)
Who were the Zhou?
This Venetian trader worked in the Yuan court for Genghis Khan’s grandson and wrote a book about China.
Who was Marco Polo?
Things that Confucianism taught were important for life.
What are: leaders should treat their people like fathers treat their children and social harmony is important for all people to have ethics.
Things that Daoism's (Taoism) philosophy taught.
What are, a universal force that guides all things, harmony with nature is important, and natural order is more important than social order.
All of these are reasons why China was geographically isolated from influence by other civilizations.
What is because of geographical barriers, such as the Gobi and Takla Makan deserts, being unreachable by rivers or lakes, and separation from other civilizations by great distances?
This is how the Mandate of Heaven affected government in China.
What is allowed new rulers to justify the overthrow of a declining dynasty?
This leader was able to defeat invaders and crush internal opposition to Unify China.
Who was Shi Huangdi?
These are things that Legalism taught people in China.
What are, governments should control all aspects of life, all ideas that go against government must be destroyed, people should be punished as needed and information should be censored.