Geography
What are the mountains that divide China from India?
Himalayas
What was the name of the dynasty that ruled China for 800 years?
Zhou
What is the name of the looong wall that was built to keep invaders out of China?
The Great Wall of China
What was the philosophy of the Zhou Dynasty?
Mandate of Heaven
What was the downside to the Mandate of Heaven for the rulers?
The rulers were blamed for natural disasters as well as everything else.
What is the desert that sits on the border between China and Mongolia?
Gobi
What is a dynasty?
When the king dies, someone in his family takes on that role and become king in his place.
What philosophy fueled the changes of the Qin Dynasty?
Legalism
What was the primary accomplishment of the Qin Dynasty?
Unifying China
Which river runs through the city where Covid was first discovered?
Yangtze River
Which dynasty ruled for only 15 years, but made a lot of changes in that time?
Qin
What was the purpose of the clay soldiers built for Qin Shi Huang-di's tomb?
To protect the emperor
The authority to rule came from the gods.
Name five characteristics of China that made it difficult to rule as one nation.
Large size, distance from other civilizations, mountains, deserts and plateau.
Where were the first settlements of civilization in China?
Yellow River
Which dynasty renewed a focus on Confucianism?
Han Dynasty
Why were roads and canals built during the Qin Dynasty?
To make traveling across the country more efficient
What did Confucius teach about education?
It could cure ignorance.
What type of person did Confucius say should lead the people?
Someone of wisdom and worthy of respect.
What is the name of the high, rugged plateau that sits next to the Himalayan Mountains?
Plateau of Tibet
What was the large change in relationship with outside nations during the Han dynasty?
There was a new interest in building trade relationships with other nations.
What do we call the trade routes that developed between China and Europe?
Silk Road
What were most important virtues to Confucius?
respect
integrity
duty
education
Who did Confucius say the older brother should support and help?
the younger brother