Geography of China
What are China's two major rivers?
Yellow River/Hunag He
Yangtze/Chang Jiang
What was China's first REAL dynasty?
The Zhou
What did the Qin Emperor create to guard his burial chamber?
The Terra Cotta Army
Who created Confucianism?
Confucius
What was the Silk Road?
A series of trade routes that connected Asia, Africa, and Europe
What are China's two major deserts?
Gobi and Takla Makan
What was feudalism?
A system where lords/nobles receive land/money/soldiers in exchange for loyalty to the emperor
What family took power after the collapse of the Qin?
The Han
What do Confucians believe in?
Respect for family (filial piety), hard work, education, following tradition, ancestor worship
Where two items did China trade the most on the Silk Road?
Silk and Porcelain
What is one good thing and one bad thing the mountains and deserts did to China?
Good thing: protected China from invasion
Bad thing: limited Chinese expansion
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
The belief that Chinese dynasties received the right to rule from heaven/ancestors if they behaved virtuously (good)
What is a meritocracy?
A government based on people's abilities/intelligence
What do Daoists believe in?
Living a simple and balanced life in harmony with nature
How did people travel the Silk Road?
Camel Caravans (in large groups on camels)
Why is the Yellow river yellow?
Silt (from the Loess plateau)
What state won the Warring States period?
The Qin
What Chinese philosophy was the Han government based on?
Confucianism
What do Legalists believe in?
People are naturally selfish/evil and need strict laws and punishments to keep order
What Chinese inventions made trade along the Silk Road easier?
Paper and the Magnetic Compass
What geographic feature did the Chinese build their cities near?
Rivers
What emperor constructed the Great Wall of China?
Qin Shi Huang Di (First Magnificent Emperor of the Qin)
Name one achievement of the Han Dynasty.
Paper making, seismographs (earthquake detectors),expanded language, science, mathematics, civil service exams, trade on the Silk Road
What Chinese emperor supported Legalism?
Qin Shi Huang Di
What is an idea that was shared on the Silk Road (not an item to be sold)?
fashion, technology, dance, music, food, religion, language