Geography
The name of the river that got its name from the rick colorful silt it deposited. First river the Chinese settled on.
What is the Yellow (Huang He) River?
The philosophy that believed people were naturally good, they just needed a good example to follow
What is confucianism?
These 2 achievements that came about during the Han Dynasty allowed for easier copying/writing of texts
What are Paper and Woodblock Printing?
Name of the man who reunited China after the Warring States period
Who is Qin Shi Huangdi?
Trade route that originated in China and stretched all the way to Rome
What is the Silk Road?
Name of the river the Chinese eventually spread to and settled on.
What is the Yangtze River?
Philosophy that believed people were naturally evil, and needed strict laws and harsh punishments to do the right thing
What is Legalism?
These are the 2 luxury trade items that came about during the Han Dynasty
What are Porcelain and Silk?
Time period where multiple "states" were fighting for power in Ancient China
What are the Warring States Period?
The dynasty responsible for standardizing language, weights and measurements, and money.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
The location that supplied the water for rivers through rainfall/melting snow
What is the Plateau of Tibet?
The idea that stated ruler got the right to rule through the Gods
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The ancient Han achievement that allowed travelers to know for sure what direction they traveled
What is the Magnetic Compass?
What the Han Dynasty required you to pass in order to get a government position
What is a civil service exam? (covered Confucian ideals)
The vocabulary word that means the spread of culture AND an example of it from the Silk Road.
What is cultural diffusion?
Name of the mountain range that served as protection and isolated the Ancient Chinese
What are the Himalayan mountains?
Religion that gained popularity in China through cultural diffusion of the Silk Road
What is Buddhism?
The name of the force created to protect Qin Shi Huangdi in the afterlife.
What are the Terracotta Warriors?
The man-made border started by the Qin Dynasty and completed by the Han Dynasty.
What is the Great Wall of China?
The Confucian ideals the Chinese structured their social hierarchy around
What are the 5 key relationships?
Desert to the north of China, served as both protection and isolation
What is the Gobi Desert?
The cycle that occurs when a ruler with the Mandate of Heaven loses power due to corruption/dissatisfaction of the people
What is the Dynastic Cycle?
The Dynasty that began the building of the Great Wall of China
What is the Qin Dynasty?
Name of the Dynasty that is responsible for the Mandate of heaven
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
The books containing the readings/philosophy the Han Dynasty modeled their society after.
What are the Analects?