Land of China
What river flows west to east among mountains and canyons?
Chang Jiang/Yangtze River
what is the Mandate of Heaven?
Is a belief that the Chinese king‘s right to rule came from gods.
What is Confucianism?
based on teaching of Confuciu. (Following the beliefs of your ancestors would bring peace to china.) (each person has certain duties to fulfil)
Which social class is the highest?
The Aristocrats.
The Huang He River.
The Zhou kings led the government with bureaucracy. What is a bureaucracy?
Made up of officials who carry out the task of government.
What is Daoism?
Believed that people should free themselves from worldly desires to be one with nature.
What type of area did most farmers live in?
They lived in rural areas.
What did the 2 rivers provide for the early Chinese people.
Rich soil and transportation
China’s first dynasty based of written records is…
Shang dynasty
What is legalism?
Believed all humans were evil and a system of strict harsh punishments were necessary to force people to do their duty.
Who did artisans usually learn they skills from?
They usually learned their skills from their father.
What type of land covered most of China?
Deserts
What is China’s longest dynasty?
Zhou
What was the main goal for all the philosopher?
A well rounded economy
what happened when an aristocrat died?
Their family shared their land equally among all male heirs.
What mountains and deserts acted like a wall for China.
The Himalayas, Kunlun Shan, and the Tian Shan
Where did china’s first dynasty develop? (Not on written records based on archaeologit’s)
Along the Huang He river
Who founded Legalism and Daoism?
L= Hanfeizi. D=Laozi
Who made up the merchant social class.
Shopkeeper,traders, and bankers