Spades
Define empire
a group of states or countries under one ruler.
What major good did China trade with the rest of the world.
Silk
Why was the Great Wall of China created?
To protect from invaders.
Where does the emperor fall on the social pyramid?
The top
What is the Silk Road?
Land and Sea trade routes from China to the Middle East, Europe, Egypt, and the Mediterranean.
Why are rivers helpful for farming?
They have rich, fertile, soil.
What is the main river that China benefits from?
The yellow river.
Define dynasty.
a line of rulers from the same family for a long time.
What did Confucius believe about children?
They should mind their parents, this will bring peace
What is the social structure of China? Name all in order.
Emperor
Government Officials and Warriors
Craftspeople
Farmers and Peasants
Merchants and Traders
Slaves
What mountains lie to the west of China?
Himalaya mountains
Define trade.
the action of buying and selling goods and services
What achievement did China create to help with fireworks?
Gunpowder
How is silk made?
With silk worms
What is the process by which ideas spread from one culture to another
Cultural Diffusion
Which hemisphere is China in?
What religion spread along the silk road to China?
What was the Chinese belief system that emphasized living in Harmony with nature?
Daoism
What deadly terrain did silk road traders have to cross?
deserts
What did all philosophies want to achieve?
Social stability
What geography did Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China all have in common?
They were all established around a river.
What is the name of the first dynasty in China?
The Qin dynasty
How long did the Silk Road last?
almost 2,000 years
What things helped unite China into one country under the Qin empire?
He built roads and established one form of currency (money)
Why was China cut off from the rest of the world?
They had geographic features that separated them from the world such as Mountains and Deserts.
What is the name of the second dynasty in China?
Han Dynasty
What is the pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties called?
The dynastic circle
What was an impacts of the Han dynasty creating roads and canals through the empire?
Increased ease of transportation through the empire
What kind of ruler did China have?
An emperor
The Chinese believed that rulers were appointed from Heaven. What is this called?
The Mandate of Heaven
What good did China really want to trade silk for?
Horses
Why were the terracotta warriors created?
To protect the emperor in the afterlife.
What group did the Great Wall keep out?
The Mongolian Horse Archers
Why was legalism so harsh?
They did not believe that people were capable of good and needed a strict order to live.
What chinese invention allowed the spread of ideas and history that we still use today?
Paper
What are the terracotta warriors made out of?
Terracotta clay
Which philosophy rules through harsh punishments?
legalism
Which farming technology did China create that spread to the rest of the world.
The wheelbarrow and the plow.
Why did trade on the silk road end?
Because they began trading over sea with boats
What was the name of the soil that makes the yellow river yellow and makes the farming soil fertile?
Loess