The Rivers
1. Another name for the Huang river
2. The name of another river
What is the yellow river
What is the Yangtze River
The amount of days that they had on a calendar back then
What are 365 1/4 days
____ is very diverse
What is China
6 things in China's geography
What are the Kunlun mountains, Mongolian plateau, Altay Mountains, Desert, and rivers.
The divine right to rule
(given power by the gods to rule)
What is the Mandate of Heaven
Social classes
Nobles
Artisans
merchants
peasants
Social classes
Upper-Nobles
Middle-Artisans, Merchants
Lower-Peasants
Facts about the River of Sorrows
Was a nickname for the Huang river
Helped with farming
A material used for clothing
What is silk
______ is the destroying of fertile land, health issues, political and commerce issues.
What is Desertification
When Chinese culture was the center of the Earth
What is the Middle Kingdom
This Dynasty claims the Mandate of Heaven
What is the New Dynasty
Economy
trade
Economy
Money-cooper coins
Trade increased because of roads and canals.
1. Loess definition
2. How did they stop Overflow
Yellow soil the settles on the bottom of a river. This raised the water level and caused overflow. They built dikes to keep water from overflowing.
An achievement that has to do with handwriting
What is Calligraphy
Ethnocentric = ______
What is Superiority
The part of the country that has the most agriculture
Where is the North East
Facts about the NEW Dynasty
brings peace
builds roads, canals, and public works
gives land to peasants
protects the people
Government
Kings and heads of clans
Clans
-groups of families with claimed a common ancestor
Government
Feudal state
Lords owned the land and owed support to ruler
Crops they grew:
Wheat, soy beans, sorghum, Millet, Corn, and Rice.
True or false
Books, and Halley's Comet are both achievements of the Chinese people.
True
An _____ was used by a priest to predict the future
What is an Oracle Bone
A place that most people settled by
Where is the North East
Facts about the AGING Dynasty
taxes people too much
stop protecting people
less roads and wall
Religion
Polytheistic (Shang Di-chief god)
Worshipped ancestors
Yin and yang
Religion
Polytheistic
How did the yellow river help?
The yellow river created Loess with raised the water level. Fertile farmlands=large populations=water irrigation and transportation
The most important achievement of the Chinese people
(Hint: It has to do with writing symbols.)
What is a writing system that uses characters or written symbols
The ______dynasty was bigger than the _______dynasty.
What is Chou
What is Shang
Natural barriers of China
Mountains ranges- Tian
Shan and Himalayas
Rainforests
Pacific Ocean
Gobi Desert
Problems
Natural disasters
peasants revolt
invaders attack empire
Arts and Science
system of writing
(oracle bones)
Arts and Science
Made books
Discovered Silk making.