Vocab
What is immortality?
What is-The ability to live forever.
How long is the Great Wall of China?
What is- 4,500 miles long.
Who was Confucius?
Who is- An Ancient Chinese Philosopher whose teaching became part of the Government system.
Why is the yellow river also called "China's Sorrow"?
What is- destructive floods would come without warning.
What are two important factors limited Ancient China's contact with outsiders?
What is- Long distances, natural barriers.
What is the definition for loess?
What is- Yellow-brown soil.
What kinds of dangers did Silk Road traders face?
Mountains, Brutal winds, Venomous snakes, Pirates, Ideas.
What were the goals of Confucius?
What is- Bring peace, Reform rulers, Bring prosperity (success), Bring stability.
What is the Yin and the Yang?
What is- everything is made of two opposing forces that come together to create a whole. (for example, Hot and Cold)
What dynasty expanded trade on the Silk Road?
What is- The Han Dynasty
What is- A valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars called silkworms.
Ancient Chinese people were so sure that they lived at the center of the world that they called themselves?...
What is- The Middle Kingdom.
What are the five human relationships, according to Confucius?
What is-
1. Ruler and Ruled
2. Father and Son
3. Husband and Wife
4. Older brother and younger brother
5. Friend and Friend.
According to Taoism, what is the "Tao"?
What is- the natural order the universe; the way things are supposed to be.
What did the Chinese have that silk Road traders wanted?
What is- Silk, Porcelain, Spices, Ivory, Ideas.
What is the definition for mandate?
What is- An official order to do something.
What were some failures of Emperor Qin and his dynasty?
What is-
1. Outlawed Confucius's teachings and other important thinkers.
2. Legalism- people are punished from bad behavior and rewarded for good behavior.
3. Burned all books except the one about medicine, technology, and farming (any scholar that protested was killed).
What is an example of something that could cause an emperor to be overthrown/stripped of the mandate of heaven?
What is- Famine,, flood, earthquake, disease, invasions, etc.
What do Legalists believe about government?
What is- A ruler should establish strict laws and enforce them with harsh punishments.
What is the definition of paranoid?
What is- Feeling that you're being threatened in some way.