Continental Clues
The Indus and Ganges Rivers flow through this country
Where is India?
"Harappan Civilization" refers to what river valley?
What is the Indus River Valley?
The Shang Dynasty would write questions to their ancestors on these, like an ancient magic 8 ball
What are Oracle Bones
The Zhou invent this to justify their overthrow of the Shang Dynasty
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This was built by the Qin to protect against the northern barbarians
What is the Great Wall of China?
The other name for the Huang He River in China
What is the Yellow River?
What were the two major cities of the Indus River Valley?
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
One way pictographs and ideographs were different was that pictographs represented _________ while ideographs represented _____________
What are Pictures; Ideas
Double Jeopardy:
What is "Divine Right"?
The power to rule comes from god. A ruler is chosen by god to rule
How is the Harappan langauge different from others we have learned about?
It has not been deciphered yet
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
The seasonal wind and rain storms that blew into india. What were they good for?
Monsoons, they were good for farming
How were the social classes of Harappan Civilization?
there were no social classes
The most important value in chinese society, even to this day.
What is Family/Filial Piety (respect for your parents)?
Shi Huangdi claimed the Mandate of Heaven to establish and rule over this dynasty
What is the Qin Dynasty
What do the cities of Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, and New York City all have in common?
They are all laid out in a grid-like pattern
Why is India considered a subcontinent?
Due to its large size, separate tectonic plate, and separation from the rest of Asia by mountains, India is considered a subcontinent
What type of government is a theocracy?
A government ruled by religious leaders
The Warring States Period served as the end to which dynasty?
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
For what reasons could a person lose their Mandate of Heaven?
Excessive drinking, gambling, taxes, natural disasters, famine, drought, etc.
8,000 of these were found buried with Shi Huangi
What aare the Terracotta Soldiers/ Terracotta Army
What was the geography of China and how did it impact its development?
Very mountainous and a desert to the north. They became ethnocentric and called themselves the “Middle Kingdom”.
Artifacts and pottery with seals and stamps from the Indus River Valley can be found in this ancient civilization as well? Why?
Where is Mesopotamia? They were able to conduct long distance trade using the Indus River
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
Legalism in the Qin Dynasty is similar to what other legal system? Why?
What is the Code of Hammurabi? both believe harsh punishments for crimes will lead to a more orderly society.
Which title best completes the diagram on the board?
What is the Dynastic Cycle of China
What advancement from the Indus River Valley allowed for them to take showers?
What is plumbing?