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Benefits / Challenges
100
Because rice requires warm weather and a lot of moisture, where did the ancient Chinese grow rice?
What is the Chang Jiang Basins
100
How did the Shang kings maintain their power?
What is strong armies
100
Which religion reached China by the Silk Road?
What is Buddhism
100
What was the main goal of Confucianism?
What is order and justice in society
100
Name one benefit of the Tibetan Plateau
What is protect from invaders to the southwest rivers start there
200
What was the purpose of building the Great Wall?
What is to protect the empire from invaders
200
What was an important belief in Shang religion?
What is ancestor worship
200
What made it difficult to travel through the Taklimakan Desert?
What is sandstorms
200
Which philosophy seems to have influenced the Qin Shihuangdi the most?
What is Legalism
200
Name one challenge of the Yellow River
What is flooding temperature changes
300
How were the Han government officials chosen?
What is by their exam results
300
Why did Qin Shihuangdi standardize laws, money, and the writing system?
What is to unify the country
300
What Chinese philosophy tries to balance the yin and yang?
What is Daoism
300
Name one benefit of the Yellow River
What is flooding good farming weather
300
Name one challenge of the Gobi desert
What is largest desert in World sparse vegetation hot / dry
400
Which phrase best completes the following quotation? "I am a follower of Confucius. I am the oldest of three children in my family. My younger sister and brother have to obey me. In return, I . . . " "have to obey their wishes." "have to treat them well." "can do everything I want." "can punish them harshly if they disobey."
What is "have to treat them well."
400
What kept early settlements in Inner China isolated?
What is the surrounding mountains, deserts, and rocky plateaus
400
What made silk valuable?
What is Only the Chinese knew how to make it.
400
Name one benefit of the Gobi Desert
What is dry rocky soil one of largest deserts in the World protects from invaders
400
Name one challenge of the Chang Jing Basins
What is not suitable for grazing animals limited space for farming
500
What protected Inner China from invaders who might have tried to enter from the northwest?
What is the Taklimakan Desert
500
What was one way the Zhou dynasty managed to keep China stable for several hundred years?
What is by claiming to have a "Mandate from Heaven"
500
The modern Chinese word for "merchant" is shang ren, which means "Shang man." What do scholars believe the word suggests about life during the Shang dynasty?
What is that the Shang people traded a great deal
500
Name one benefit of the Chang Jing Basins
What is wet/rainy good soil good for growing rice
500
Name one challenge of the Tibetan Plateau
What is rocky land high elevation air is thin snow falls even during summer