Geography
This river was called “China’s sorrow” because it flooded often and caused destruction.
What is the Yellow River (Huang He)?
This famous trade route connected China to Europe and other regions.
What is the Silk Road?
This structure was built to protect China from invasions.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This philosophy focused on respect, education, and family relationships.
What is Confucianism?
This is the spread of ideas and goods between cultures.
What is cultural diffusion?
This benefit of the Yellow River helped farmers grow crops successfully.
What is fertile soil (loess)?
This valuable Chinese product was the most famous trade item on the Silk Road.
What is silk?
This emperor unified China and started the Qin Dynasty.
Who is Qin Shi Huangdi?
This belief system teaches living in harmony with nature.
What is Daoism (Taoism)?
This system involved lords controlling land and peasants working it.
What is feudalism?
These natural barriers helped isolate China from other civilizations
What are mountains, deserts, and oceans?
Traders often used these animals to travel long distances across deserts.
What are camels?
This idea explained the rise and fall of dynasties.
What is the Dynastic Cycle?
This term means believing your culture is superior to others.
What is ethnocentrism?
This philosophy emphasized order and proper behavior, while Daoism emphasized nature and balance.
What is Confucianism?
China adapted to its environment by building these systems to control water for farming.
What are irrigation systems?
Name one of these three major Chinese inventions: paper, compass, or this explosive material.
What is gunpowder?
This belief said rulers had the right to govern given by heaven.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This practice involved honoring and respecting family members who had died.
What is ancestor worship?
These items were popular among early Chinese rulers, who would use them to help make policy decisions, such as whether or not to fight a war.
What are oracle bones?
This belief claimed China was the center of the world.
Middle Kingdom
This type of soil made farming in China very successful.
What is loess?
This exam system in the Han Dynasty helped choose government officials.
What is the Civil Service Exam?
This Confucian value means respect and obedience to parents and elders.
What is filial piety?
This is a twelve-year cycle in which an animal and its characteristics are assigned to each year in a repeating sequence.
What is the Chinese Zodiac?