Ancient China Flashcards
How would you know what social class a person belonged to in Ancient China?
Their job, clothes, spouse, and house
What rights did women have in Ancient China?
Women were primarily kinship roles and to birth part of the next generation. ( kinship: means blood relation)
What kinds of jobs could women do in Ancient China?
they would weave or sew for the household and look after the men and please him.
Discuss the different kinds of jobs in Ancient China and which were the most important / least important in their society
Professions were scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants. Unlike most ancient cultures, farmers were not on the lowest level of the social scale.
How were slaves treated in Ancient China?
the Han dynasty set in place rules penalizing criminals doing three years of hard labor or sentenced to castration and having their families seized and kept as property by the government.
Which different religions were practiced in Ancient China?
Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism were the three religions practiced in Ancient China
Name some of the inventions from Ancient China
The four great inventions of ancient China were Papermaking, printing, gunpowder, and the compass.
Discuss some of the changes that the First Emperor of China made and the impact of these changes
The Emperor abolished the old feudal system, standardized the Chinese writing and currency systems, built a vast network of roads and canals to link the country, and divided China into states with one centralized government
