ancient China

Question 1

Growth of cites.

Answer 1

• flooding caused soil to be more fertile but also could be damaging
• controlling floods was important to people’s safety
• to control floods, you need to build dykes, canals, reservoirs, flood, walls, etc.
• to do this, you need to design it, persuade people to do work, organize how to do it, etc. people start working together->early cites

Question 2

Qin Shi Huang Di the good

Answer 2

-Treatment of peasants

· Unity of China

· Legalism

Question 3

Yellow River? Goods and Bads

Answer 3

• named for the color of the silts that are carried downstream in its flow.
• flooded, which deposited fertile silt onto the surrounding croplands. This allowed nutritious crops like rice and millet to grow and the population to increase.
• floods also destroyed the city. people died and houses were destroyed

Question 4

Qin Shi Huang Di the bad?

Answer 4

-Brutal punishments to farmers

· Wanted to be immortal

Question 5

mandate of heaven

Answer 5

• is the divine source of authority and the right to rule of China
• signs they could lose it are if floods, invasions, or earthquakes happened.
• it could be lost if you were corrupt or unfair.

Question 6

dynasty?

Answer 6

a series of rulers from the same family.

Question 7

Confucius?

Answer 7

• the son should obey the father
• father is head of the house

The family is the basis of society

He lived in the warring state period

Question 8

Yangtze River

Answer 8

Both rivers flooded, which deposited fertile silt onto the surrounding croplands. This allowed nutritious crops like rice and millet to grow and the population to increase. ​

• BUT the flooding was also destructive – people would drown, houses were destroyed, and some crops could be swept away. ​
• So, these early societies joined together to try and minimize the flooding. This was an early form of central government. ​

Question 9

Silk Road?
what was traded
what did it do

Answer 9

• silk, spices, tea, ivory, cotton, wool, jade, weapons
• silk was valuable because it was made in China from silkworms, and it started the trades between countries.
• Opened trade in the world in concepts that boosted trade with different countries and religions.

Question 10

merchants?

Answer 10

-on camels in lines like caravans

Question 11

the great wall on China?

Answer 11

Qin Shi Huang di started to build it

defensive line to defend the invasions

Question 12

the qin dynasty

Answer 12

developed currency

. They also built a network of roads and
canals to improve trade.

legalism was good and bad for China

strict laws

3 rulers Qin Shi Huang di Hu Hai and Zi Ying

coined money

Question 13

weapons

Answer 13

crossbows