Ancient China

Question 1

What are the 2 main rivers in China?

Answer 1

Chiang Jiang (Yangtze River) Huang He (Yellow River)

Question 2

Why is China isolated from other countries?

Answer 2

The Himalayas, Tibet plateau, The East and South China sea, and the Taklimakan and Gobi deserts.

Question 3

What are 2 deserts in China.

Answer 3

The Gobi Desert and the Taklimakan Desert.

Question 4

Name 2 bodies off water surrounding China.

Answer 4

The East China Sea, and South China Sea.

Question 5

Characteristics of outer China.

Answer 5

Mountains, deserts, and hard to grow crops/ little water or vegetation.

Question 6

Main Characteristics of inner China.

Answer 6

It has plains, rivers, and is easy to farm and grow crops, and lots of water.

Question 7

What was the name of the first dynasty in China.

Answer 7

Shang Dynasty.

Question 8

What did archaeologists find in the city of Anyang.

Answer 8

Palaces, temples houses, and workshops.

Question 9

Why did they believe in human sacrifices.

Answer 9

They thought the king must continue to be honored in the afterlife.

Question 10

Who led the Shang government.

Answer 10

A powerful king.

Question 11

What were prisoners of war used for.

Answer 11

Laborers and human sacrifices.

Question 12

What tool made the army so strong.

Answer 12

The use of bronze.

Question 13

What groups make up the social classes of Ancient China.

Answer 13

King and family, nobles, artisans, traders, farmers, slaves.

Question 14

What was religion centered on.

Answer 14

Ancestor worship, and oracle bones.

Question 15

What are oracle bones.

Answer 15

Oracle bones were made of turtle shells or the shoulder blade of a cow. The king would read the cracks made from heat and believed they were signs from ancestors.

Question 16

2 examples of artwork.

Answer 16

Bronze vessels and jade trinkets.

Question 17

What dynasty took over after the Shang Dynasty.

Answer 17

The Zhou Dynasty.

Question 18

What is a Mandate Of Heaven.

Answer 18

a divine right to rule China.

Question 19

Define Feudalism.

Answer 19

A system of government based on landowners and tenants.

Question 20

Define the Warring State Period.

Answer 20

The states combined into 6 or seven states and fought for power, 250 years of fighting.

Question 21

define Confucianism.

Answer 21

A form of government based on proper behavior and respecting your role in society.

Question 22

what are the Analects.

Answer 22

Confucius’s sayings in a book.

Question 23

what are the main teachings of confucianism.

Answer 23

Love of scholarship, respect for elders, and proper behavior.

Question 24

what are the main teachings of Daoism.

Answer 24

Everyone must discover Dao for themselves. Too many laws and rules conflict the way of nature, and The best rulers are those who ruled the least. Follow The Way.

Question 25

Define yin and yang

Answer 25

2 oppisites that compliment each other.

Question 26

What are the main teachings of Legalism.

Answer 26

People are made selfish, don't trust anyone, and don't criticize the government or want another government.

Question 27

Why was legalism adopted.

Answer 27

The Qin dynasty wanted to build a strong central government and a well organized society.

Question 28

who was the first emperor of China

Answer 28

Qin

Question 29

How did Qin conquer other states.

Answer 29

He used military might, spies, bribery, and alliances.

Question 30

What philosophy did Qin believe in.

Answer 30

legalism.

Question 31

what does standardizing culture mean

Answer 31

making culture the same throughout an area.

Question 32

three ways culture was standardized.

Answer 32

writing, laws, wieghts, measurements, money.

Question 33

how many sections did he divide China into

Answer 33

36 sections 3 lords per sections.

Question 34

Why was the wall of China built.

Answer 34

To protect China from Northern sieges.

Question 35

How long did it take to build the wall and what were the conditions.

Answer 35

10 years, 300,000 people, very hot very cold, mountains, deserts, bad conditions.

Question 36

what did emperor Qin do to confucian scholars.

Answer 36

He excuted them

Question 37

what articles were found in emperor Qins tomb.

Answer 37

chariots, bronze ducks, and terracota warriors.

Question 38

why did the Han dynasty come to power.

Answer 38

People were unhappy with the legalist rule of the Qin.

Question 39

What was the golden age of China.

Answer 39

A long period of stability and wealth.

Question 40

What are 3 achievements in warefare.

Answer 40

Ironmaking, crossbows, and kites.

Question 41

what are two changes in Chinese government.

Answer 41

They had a bureaucracy, and they chose their hires on ability and knowledge.

Question 42

What are two achievements in agriculture.

Answer 42

Iron plows, and a chain pump.

Question 43

what are 2 main industries in China.

Answer 43

Salt and silk.

Question 44

What major advancements happened in art.

Answer 44

Paper.

Question 45

what were 2 changes in medicine.

Answer 45

Acupuncture, and moxibustion.

Question 46

What are two achievements in science.

Answer 46

Siesmograph, and magnetic compass.

Question 47

What was the silk road.

Answer 47

It was a way to trade goods through Europe and Asia.

Question 48

How did the Silk Road promote the exchange of goods and Ideas.

Answer 48

IT allowed people too trade with the rest of the settled world( mostly ) so they could share ideas with other countries.

Question 49

Why was the eastern silk road dangerous and how did travelers overcome these challenges.

Answer 49

It was dangerous because of desert sandstorms travelers overcame this by having camels that have adapted to survive in a sandstorm and not lose their way, also they had many stops.

Question 50

Why was the western silk road dangerous, and how did travelers overcome it.

Answer 50

It was dangerous because of treacherous mountains and bandits, they overcame this because there were many stops along the way and sometimes they had to carry their supplies by hand to get over the mountains.

Question 51

How did the Silk road change the lives of people in ancient times.

Answer 51

It let Europe and Asia to trade ideas, and goods, and let people obtain things that they can't make.