Ancient China

Question 1

Main 2 rivers in China

Answer 1

1. Yellow River
2. Yangtze River

Question 2

Why is China isolated from other countries

Answer 2

There was the Himalaya mountains,the ocean, and the dessert surrounding it so no one could get in out get out.

Question 3

Name two desserts

Answer 3

1. Gobi Dessert
2. Taklamakan Dessert

Question 4

2 bodies of water surrounding China

Answer 4

1. Yellow sea
2. Sea of Japan

Question 5

Main characteristics of Outer China

Answer 5

Mountains, desserts, hard to grow crops

Question 6

Main characteristics of Inner China

Answer 6

Hard to grow crops, cold, to dry for farming

Question 7

What was the name of the first dynasty in China

Answer 7

The Shang Dynasty

Question 8

What did archaeologists find in the city of Anyang

Answer 8

They found a palace, a temple, and houses, they also found many workshops for artisans

Question 9

Why did they believe in human sacrifices

Answer 9

They believe in human sacrifices so then that when the king died he would still be served 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

Labors and human sacrifices

Question 12

What tool made the army so strong

Answer 12

Bronze

Question 13

What groups made up the social classes in the Shang dynasty

Answer 13

Slaves,farmers,artisans,nobles, and kings

Question 14

What was their religion centered on

Answer 14

Ancestors

Question 15

What are Oracle bones

Answer 15

Bones are shells used to communicate to their ancestors

Question 16

2 examples of artwork during the Shang Dynasty

Answer 16

Bronze items, and Jade pots

Question 17

What dynasty took over after the Shang

Answer 17

The Zhou Dynasty

Question 18

Define Mandate from Heaven

Answer 18

A power of law believed to be granted by the heavens.

Question 19

Define feudalism

Answer 19

A system of government based on tenants and landowners

Question 20

Define The warring states period

Answer 20

A group of small states turned in to large groups of 6-7 people and started war

Question 21

Define Confucianism

Answer 21

A system of order in which he goal was to reach peaceful society.

Question 22

What are Analects

Answer 22

Analects is a book with all of Confucius teachings.

Question 23

What are the main teachings of Confucianism

Answer 23

To show respect to your family and elders and to be kind and obedient.

Question 24

What are the main teachings of Daoism

Answer 24

To follow the nature and be in harmony.

Question 25

What is another name for Daoism

Answer 25

Taoism

Question 26

Define Ying and Yang

Answer 26

The Ying means shaded and the Yang means Sunlight

Question 27

What are the main teachings of Legalism

Answer 27

people have to listen to the strict laws and if they did not they would get a bad punishment .

Question 28

Why was Legalism adopted

Answer 28

Legalism was adopted because many people were selfish so they needed strict rules in order to behave properly and to keep them under control.

Question 29

Who was the first emperor of China?

Answer 29

Emperor Qin

Question 30

How did Qin conquer other states?

Answer 30

He used army's, spies, bribery, and alliance.

Question 31

What philosophy did Qin believe in?

Answer 31

Legalism

Question 32

How did he divide China into sections?

Answer 32

He made them into 35 districts.

Question 33

What is "standardizing" the culture?

Answer 33

He made strict rules to standardize the culture.

Question 34

Three ways the culture was standardize.

Answer 34

Officials were punished if the grain in storehouses spoiled, or if a wall constructed under their supervision collapsed, or that widows where not allowed to remarry.

Question 35

Why was the great wall of China built?

Answer 35

It was built to protect them from the north.

Question 36

How long did it take to build the Great wall of China and what was the coundtions?

Answer 36

10 year and it was very hot during the summer and cold during the winter.

Question 37

What did emperor Qin do to those that believed in confunsim.

Answer 37

He killed them

Question 38

Why did the Han Dynasty come to power.

Answer 38

They came to power because people in China did not like the harsh Legalist.

Question 39

What was the golden age of China

Answer 39

When they had stability and wealth.

Question 40

What are 3 achievements In warfare

Answer 40

Crossbow, kites, and iron making

Question 41

What are 2 changes in the Chines government?

Answer 41

Confucian, and moral behavior

Question 42

What are 2 achievements in agriculture

Answer 42

The making of Chain Pump, Iron Plows

Question 43

What were 2 main industries in China

Answer 43

salt and silk

Question 44

What are major advancement(s) happened in the art and how did it affect the people.

Answer 44

Paper

Question 45

What are 2 achievements in medicine

Answer 45

Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Question 46

What are 2 achievements in science

Answer 46

Seismograph, and Magnetic compass.

Question 47

What was the silk road?

Answer 47

It's a place where there are many routes for trading that was known as the silk road.

Question 48

How did the silk road promote an exchange of goods and ideas.

Answer 48

Creating a network trade routes across Eurasia.

Question 49

why was the Eastern Silk road dangerous and how did traders overcome its challenges?

Answer 49

The silk road was dangerous because you had to walk through one of the biggest desserts the Gobi Dessert and it was very hot and had a lot of sandstorms.

Question 50

why was the Western Silk road dangerous and how did traders overcome its challenges?

Answer 50

You would have to walk through a twenty thousand feet mountain which was filled with snow and had less oxygen so you would get dizzy, have headaches, or ringing noise in you ears.

Question 51

How did the Silk road change the daily lives of people in ancient China?

Answer 51

It changed peoples daily life becuase they could go through the silk road to trade with other people from other places.