Ancient China

Question 1

Main 2 rivers in China

Answer 1

Yangtzee (Chang Jiang) and Huang He (yellow)

Question 2

Why is China isolated from other countries?

Answer 2

Mountain ranges and desserts

Question 3

Name 2 desserts

Answer 3

The Gobi and Taklamakan dessert

Question 4

2 bodies of water surrounding China

Answer 4

East and South China sea

Question 5

Main characteristics about outer China?

Answer 5

large mountain ranges, harsh dessert, and it was hard to grow crops

Question 6

Main characteristics of Inner China?

Answer 6

Very fertile land, plains, and water sources

Question 7

What was the name of China’s first Dynasty?

Answer 7

Shang Dynasty

Question 8

What did they find in the ruins of Angyang?

Answer 8

Jade, bronze, homes, temples

Question 9

Why did they believe in human sacrifice?

Answer 9

So there were people to serve the king 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

human sacrifice

Question 12

what tool made the army so strong?

Answer 12

bronze

Question 13

what groups made up the social classes?

Answer 13

slaves, farmers, traders, Artisans, and nobles

Question 14

what was their religion centered on?

Answer 14

ancestor worship

Question 15

what are oracle bones?

Answer 15

bones the king used to seek advise from their ancestors

Question 16

what are 2 examples of artwork they made?

Answer 16

bronze vessels and carvings out of jade

Question 17

what Dynasty took over the Shang?

Answer 17

the Zhou

Question 18

What is the mandate from heaven?

Answer 18

A power or law believed to be granted by the heavens

Question 19

what is feudalism?

Answer 19

A system of government based on landowners and tenants

Question 20

what is the warring states period?

Answer 20

small states often fought against each other for power, until they eventually combined into 6-7 larger states, bringing 250 years of disorder to China this time was called “the warring states period.”

Question 21

what is Confucianism?

Answer 21

A Chinese philosophy that emphasizes proper behavior

Question 22

what are the Analects?

Answer 22

Books about the founder of Confucianism, Confucius

Question 23

what are the main teachings of Confucianism?

Answer 23

good behavior to achieve a peaceful society

Question 24

what are the main teachings of Daoism?

Answer 24

people gain happiness and peace by living in harmony and nature

Question 25

What's another name for Daoism?

Answer 25

Taoism

Question 26

what is the yin and yang?

Answer 26

opposing forces of nature

Question 27

what are the main teachings of legalism?

Answer 27

to establish strict laws and have obedience to them

Question 28

why was legalism adopted?

Answer 28

to bring effective rule to china

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 military might, spies, bribery, and alliances

Question 31

what philosophy did Qin believe in?

Answer 31

Legalism

Question 32

How did Qin divide China into sections?

Answer 32

He made 36 districts

Question 33

What is "standardizing the culture?"

Answer 33

To make something the same

Question 34

What are three ways the culture was standardized?

Answer 34

weights, money, and measures

Question 35

Why was the great wall built?

Answer 35

To protect China from northern invaders

Question 36

How long did it take to build the great wall, and what were the weather conditions?

Answer 36

It took 10 years to build the great wall, and the weather was very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter

Question 37

What did Qin do to those that believed in Confucianism?

Answer 37

He killed them.

Question 38

What artifacts were found in Qin's tomb?

Answer 38

Tools, bronze weapons, terracotta chariots and horses along with more than 6,000 life size terracotta figures.

Question 39

Why did the Han come to power?

Answer 39

Because Chinese were tired of the harsh, Legalist rule of the Qin

Question 40

What was the golden age of China?

Answer 40

A time of stability and wealth for china

Question 41

What are three achievements of warfare?

Answer 41

Iron making, crossbows and kites

Question 42

What are to changes in the Chinese government?

Answer 42

Confucianism and moral behavior

Question 43

What are 2 achievments of agriculture?

Answer 43

The chain pump, iron plow, and wheelbarrow

Question 44

What are the 2 main industries in China?

Answer 44

salt and silk

Question 45

What maigor advancement(s )happened in the art and how did it affect the people?

Answer 45

Paper, it made it easier for the Chinese to write

Question 46

What are two achievements in medicine?

Answer 46

acupuncture and moxibustion

Question 47

What are 2 achievments in science?

Answer 47

seismograph and the magnetic compass.

Question 48

What was the silk road?

Answer 48

A network of trade routes for the Chinese to trade with other ancient cultures.

Question 49

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

Answer 49

It created a source for the trading, so if the ancient civilizations could get other materials and goods from people around.

Question 50

Why was the Eastern silk road dangerous and how did traders overcome its challenges?

Answer 50

There were bandits and the weather was horrible, and when they traveled over the mountains the the air was thin, making little oxygen. Traders overcame this by making long caravans with camels.

Question 51

Why was the western silk road dangerous and how did the people overcome it's challanges

Answer 51

he road was dangerous because the animals could fall of the passes and the air was thin so there was little oxygen, they carried the stuff by hand to fix the chance of losing the stuff.

Question 52

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

Answer 52

in made people have a way to get goods making there life easier.