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1
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Where is China located?

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East Asia

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Ancient China included _____ _____ and 4 ______ ______.

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China Proper and 4 outlying reigons

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What were the 4 outlying reigions?

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Mongolia, Manchuria, Tibet, and Sinkang

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What landforms covered western China?

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Rugged mountains, high plateaus, and great deserts

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5
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What isolated CHina from the rest of Asia?

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Mountains, plateaus and deserts

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6
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What did China’s isolation led to?

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The development of its own distinctve culture

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7
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What made the Chinese feel superior?

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Lack of contact with other people

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8
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What did the Chinese call “The center of the world”

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Middle Kingdom

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9
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Where did most people in China live?

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Eastern 1 3/4rd

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10
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What did the East have?

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Fertile river valleys and plains to grow crops

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11
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Which 3 areashad dense populations?

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Huang He Valley, Yangtze Valley, Northern Plain

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12
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Where carries large amounts of Yellowish silt?

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Yellow River

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13
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Why was the Huang He called “Chinas Sorrow”

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Its destructive floods

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How did floodwaters benfit benefit China?

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Deposited silt and built up rich soit

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15
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Where the Chinese seafarung people?

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NO

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16
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Northern China has - ___ winters, ___ summers ___ rainfall.

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Cold, hot, iregular

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17
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Southern China has - ___ winters, ___ summers, ___ rainfall.

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Mild, Hot, Plentiful

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18
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The Huang He valley is one of the ____________ in the world.

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Cradles of civilazation

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19
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The goverment was organized by the…

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Shang Dynasty

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20
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The first of a long line of dynasties in 1912….

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Shang

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21
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What helped prevent floods?

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Dikes and Drianage canals

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22
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Carried water from Huang He to nearby fields

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Irrigation systems

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23
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United more than (1,000) city-states.

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Shang rulers

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24
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What did the Shang use to protect their kingdom?

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War chariots and advanced weapons

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25
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Who spread Chinese civilization?

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Shang

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26
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Each word in the written launguage has its own…

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Symbol or charactor

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27
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What is the Shang economy mainly based on?

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Agriculture

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28
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What did farmers grow?

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Wheat, barley, millet.

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29
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What are some domesticated animals?

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Horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, and dogs.

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30
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Sometimes work animals and in wars…

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Elephants

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31
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What did people weave thread into?

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Silk cloth

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32
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What did artisans make?

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Bronze vessels and beautiful jewlery/pottery.

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33
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What was the calender used for?

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Phases of the moon

34
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Who overthough Shang in 1028 B.C?

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Chou

35
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A reverance for elders and relitives that died.

A

Ancester worship

36
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Why were cerimonies held in the fall?

A

Give thanks for harvest

37
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Longest Dynasty in China history

A

Chou

38
Q

What is iron used for?

A

Tools and plows

39
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In the Chou dynasty, people belonged to 3 groups..

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Nobles, Merchants, or peasents

40
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Who were nobles?

A

Healthy land owners who lived in beautiful homes

41
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Where did merchants live?

A

Towns

42
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What did Merchants do to nobles and royal family?

A

Sold goods

43
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What did peasants have to do?

A

Give some of his crops to the land lord as rent

44
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Who drained swamps and irrigation canals?

A

Peasents

45
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When was china the most populous country?

A

Chou dynasty

46
Q

Which 2 philosophers influenced China thought

A

Confucius and laotzu

47
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Who was alarmed China was constantly at war?

A

Confucius

48
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What did Confucius call for…

A

Good rulers who would..
Avoid war
lower taxes

49
Q

Who believed everyone should develope a personal morality and hood will towards others..

A

Confucious

50
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Who said “what you do not wish for yourself, don’t wish for others”

A

Confusious

51
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Who formed a basis of Taoism

A

Lao-Tzu

52
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What was Taoism?

A

Stressed the importance of the balance between Ying and Yang

53
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What are the forces of yin?

A

Peace
Darkness
Coldness

54
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What are the forces of yang?

A

Fury
Light
Heat

55
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What occurred when yin and yang were out of balance?

A

War
Disease
Famine

56
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How did Ch’in come to power?

A

Conquering all the Chinese city states

57
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The name China came from the ___ dynasty.

A

Ch’in

58
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What did the Ch’in ruler call himself?

A

Shih Huang Ti

59
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What does Shih Huang Ti mean?

A

First emperor

60
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Who united the city states under one strong central goverment?

A

Shih Huang Ti

61
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Shih Huang Ti campured new _____ and established the first _____________

A

Territories- Chinese empire

62
Q

What does the great wall of china do?

A

Guard against invasion

63
Q

What improved transportation?

A

Building of
Roads
Bridges
Canals

64
Q

The Ch’in believed in a policy called ____.

A

Legalism

65
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What was legalism?

A

Stressed authority, efficient government, and strict laws

66
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Shih tried to end knowledge of freedom by…

A

Burning most books

67
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People under Shih Huang Ti represented ___ labor, ___ taxes, ____ of freedom.

A

Forced
High
Lack

68
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Who led a revolt that toppled the Ch’in dynasty.

A

Liu Pang

69
Q

Which too dynasties set up a strong central goverment?

A

Han

Ch’in

70
Q

Which 4 areas did the Chinese empire expand to

A

Manchuria
Korea
Indochina
Central Asia

71
Q

Who was the greatest Han emperor?

A

Wu Ti

72
Q

Who were the highest government jobs given to?

A

People scoring highest on civil service exams

73
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What did the civil service exams ask questions on?

A

Confucianism

74
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What does Pax Sinica mean?

A

Chinese Peace

75
Q

What did the Han invent?

A

Paper
Sundials
Water clocks

76
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What 3 things did astronomers study?

A

Sunspots
Moons orbit
Drew maps of the stars

77
Q

What is acupuncture?

A

Piercing skin with needles to relief pain

78
Q

What did the han write?

A

Histories
Poems
The first dictonary

79
Q

What was silk and jade traded for?

A

Glass
Tin
Wool
And cloth

80
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What did missionaries spread to china

A

Buddism

81
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What beliefs did most Chinese follow?

A

Confucian

Taoist

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