Ancient China Flashcards
What is another name for the Yellow River?
Huang-He
Who developed the civil service system in China?
Han Dynasty
Must pass it to get a government job
What dynasty invented gun powder, block printing, and clocks?
Tang Dynasty
Why was the Silk Road important?
Silk was a popular banned trade product
Silk trade connected China with the Middle East
Which Chinese invention is associated with fireworks and weapons?
Gunpowder
What physical features isolated China?
The Gobi dessert
The Pacific Ocean
The Himalayas Mt.
The Great Wall of China
*ethnocentrism: when a culture thinks they are better than another
China thought they were better than others because they did not travel to other places
What is ethnocentrism?
When a culture believes they are better than another