Ancient china help

Question 1

When did the Shang Dynasty rule from?

Answer 1

1750 BCE to 1450 BCE

Question 2

Main two rivers in China

Answer 2

Yellow river and the Yangtze river

Question 3

Why is China is isolated from other countries

Answer 3

Because of the Himilayas, dry deserts, and oceans

Question 4

2 deserts in China

Answer 4

Gobi and Taklimanian

Question 5

2 bodies of water surrounding China

Answer 5

East China Sea and South China Sea

Question 6

Main characteristics of Outer China

Answer 6

Mountains, Deserts, hard to grow crops, cold.

Question 7

Main characteristics of Inner China

Answer 7

Warm and wet, easy to grow crops, many hills

Question 8

What was the name of the first dynasty in China

Answer 8

Shang Dynasty

Question 9

What did archeologists find in the city of Anyang?

Answer 9

weapons, metals, pottery, stone, and jade

Question 10

Why did they believe in human sacarfices ?

Answer 10

To honor the kings in the afterlife

Question 11

Who led the Shang government?

Answer 11

A powerful King

Question 12

Who were prisoners of the war used for?

Answer 12

Human sacrafices in war

Question 13

What tool made the army so strong?

Answer 13

Weapons made of bronze

Question 14

What group made up the social classes of the Shang Dynasty?

Answer 14

Nobles, Artisans, Traders, Farmers, and Slaves

Question 15

What was their religion centered on?

Answer 15

Ancestor Worship and oracle bones

Question 16

What are oracle bones?

Answer 16

a piece of bone to seek advice from the kings ancestors

Question 17

2 examples of artwork during Shang Dynasty

Answer 17

Jade Disc, and Stone sculptures

Question 18

What dynasty took over the Shang Dynasty?

Answer 18

The Zhou Dynasty

Question 19

Define Madete from Heaven

Answer 19

A powerful dyansty reformed

Question 20

Define Feudilism

Answer 20

A system and Zhou’s increased Govermeant

Question 21

Define The Warring States period

Answer 21

wars, historical time, and 250 years of disorder

Question 22

Define Confuciansim

Answer 22

Teachings of Kongfuzi Chinese government and culture

Question 23

What are Aneletecs?

Answer 23

A book with teachings of confusism

Question 24

What are the main teachings of Confucianism

Answer 24

Ruler and Subject Husband and Wife Father and Son Older sibling and younger sibling friend to friend

Question 25

What are the main teachings of Daoism?

Answer 25

Living in harmony of nature

Question 26

What is another name for Daoism?

Answer 26

Taoism

Question 27

Define Yin and Yang

Answer 27

Concept of opposing forces of nature

Question 28

What are the main teaching of Legalism?

Answer 28

People are inherently selfish, Strict laws, and harsh punishments, and rewards,Rulers should have absolute power.

Question 29

Why was Legalism adopted?

Answer 29

So they could build a strong central govermeant

Question 30

Who was the first emperor of China?

Answer 30

Qin Shi Huandagi

Question 31

How did Qin conquer other states?

Answer 31

Military might, spies, bribery, and allinces

Question 32

What philosophy did Qin believe in?

Answer 32

Legalism

Question 33

How did he divide China into sections?

Answer 33

36 districts

Question 34

What is standardizing the culture mean?

Answer 34

To make the culture the same

Question 35

Three ways the culture was standarized

Answer 35

By standarizing money, Making a writing system, and standarizing measurement

Question 36

why was the Great Wall of China built?

Answer 36

To keep invaders away from China

Question 37

How many years did it take to build The Great Wall Of China? Also what were the work conditions?

Answer 37

10 years and was crossed by mountains and had harsh weathers

Question 38

What did the Emperor Qin do to those who believed in Confucianism?

Answer 38

He killed 460 Conficus scholars

Question 39

Why did the Han Dynasty come to power?

Answer 39

They came to power because the people from the Qinn Dynasty did not like the harsh legalist rules.

Question 40

What was the golden age of China?

Answer 40

A rule Han made for a long period of stability and wealth

Question 41

What are 3 achievements in Warfare?

Answer 41

Iron making, cross bow for shooting far away, and kites for tricking enemies that there is a ghost.

Question 42

What are 2 changes in the Chinese Government.

Answer 42

Fixed rules and set conditions, and having young men do difficult, civil service exams.

Question 43

What are 2 achievements in agriculture?

Answer 43

Farmers able to grow crops, and make their own homes.

Question 44

What are 2 main industries in China?

Answer 44

Silk and Salt

Question 45

What major advancements happened in art and how did it affect the people?

Answer 45

Switching from writing on bamboo strips to paper which was cheaper to write. It affected them because it was more affordable.

Question 46

What are 2 achievements in medicine?

Answer 46

Acupuncture to restore the balances of opposite forces. Moxibustion to treat arteries by healing them.

Question 47

What are 2 achievements in science?

Answer 47

Seismograph is an instrument for detecting earthquakes. Magnetic compass for navigating and traveling.

Question 48

What was the Silk Road?

Answer 48

Network of trade routes

Question 49

How did the Silk Road promote an exchange of goods and ideas?

Answer 49

They exchanged goods by opening up trade routes to the west. Military campaigns of the Han drove back to nomadic people.

Question 50

Why was the Eastern Silk Road dangerous and how did traders overcome the challenge?

Answer 50

A haven for bandits. Traders overcome the challenge by Utilizing trade works across the Eastern Silk Road.