china Flashcards

1
Q

were was classical china centered

A

huang he (yellow river)

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2
Q

what is the yellow river also known as

A

the huang he river

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3
Q

why was the great wall of china built

A

for chinas protection

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4
Q

where was china invaded from

A

the north

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5
Q

who built the great wall of china

A

Qin Shin Huangdi

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6
Q

who was china governed by

A

a succesion of ruling familes

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7
Q

what is a dynasty

A

a succession of ruling families

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8
Q

who served under the mandate of heaven

A

chinas rulers

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9
Q

what facilitated trade and contact between china and other countries

A

the silk road

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10
Q

what type of invaders raided chinese settlements

A

migratory invaders

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11
Q

what do earlier chinese settlers race challenges from

A

chinas geography

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12
Q

what is the first chinese dynasty

A

xia

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13
Q

what dose shang kings do

A

build palaces and leave written records

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14
Q

what are shang cites protected by

A

massive earthen walls

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15
Q

what is shang society divided between

A

ruling nobles and peasant farmers

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16
Q

how do the chinese communicate with gods

A

through ancestor spirits and oracle bones

17
Q

chinas written language is nor connected to what

A

its spoken language

18
Q

what do shang artisans make

A

silk and bronzework

19
Q

who makes silk and excels at bronzework

A

shang artisans

20
Q

what dose the zhou use to justify their overthrow the shang

A

the mandate of heaven

21
Q

who over throws the Shang

A

the Zhou

22
Q

what leads to an increase in local warfare

A

feudalism being established

23
Q

what dose feudalism being established in china cause

A

increase in local warfare

24
Q

what type of currency is used during the Zhou dynasty

A

coined money and iron

25
Q

what brings an end to the Zhou dynasty era

A

war and collapes of traditional values

26
Q

who was the first Qin emperor

A

Shi Huangdi

27
Q

what dose Shi Huangdi use military power to do in china

A

unite china and crush dissent

28
Q

who created a road network and standardized currency, writing, weights and measures, and laws

A

Shi Huangdi

29
Q

what dose Shi Huangdi standardize

A

writing, currecny, weights and measures, and laws

30
Q

how dose Shi Huangdi fend off northern invaders

A

the great wall

31
Q

what happens after Shi Huangdi’s death

A

the Chinese over throw the Qin dynasty

32
Q

what is the terracotta army

A

clay soilders