china Flashcards
were was classical china centered
huang he (yellow river)
what is the yellow river also known as
the huang he river
why was the great wall of china built
for chinas protection
where was china invaded from
the north
who built the great wall of china
Qin Shin Huangdi
who was china governed by
a succesion of ruling familes
what is a dynasty
a succession of ruling families
who served under the mandate of heaven
chinas rulers
what facilitated trade and contact between china and other countries
the silk road
what type of invaders raided chinese settlements
migratory invaders
what do earlier chinese settlers race challenges from
chinas geography
what is the first chinese dynasty
xia
what dose shang kings do
build palaces and leave written records
what are shang cites protected by
massive earthen walls
what is shang society divided between
ruling nobles and peasant farmers
how do the chinese communicate with gods
through ancestor spirits and oracle bones
chinas written language is nor connected to what
its spoken language
what do shang artisans make
silk and bronzework
who makes silk and excels at bronzework
shang artisans
what dose the zhou use to justify their overthrow the shang
the mandate of heaven
who over throws the Shang
the Zhou
what leads to an increase in local warfare
feudalism being established
what dose feudalism being established in china cause
increase in local warfare
what type of currency is used during the Zhou dynasty
coined money and iron
