China Flashcards
what are two major river systems in China
yellow river
Yangtze river like Yahtzee
what are the mounds called when it floods
LOESS
why is China isolated from the rest of the world in ancient times
the Gobi desert was to the north the Taklimakan desert is west, the pacific on the east, and the Himalayas to the south
what river does to minerals come from
yellow river
why was China self-efficient
because they were isolated
who was the first dynasty in China
Shang dynasty
when did the Shang dynasty start
1700 BCE
how long did the Shag dynasty rule for
600 years
what is the other dynasty that some people believe was the first dynasty
Xia
what did the Shang dynasty do to help them with their farming
the organized the farmers
what did the organation of the farmers do to farms
it gave them better yields
what is the middle answer in this equation
more food=_________= less farmers
more people
what did the people who used to be farmers do
the Shang dynasty trained them to be an army
what was the point of the armies
to grow and conquer more land
what is Chinas wrighting system
it was a complicated system of pictography cuneiform and other symbols and systems
what was the Chinese writing system simplified to
logograph
how did they teach their language
they used symbols to resemble a phrase
how did the Zhou get a large empire
through conquest
who would be the next ruler in the Zhou
a trusted family member or trusted person
what does distanstans do to a empire
it cerates problems
what happens over time to the distain leaders
their loyalty beaks
who invades China in 771 BCE
the nomads
who do the distant nobles join
the nomads
