China Flashcards
A part/section of a country
Region
The average weather conditions in a certain place
Climate
A place in a desert where you can find water
Oasis
A group of people
Clan
A body of water that flows into a large body of water
Tributary
A strong metal made of a copper alloy
Bronze
A bone used to predict the future by heating and cracking it (ansestory worship)
Oracle bones
Honoring ancestors in different ways
Ansestory worship
A power of law that is believed to be granted by a god
Mandate of Heaven
To make different things the same
Standerdize
The spread of cultural traits
Cultural diffusion
A group of of traveling people
Caravan
A buisness that manufactures a prouduct
Industry
A large complex organization
Brueaucracy
The first emperor of China. Build the Great Wall to protect from north invaders. He standardized objects, and created cruel punishments. He was a harsh leader, censoring Confusion’s way of life.
Qin Shihuangdi
Established trade relations with Central Asia. He helped the Chinese learn about different cultures. He is the father of the Silk Road.
Zhang Qian
Something that made communication and keeping records much easier
Han dynasty invents paper
It resulted in Buddhism spreading to China from India
What did cultural diffusion result in?
Inner China had better farmland that Outer China Rivers flow through Inner China
Inner China vs Outer China
Elevation is over 13,500 feet Snow falls all year Vegetation is made up of sparse scrubs/grasses
Tibet-Qinghai Plateau
One of the most dangerous deserts in the world Not much vegetation Has sand dunes
Taklimakan Desert
One of the largest deserts in the world Very few sand dunes Made up of pebbles and sand Vegetation is sparse
Gobi Desert
Full of hills and plains Short, warm summers Too cold/dry for growing crops
Northeastern Plain
Flat region of grasslands The Huang He (Yellow River) is in it Has a lot of yellow silt on the ground
North China Plain
Low, Wet costal plain The Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) is in it Climate is warm and wet Good for growing rice
Chang Jiang Basins
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Silk Road
The Silk Road was made up of many trade routes that connected the East (Mediteranean area) and the
West (China and India)
Some popular trades were:
Silk (China) for glassware (Rome)
Silk (China for gold (Rome)
Great Wall
300,000 men were used to build it
If you died while working, you were buried in the wall
The men who worked on the wall faced very difficult conditions
Han Dynasty
Made iron swords and fish-scale armor. Used crossbows and kites (to send messages and scare people) for military
Government functioned as a bearucracy. Men had to pass a long/difficult test to be a civil servant
The Han invented the wheelbarrow and the chain pump. They could also pour iron into molds
The two most important industries were silk and salt. The new bamboo drills and machines used to make silk helped
Before the Han invented paper, they wrote on silk and bamboo
Accupunture is putting thin needles into a person. Moxibustion is a cone of powdered leaves/sticks is burned near or on someone. Balanced yin/yang
Compass invention if for good fortune while correctly positioning important monmunents. Seismograph detects direction of earthquake.
Shang Dynasty
What did the Shang king do for nobles in exchange for their military help?
WHat group was the largest social class in the Shang Dynasty
What is true about Shang writing?
Where was the Shang Dyansty?
Shang Dynasty
The king was not very likely to interfere with their control over the land that the noble(s) owned
Farmers
Characters stood for words instead of sounds
The Huang He valley
Shang social classes
THE SHANG MADE BRONZE TOOLS
THE SHANG LIKED USING JADE AND BRONZE FOR ART
Nobles
Artisans and Traders
Farmers
Slaves
