china study guide

Question 1

China geography

Answer 1

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Question 2

main 2 rivers in China are?

Answer 2

Yellow river and Yangtze

Question 3

Why is china isolated from others?

Answer 3

The harsh mountains and desserts surrounding it

Question 4

Name 2 desserts

Answer 4

Gobi dessert and the Taklamakan desert

Question 5

2 bodies of water surrounding china are?

Answer 5

Sea of Japan and the china sea

Question 6

Main characteristics of outer china

Answer 6

Deserts , mountains hard to grow crops

Question 7

Main characteristics of inner china

Answer 7

Plateau, rivers, plains

Question 8

The shang dynasty

Answer 8

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Question 9

What is the name of the first dynasty in china

Answer 9

Shang dynasty

Question 10

What did archaeologists find in the city of anyang

Answer 10

pottery, jade, bones, houses

Question 11

Why did they believe in human sacrifices

Answer 11

The king needed to be served in the afterlife

Question 12

who led the government

Answer 12

A powerful king

Question 13

what were prisoners of war used for

Answer 13

slavery and sacrifices

Question 14

what tool made the army so strong

Answer 14

bronze weapons

Question 15

what groups made up the social classes in the shang dynasty

Answer 15

kings, nobles, artisans, traders, farmers, slaves

Question 16

what was there religion centered on

Answer 16

Their ancestors

Question 17

What are oracle bones

Answer 17

A bone they wrote that their ancestors gave a message on

Question 18

2 examples of art

Answer 18

Pottery and vessels

Question 19

Three chinese philosophies

Answer 19

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Question 20

What dynasty took over shang

Answer 20

zhao dynasty

Question 21

Define: mandate from heaven

Answer 21

The zhao had a will to rule over china, and if they were bad rulers heaven would send them bad things.

Question 22

Define: feudalism

Answer 22

A system of government based on land owners

Question 23

Define: warring states period

Answer 23

Little states joined to fight against the bigger states for power

Question 24

Define: Confuscianism

Answer 24

Confuscianism is knowing your place and respecting others who are elder

Question 25

what are the Analects?

Answer 25

IT is a bunch of sayings from Confucius put into a book

Question 26

What are the main teachings of Confucianism

Answer 26

treating your parents well respecting your parents and being obedient

Question 27

What are the main teachings of Daoism

Answer 27

Living a simple life the way of nature the force

Question 28

What is another name for Daoism

Answer 28

Taoism

Question 29

Define: Yin and Yang

Answer 29

The Opposites of each other

Question 30

What are the main teachings of Legalism

Answer 30

people are naturally selfish

Question 31

Why was legalism adopted?

Answer 31

It taught the people to not be selfish and obey the government

Question 32

First emperor of china

Answer 32

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Question 33

Who was the first emperor of china

Answer 33

Qin

Question 34

how did qin conquer other states

Answer 34

With heavy artillery and army bribes and spies

Question 35

what philosophy did qin believe in

Answer 35

legalism

Question 36

why did he divide china into sections

Answer 36

So he could control everyone

Question 37

Define: Standardizing culture

Answer 37

making everything the same

Question 38

Three ways culture was standardized

Answer 38

Money writing weights

Question 39

why was the great wall built

Answer 39

to protect the north

Question 40

How long did it take to build the great wall and what were the work conditions

Answer 40

10 years and harsh conditions

Question 41

what did qin do to people who believed in confucianism

Answer 41

he killed them

Question 42

What articles were found in qins

Answer 42

A terracotta army bronze weapons bronze animals

Question 43

Han dynasty

Answer 43

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Question 44

Why did the han come to power

Answer 44

People rebelled against the qin and they took over

Question 45

what was the golden age of china

Answer 45

The rich era of china in the han dynasty

Question 46

what are 3 achieve,ents in warfare

Answer 46

crossbows, kites, fish scale armor

Question 47

what are w changes in the chinese government?

Answer 47

bureaucracy and civil servent test

Question 48

what are 2 achievements in agriculture

Answer 48

chain pump iron plow

Question 49

2 main industries

Answer 49

silk salt

Question 50

11major advancements affected people by

Answer 50

the medicine helped people not be sick and the wheel barrel helped transport goods

Question 51

2 achievements in medicine

Answer 51

acupuncture moxibustion

Question 52

2 achievements in science

Answer 52

seismograph magnetic compass