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What is the Chang Jiang?

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Also known as the Yangteze River, brought rich soil for farming.

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What is the Huang He?

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Also known as the yellow River, brought rich soil to the long Huang He Valley

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Who were the Shang?

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  • They may have been the first to build Shang cities.
  • The upper class was made up of war lords and royal officials.
  • The Shang kings chose war lords.
  • most people were farmers.
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Spirits & ancestors

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  • They worshipped gods and spirits

* they honored their ancestors

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Telling the future

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  • religion and government were closely linked.

* kings tried to tell the future by oracle bones.

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The Chinese language

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  • Chinese languages used pictographs

* tideographs, symbols for,whole words instead of alphabet

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Shang artists

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  • produced dishes, vases, silk & statues

* best known for bronze work

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What is a dynasty?

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A line of rulers from the same family

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What is an aristocrat?

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A noble or a member of the ruling class.

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What is a pictograph?

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Characters that stand for objects.

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What is an ideograph?

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Characters that join 2 or more pictographs to form an idea.

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What is Anyang?

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The first capital, where the kings ruled.

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What is the definition of recover?

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To get back or restore.

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What is the definition of interpret?

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A translation.

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What was the role of the Shang warlords?

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They governed the kingdom’s territories.

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What tools did they make?

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Iron plows and irrigation.

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What was the Mandate of Heaven?

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The formal order that gave the Zhou kings power to rule.

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How did they fall?

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The local rulers made their own states and fought.

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What is a bureaucracy?

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A government with lots of departments.

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What is a mandate?

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It is a formal order.

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What is Dao?

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The proper way to keep the gods happy.

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Who was Wu Wang?

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The aristocrat who rebelled against the Shang and started the Zhou.

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What is the definition of link?

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A connection.

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What is an item?

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A part.

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What was the chief duty of Chinese kings?

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To carry out all the religious tasks.

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What factors influenced the rise of china’s first civilization?

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The factors are the rivers, mountains and deserts.

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Why were China’s early rulers so powerful?

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They controlled the land, had big armies, THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN.

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What is the definition of social class?

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A group of people who share a similar position in society.

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What is the definition of filial piety?

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Practice of showing respect to parents & elders.

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What is the definition of rely?

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To depend on.

30
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What is the definition of convince?

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To persuade.

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Why did the amount of land owned by each aristocrat decrease over time?

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The aristocrats divided them to give to their sons.

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What is the definition of legalism?

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People are evil, they need strict laws and punishments to do their duty.

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What is the definition of theory?

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A set of ideas to explain something.

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What is the definition of promote?

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To advance.

35
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What is the definition of Daoism?

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Chinese philosophy that tells you to go to nature, give up worldly desires, and follow the Dao.

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What is Confucianism?

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Chinese philosophy that tells you to do your duty and be nice.

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Why did Hanfeizi believe that people needed laws and punishments?

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Because people are naturally evil.

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How was Chinese society organized?

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Top: aristocrats
Middle: farmers
Bottom: merchants

39
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What were the three main Chinese philosophies of the time?

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Daoism, legalism, confucism

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Name the three main Social classes of early China

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The aristocrats the farmers and merchants

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Why were the merchants not allowed to have government jobs?

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The Chinese kings thought they were too greedy

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What were the two primary responsibilities of women in Chinese society

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Raise the children and manage the household

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Name the three major theories developed by early Chinese thinkers and about how to create a peaceful society?

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Confucianism, Daoism, legalism

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What did Confucius believe would bring peace to Chinese society?

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That everyone should be nice and do their duty

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What particular teaching of Confucius caused him to be resisted by the aristocrats

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That if people had talent they could be in the government

46
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What Chinese philosophy was based on the teachings of Laozi?

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Daoism

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Describe the primary differences between Confucianism and Daoism?

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Daoism= give up all desires follow nature 
Confucianism= be nice and do your duty
48
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What did the scholar Hanfeizi believe about human nature that was different from both Confucius and Laozi?

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He believed that humans were naturally evil

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Why did aristocrats like the philosophy of legalism

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They didn’t have to be nice and it gave them force and power

50
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Describe the Chinese estate

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A Chinese estate is big with courtyards and tiled roofs

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