history yearly exam

Question 1

how long did dynasties ruled for?

Answer 1

1300 years

Question 2

dynasties are

Answer 2

families whose members control the government

Question 3

the main chronology or ancient china (xylophhones sound zappy, wacky, quirkcy and happy)

Answer 3

the xia, the shang, the zhou,warring states, the qin, the han

Question 4

what did rulers do in ancient china

Answer 4

taxed people, they used soldiers to enforce their will, created efficiant organisation

Question 5

what are the shi

Answer 5

the shi are wealthy, landowners, scholars, poetrs and philosphers

Question 6

what are the nong

Answer 6

the nong are peasent farmers and their families

Question 7

what are the gong

Answer 7

the gong are craftspeople and skilled people

Question 8

what are the shang

Answer 8

merchants, traders and money lenders

Question 9

social heriarchy of ancient china: (sally never goes surfing on sundays)

Answer 9

the top is the shi, then the nong, then the gong, then the shang and finally the slaves

Question 10

the three main religons in china

Answer 10

buddhism, christianity, taoism

Question 11

do all three religons belive in an afterlife?

Answer 11

no, only taoism and christianity do unlike buddhism

Question 12

one fact for buddhism

Answer 12

started during thre han period, one of the biggest in the world

Question 13

one fact on taoism

Answer 13

they were big on harmoney with nature

Question 14

one fact on christianity

Answer 14

it started in the tang dynasty and the silkroad made it popular

Question 15

what was the peaents life in ancient china

Answer 15

revolved around farming, did not own land during shang and zhou, in the han dynasty some owned small land, they would have to give 30% to landowner, gave 20% away to empire

Question 16

funery customs in ancient china:

Answer 16

belief in afterlife not really anything else

Question 17

facts about the silk road:(cacti)

Answer 17

it wasnt a road, it was a overland route, diseases spread across the silk road, traders from other lands used it to sell styff, introduction of buddhism started on the silk road, used for communication, allies, culture, trade, ideas( cacti)

Question 18

the four great inventions:

Answer 18

printing, gunpowder, paper, the compass

Question 19

acupunture:

Answer 19

long needle that goes in your body

Question 20

tar chi:

Answer 20

a sort of material art

Question 21

how did the zhou take over

Answer 21

they claimed that the mandate of heaven after war

Question 22

a fact about the xia

Answer 22

they ruled to up to 400 year with at least 17 emperors

Question 23

a fact about the shang

Answer 23

they were big on hunting animals

Question 24

a fact about the zhou

Answer 24

it was the longest lasting dynasty in the whole of ancient china

Question 25

qin shi hang di facts:

Answer 25

he was the first emperor of unified china, he ruled china from 221bc to 210 bc

Question 26

what were the warring states

Answer 26

basically the different kingdoms

Question 27

a fact about the qin

Answer 27

qin shi hngdi was their ruler and he started building the great wall of china

Question 28

a fact about the han

Answer 28

they invented one of the five great inventions of china, they made paper

Question 29

how did the months for peasent farmers go

Answer 29

spring-plough
summer-care for crops
autumn-harvest
winter-repair tools ( downtime )

Question 30

Confucius

Answer 30

Confucius is known as the first teacher in China who wanted to make education more available, he had many waays of teaching

Question 31

confucious main teachings:

Answer 31

kindness, goodness, honesty, modesty, wisdom and trustworthiness. His main rule was “do not do what other wouldnt do to you”

Question 32

what was confucious book called

Answer 32

the anelects

Question 33

guazo facts

Answer 33

he became the first leader of the han dynasty

Question 34

han wudi facts

Answer 34

he continued to rule the han dynasty and was very sexist