Histroy

Question 1

When did pre imperal china start

Answer 1

Around 6500 years ago

Question 2

What are the three main dynasties we need to know

Answer 2

The shang, 1650-1050BC, The zhou, the warring staes and the Qin

Question 3

What didi the shang do

Answer 3

They introduced tax, created feudalism, and started written records

Question 4

What did the Zhou do and what time period

Answer 4

The Zhou 1050-221 BC Claimed teh mandate of heaven, strenghtened feudalism.

Question 5

What happened during the warring states

Answer 5

Started in 475BC and finished in 221BC - first time china experienced true chaos and panice, started with 150 states and finished with 7

Question 6

When was the Qin and what happened then

Answer 6

Ruled from
Qin Shi Hungdi
High taxes and food shortages caused rebellion
221BC-206BC

Question 7

what are the two main socail structures

Answer 7

The shi - a ruling group of nobles, scholars and official
The Nong - peasant farmers

Question 8

What percent of china was peaseants

Answer 8

90% out of about 60 mil, such as farmers etc

Question 9

What was the slave population

Answer 9

60,000 out of 60 mil

Question 10

what were the two main areas of chinas location

Answer 10

The eastern section taking up about 1/3 of chna heartland for farming, and teh north west china raking up about 2/3 of china, enviorment unsuitable for farming.

Question 11

What rivers developed in eastern china

Answer 11

Huang river- yangtze river- Xi river and zhuijang delta

Question 11

Who was qin shi haugndi

Answer 11

A emperor during teh Qin dynasty who established in 221 BC

Question 12

How did Qin shi haungdi unify china

Answer 12

By creating one central goverment and created a bigger militrary

Question 13

What building projects did qin shi huangdi contruibuite in

Answer 13

teh great wall of china as he coneccted and expanded the already exsiting buildings

Question 14

What did Qin shi huangdi do to scholars and books

Answer 14

He burned books to destroy the histroy of china as he thought his ways were better and the 460 shcolars who disagreeded/ tried to protect teh books were burried alive in his tomb w him

Question 15

What were the three main cultures in China

Answer 15

Confuciasm, Buhhdasim, Daoism

Question 16

What were teh values and beliefs of daoism

Answer 16

Teachings of teh way, if you lived simply with nature and avoided wealth, and ambition then their world would be balanced.

Question 17

What were the beliefs and values of confuciasm

Answer 17

He taught that a worthy person would be honest, loyal, self-sacrificing, loving, well mannered and have good moral standards. And to respect your parents/ elders but thought girls should stay in the kitchen etc. except the oldest women she was wise and held knowledge.

Question 18

what were the beliefs and values of buhhdasim

Answer 18

It tought the noble truths
all exsistence is suffering
suffering is cuased by desire
nirvana
and people can reach nirvana ‘the eightfold path’.

Question 19

How are China and silk related

Answer 19

Chinese learnt how to make silk and kept it a secret
they placed a high price on silk and used it for
luxury clothing and scrolls
To pay taxes
To pay for services
To reward achievements

Question 20

what civilizations did china contact through the silk road

Answer 20

Using this route, Chinese traders sold silk to Babylon, Greece, India and Rome, gaining China links with western Asia and Europe.
Traders from other lands used the same route to sell their local products (such as walnuts, cucumbers,, hemp plants and grape vines) to the Chinese.

Question 21

When did the silk road come into exsistence

Answer 21

in the han dynasty

Question 22

What cultures did the silk road introduce?

Answer 22

The silk road mainly introduced buuhdasim through trading with india and the middle east

Question 23

What does
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