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6SS_Ancient China
Ancient China
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| China has a wealth of natural resources name them | coal, oil, lead, tin, tungsten, iron Crops: sugarcane, tea and bananas |
| The belief that the ruler of China was chosen by heaven and that the power to rule was given to them by heaven | Mandate of Heaven |
| Other than cloth and gold what were 2 other things that traders brought to and from the places they traded with | ideas and traditions |
| Why did the Chinese keep the process of making silk a secret | so that they could get more money for the item when traded on the silk road |
| What are the natural barriers in China | Himalayian Mountains, Tibetan Plateau, Gobi Desert and Pacific Ocean |
| What Continent is China Located on | Asia |
| What is a series of rulers from the same family | Dynasty |
| What was the route called that allowed the Chinese to communicate with the rest of the world through trade? | The Silk Road |
| What was one way that Confucianism influenced China | Emphasis on the family and family values |
| Emperor Shi Huangdi had laborers work on a structure that Ming rulers later improved that was meant to keep invaders from the north out. What was that structure | The Great Wall |
| What was one of the most important Chinese inventions of all time (having to do with cloth) | Silk |
| A Chinese invention that was also used for blankets, clothes and even shoes | Paper |
| A famous food invented by the Chinese that was made from either rice or wheat | Noodles |
| The Chinese invention that was a hard ceramic or pottery | Porcelain |
| What was the Chinese invention that allowed them to make copies of things and even make books | Woodblocks |
| What was the invention that the Chinese made that helped with direction when traveling long distances | Compass |
| The medical practice that the Chinese invented that involves putting small needles into your skin to relieve pain or cure disease | Acupuncture |
| Invention that was made by the Chinese that they used for celebrations and sometime for signaling or keeping away the bad spirits | Gunpowder |
| What is the longest river in Asia that flows through eastern China | Chang Jiang |
| What is Loess | Fertile Yellow Soil |
| The time period during the Zhou Dynasty where China broke apart into many different kingdoms and fought against each other is know as | Warring States Period |
| What is the huge palace complex that included hundreds of imperial residences, temples and other government buildings that was built for the emperor, his family, his court and his servants that no one else was allowed to enter called | Forbidden City |
| What type of people were the Mongols | Nomadic |
| In ancient China social order was based on?? | Power |
| During the era of Confucius social order becomes based on?? | Respect |
| Before invading China the Mongols terrorized and took over what other 2 areas | Asia and Eastern Europe |
| What was Genghis Khan's grandsons name that continued to rule the Mongol Empire after his grandfathers death in 1227 | Kublai Khan |
| After taking over Asia, Eastern Europe and China they Mongols then sailed to | Japan |
| The Chinese are credited with many wonderful inventions name them | gunpowder, silk, compass, noodles, ice cream, woodblocks, paper money, porcelain, sundial, Kung Fu, Tai Chi, sunglasses, the bell, dominoes, kite, chopsticks, saddle, wheelbarrow, compass, ice cream |
| What were the teachings of Daoism/Taoism based on | Stresses living simply and in harmony with nature |
| As the Mongol sailed to Japan to invade they experienced difficulties in that they encountered what | huge storms |
| What were the 4 main dynasties of early China | Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han |
| What did archaeologist find in the tomb of Emperor Shi Huangdi in 1974? | Thousands of terra-cotta soldiers |
| Taoism began with a man named Lao-tzu. His teachings believe that in order to live in harmony everyone should try and live a quiet simple life close to what? | Nature |
| The Chinese also followed the religious beliefs that originally came from India called | Buddhism |
| Under the rule of the Legalist Emperor Shih Huang-ti what was done with books on history and about past rulers such as Confucius? | They were burned |
| The Huang He River flows from the Kunlun Mountains to the Yellow Sea. What is this river's nickname or otherwise known as? | Yellow River |
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