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China
6th Grade Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| oracle bones (Shang Dynasty) | pieces of bones or turtle shells used in the Royal Divation (ceremonies)They were used by heating them to see how cracks formed to predict future events |
| silk (Shang Dynasty) | develped by 3000 B.C., huge trade item, kept the Shang kept their knowledge of how to make silk to themselves |
| Mandate of Heaven (Zhou Dynasty) | the belief that the Chinese emperors right to rule came from the gods |
| Confucianism (Zhou Dynasty) | A system of beliefs and behavior based on the teachings of Confucius, who said that people should lead good lives by studying ancient traditions; stressed the importance of respecting one's family and ancestors. |
| Shihuangdi (Qin Dynasty) | First Grand Emperor; unified China with powerful armies and strengthened government; created standard writing and money systems across his empire |
| Great Wall of China (Qin Dynasty) | a wall built to help the Chinese keep out petential enemies (ex: Huns/Mongolians) |
| Silk Road (Han Dynasty) | trade routes that provided a route for merchants and traders to transport goods (most famous trade route in ancient China) |
| seismograph (Han Dynasty) | an invention that allowed people to detect the presence of an earthquake so that needed supplies could be delievered. |
| Siddartha Guatuama (Han Dynasty) | founder of Buddhism |
| yin/yang (Sui Dynasty) | term for the balance in the world (ex: light/dark, male/female) |
| Grand Canal (Sui Dynasty) | a waterway in China connecting Beijing with cities to the South; still used for shipping today |
| Wu Hao (Tang Dynasty) | female empress during the Tang Dynasty known for encouraging volunteerism within Chinese culture |
| poetry (Tang Dynasty) | type of literature that the Chinese are famous for |
| Wu Zetian/ Wu Hao (Tang Dynasty) | the only female in Chinese history to rule as emperor. She was known for encouraging volunteerism within Chinese culture. |
| Taoism (Song Dynasty) | a major religion during the Song Dynasty; promotes the ideas of balance and harmony. |
| Neo-Consucianism (Song Dynasty) | the ideas of this philosophy merges the ideas of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism |
| reincarnation (Song Dynasty) | a Hindu belief that people move in a constant cycle of life, death, and rebirth |
| loess | light, powdery silt that both helps to keep parts of China's land fertile, but also clogs irrigation canals |
| Huang | called the "Yellow River" and helps the Chinese to grow crops such as rice and wheat |
| Confucius | philospher who taught that there must be respect within Chinese culture (leaders must respect their subjects to be followed, and a child must respect his or her parents to earn respect in return) |
| dynasty | term given to the line of rulers who belong to the same family |
| Grand Canal | during the Sui dynasty, the Chinese built this waterway, which increased trade and transportation throughout the dynasty. |
| market | type of economy China has today (this economy means that they are in direct compeittion with us, since we also have this type of economic system) |
| Opium War | the war during the Ming Dynasty between the Chinese and the British over the grade of a drug. The British won, due to their massive naval fleet, and won the right to trade this drug for profit. |
| steppe | on this area north of the Huang River, teh geography is dry and treeless and people have to herd sheep and cattle for agriculture. |
| Traditional Economy | a type of economy baed on past ways of doing business |
| Kublai Khan | name of the Mongolian ruler who took over China during the Yuan Dynasty and organized many waterway projects |
| Beijing | During the Ming Dynasty, the capital city moved from Nanjing to here ? |
| Command Economy | This type of economy exists when the government sets the price for items and determines standards of sales |
| Himalayas | This mountain chain creates a geographic barrier for the Chinese to their south |
| Mongolia | A culture that China frequently interacted with |
| over population | an example of this is that there are over 1 billion Chinese people in China |
| WWI | a major was in the early 1900s that was a distraction away from how the Japanese were treating the Chinese |
| democracy | the massacre at Tiananment Square in 1989 primarily occurred becasue students were protesting to show support towards this type of government |
| communism | the government troops slaugtered hundreds of studetns at Tiananmen Square because the troops were trying to show support for this type of government? |
| WTO | an organization that China entered in the 1900s, which allowed them to become a major player in the world-wide economy. |
| Asia | the continent that China is on |
| 1 child policy | a policy established by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979 to limit communist China's population growth. |
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