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Ancient China
Pre-AP Global
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| True or False: They were the oldest continuous civilization in the world. | True. |
| Western China's geography was filled with ______________ and ______________, which isolated them. | Mountains, deserts. |
| Chinese had a strong sense of ___________ ______________. | National identity. |
| The feeling that your country is superior to others. | Ethnocentrism. |
| What did the Chinese call China? | The Middle Kingdom. |
| Where did most people in China live? | Eastern China, where there are fertile river valleys. |
| River that flows through China. | Yellow/Huang He River. |
| Fertile silt. | Loess. |
| Nickname for the Yellow River because of the terrible floods. | China's Sorrow. |
| China is about the same size as the __________ __________. | United States. |
| True or False: China has the second largest population in the world, falling second to India. | False, they have the largest population. |
| True or False: China is the 4th largest country in the world. | True. |
| Line of rulers that belong to one family. | Dynasty. |
| They were the first dynasty. | Shang Dynasty. |
| Read off of oracle bones. | Shamans. |
| Chinese writing had ___________ represent larger ideas. | Characters. |
| Popular trading good in China. | Silk. |
| Who conquered the Shang Dynasty and became the longest lasting dynasty? | Zhou Dynasty. |
| The gods gave the emperor the right to rule as long as they were just. | Mandate of Heaven. |
| Chinese philosopher, stressed the importance of order to achieve harmony. | Confucius, ruled the Analects. |
| Respect for family and elders is necessary for order. | Filial piety, had five important relationships. |
| Daioism. | Philosophy that stressed the importance of nature, wrote The Tao. |