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Ancient China
Use to help study for your Ancient China Unit Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gobi Desert | separates north China. |
| Silt Deposits | This helped farmer grow crops. |
| Yu the Great | Started the Xia dynasty |
| Shang Social Order | Nobles Artisans Farmers Slaves |
| Writing System | The Shang were the first to create a |
| Analects | The name of the book that complied all of the teachings of Confucius. |
| Daoism | Says all people should live in harmony with nature. |
| Laozi | Famous Daoist Teacher |
| Ying Zheng | First emperor of the Qin dynasty. He gave himself the name "Shi Huangdi" which mean first emperor. Believed in Legalism. |
| Great Wall of China | Was built to help protect China From invaders. |
| Liu Bang | Liu Bang (lee-oo bang) was a peasant who ended becoming the first emperor of the Han dynasty. |
| Wudi | took over after Liu Bang. Wudi made Confucianism the official government policy of China. |
| Family Structure | Was the highest importance to the Chinese during the Han dynasty. |
| Iron plow and wheelbarrow | till more land and raise more crops. farming was better. |
| Silk Road | Trade route that started in China and ended by the Mediterranean sea. It made China rich. It was 4,000 miles long. |
| Punishable by death | Share silk was a crime that was ________________________ because the Chinese didn't want to share this skill and loss money. |
| Huang-He river | Was known as "China's Sorrow" |
| Shang Period | influenced writing in China. |
| Han Social Class (Confusions Social Structure) | Farmers are higher then Merchants |
| Han Artisits | Painted art the showed daily living in China. |
| Shang Military | Made armor and weapons. This made their army strong and advanced. |
| Zhou Government | Used land to make the load loyal to them. |
| Jade | A green gem stone. |
| Ethics | Moral values |
| Shi Huangdi | Unified China by make all the Laws, money and language the same. |
| Seismograph | A devise that was used to measure earthquakes. |
| Sundial | A devise used to tell time using the sun and shadows. |
| Acupuncture | the practice of inserting small needles through the skin at a specific points to cure disease or relieve pain. |
| Wheelbarrow | Single wheeled cart. |
| Silk | a soft, light, highly valued fabric |
| Diffusion | the spread of ideas from one culture to another. |