1) Flashcards
(22 cards)
Zhong Guo
Middle Kingdom
How much is China covered by mountains?
1/3 (Kun Lun, Tian Shan)
How much of China is desert
1/5 (Gobi)
What are the three main rivers?
Huang He (Yellow river)-civilization centered here Chang Jiang (Yangtze) Did Jiang (West)
Yellow River has rich deposits of…..
Loess (mineral rich soil)
Pan Gu
giant who hatched from an egg-founder of China
According to legend who started China’s 1st dynasty
Yu the Great and was named Xia
The first official Chinese dynasty was to actually have written record was who?
Shang
Who founded the first dynasty?
Cheng Tang
What does Wang mean?
Big man
They worshiped what?
Their deceased ancestors
Why did they have to appease the ancestors?
Because they believe that they control their future and give them good fortune.
What was the center of Chinese society?
Family was at the center
What are oracle bones used for?
They are used to obtain advice/predict the future
Chinese script writing
Basis for Chinese system of writing.
Pictographs
Very complicated with between 1500 to 10000 characters(letters) to be learned
What was the major first dynasty city?
Anyang
Who is Wu?
He overthrew the Shang dynasty around the year 1027 B.C and established the Zhou Dynasty.
During the second dynasty, they started to worship who?
Tian (heaven)
Dynasty cycle
1 founded
2 prosperity
3 decline
4 rebellion and replaced
Ruler’s title changes to what?
(Tian) Son’s of Heaven
Mandate of Heaven (right to rule from power) how rulers came to power! What was a sign they had lost the mandate.
natural disaster, high taxes and corruption were signs from heaven that they had lost the Mandate of Heaven.
Feudalism
government in witch kings, lords, and nobles rule.
