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Socials 8 China Unit 1 Flashcards

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What is a civilization?

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An advanced state of development in a human society

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What is a dynasty?

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A succession of rulers from the same family. A period of time during which they ruled.

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What are steppes?

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A vast treeless plain of Europe or Asia

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What is loess?

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Packed silt that was deposited by glaciers, makes very fertile land good for crops

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What are the eight features of civilization

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Social structure, Central government, religion, commerce, pubic works, technology, knowledge transfer, Art/Culture

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What are the four types of maps?

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Political, physical (topographical), thematic, historical

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What is a political map?

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A map that shows political boundaries such as provinces or countries. Shows names of cities and towns

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What is a physical or topographical map?

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A map that shows physical land form features, mountain elevations, rivers

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What is a thematic map?

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A map that displays information such as a population distribution, pollution levels, weather map, a temperature map,

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What is a historical map, such as past boundaries or moves of an army during war?

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A map that shows how things were in the past.

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How did mountains promote settlement on the North China Plain?

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they gave protection from enemies

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How did desert promote settlement on the North China Plain?

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it gave protection

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How did jungle promote settlement on the North China Plain?

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it gave protection

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Name the two major rivers in China

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Huang He (means yellow river) in the north, and the Yangtze river in the south

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How did being near ocean promote settlement on the North China Plain?

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transportation, food, protection, and able to see invaders coming

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How did being between two rivers promote settlement on the North China Plain?

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transportation, very fertile land for growing food, because the rivers flood

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How did being near a river promote settlement on the North China Plain?

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a freshwater source, and food

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How did flat land promote settlement on the North China Plain?

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easy to build homes on and easier for farming

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How did temperatures promote settlement on the North China Plain?

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warm temperatures is good for farming and for survival

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What is China’s climate like?

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There is a big difference between north and south. North is sub-artic cold winters and dry summers, south is subtropical with mild temperatures and lots of rain.

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How did rainfall promote settlement on the North China Plain?

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moderate rainfall is good for growing crops

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What are the six Chinese Dynasties

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Shang, Zhou, Qun, Han, Sui, Tang

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What philosophy did the Shang Dynasty follow?

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Animism, they believed that people should have a positive relationship with nature spirits. If you don’t, bad things will happen.

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What are ‘dragon bones’ writings?

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the earliest writing that showed how Chinese culture started 1600-1050 BCE

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Around 1600 BCE what happened to the people in the little villages

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Warriors called the Shang, who ruled from a fortress at Anyang, took over

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What did the Shang warriors do to these people and their homes?

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Divided them up into regions ruled by nobles who pledged loyalty to the Shang king

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How did you get to be a noble?

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You had to be the head of a clan, which often claimed to have a common mythical ancestor

28
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Where did nomadic (wandering) warriors live and fight?

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The northern steppes

29
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What is a society?

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A community with the agreed upon customs and organization

30
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What is a noble?

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A person who receives a high rank in society because of the family they were born into, often the head of a clan

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What is a clan?

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A group of people who are descended from the same ancestor

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In Shang times, what kind of houses did kings and nobles live in?

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Wood or stone

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Where did artisans live?

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Near the capital where rich people lived, so they could sell what they made.

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What did most people do for a living?

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Most people were farmers in the Huang He valley

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How did the fertile land help people?

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The farmers could grow more food than they could eat (a surplus) which let the population grow

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How did a surplus of food change what jobs people could do?

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Other people could have new jobs such as metal worker and trade tools for food

37
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Did peasants have a nice life?

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No it was harsh. Houses were dug into the oil and roofed with thatch (reeds/twigs), they labored for food, and were forced to build roads or fight with no pay

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What did peasants have to build to prevent flooding?

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Dikes along the Huang He river to keep the water out of the fields

39
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Why was Emporer Yu a good leader?

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He did not take a break even to see his family for 13 years, he worked to stop the flooding, and people respected him

40
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How was Shang culture a ‘hotbed’ of ideas?

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developed a new system of writing, they made fine pottery, new dish shapes that are still used, metalworking in bronze

41
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What was unusual about the metal working?

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Making bronze ‘monster masks’ representing gods and spirits, used to make religious items used by royalty

42
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What material did the Shang perfect?

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silk making

43
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What is a surplus?

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What is left over after requirements are met ie extra crops that a farmer can sell

44
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What is a thatch roof?

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a roof made of straw or reeds

45
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What is a dike?

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A construction made to hold back water

46
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What is silk?

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A delicate cloth made from the strands of silk spun by silkworms to make their cocoons

47
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What is animism?

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the belief that natural things, such as trees, rocks, rivers, starts and locatins have a spiritual existence as well as a physical one.

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What were the three things Shang felt surrounded by?

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Many gods, nature spirits, ancestor spirits

49
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Who was Shang Di

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the high God, who sent good harvests and victory in battles. He controled thunder and rain. He could also make you lose and have bad harvests

50
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Who was Huang Hi

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a nature spirit (this is a form of animism)

51
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Who would the Gods only listen to?

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The king’s dead ancestors’ spirits could talk to the Gods, and the king could only talk to his ancestor’s spirits.

52
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Did the Shang worship their ancestors?

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No they just asked them for help

53
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How did the Shang communicate with spirits?

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They wrote on ‘dragon bones’

54
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What are the two parts of Shang religion that are still used today?

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Feng Shui and Yin/Yang

55
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What is Yin/Yang?

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Opposites. Yin is earth, dark feminine. Yang is heaven, light and masculine

56
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Are yin/yang in conflict?

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No, they are part of the whole and the two forces depend on each other.

57
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What is Feng Shui?

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Feng means wind and shui means water. They represent how the environment has an affect on human well being

58
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What is Qi?

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(Chi) the natural force that travels in wind and water

59
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Who defeated the Shang Dynasty?

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The Zhou

60
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What happened to the last Shang king?

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He was captured by the Zhou and beheaded!!!

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