Ancient China

Question 1

What are the 2 main rivers of Ancient China?

Answer 1

Yellow river and Yangtze river

Question 2

Why is China isolated from other countries

Answer 2

Its land area is in between ocean, mountains and deserts

Question 3

What 2 bodies of water surround China?

Answer 3

Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea

Question 4

2 deserts in Ancient China are?

Answer 4

Gobi Desert and Takla Makan Desert

Question 5

What are the main characteristics of Outer China

Answer 5

Its mountains and deserts made it hard to grow crops

Question 6

What are the main characteristics of Inner China

Answer 6

The area is close to water easier for crops and a better soil.

Question 7

What was the name of the first dynasty in China

Answer 7

Shang Dynasty

Question 8

What did archaeologists find in the city of Anyang

Answer 8

Human bones, nine royal tombs, treasures in the tombs, and houses made from 3 different materials.

Question 9

Why did Shang Dynasty believe in human sacrifices

Answer 9

They believed the king should be served in afterlife

Question 10

Who led the Shang government

Answer 10

Cheng Tang

Question 11

What were prisoners of war used for?

Answer 11

Events like labores or ritual sacrifices

Question 12

What tool made the Shang army so strong?

Answer 12

bronze

Question 13

How were the classes structured in Shang Dynasty

Answer 13

King, nobles, artisans, traders, farmers, slaves

Question 14

What was their religion centered on?

Answer 14

Honoring ancestors

Question 15

What are Oracle Bones?

Answer 15

The inscription on loones and shells, used for writing

Question 16

What are 2 examples of artwork during Shang Dynasty

Answer 16

Ceremonal objects and

Question 17

What dynasty took over after Shang?

Answer 17

Zhou Dynasty

Question 18

Definition of Mandate from Heaven

Answer 18

A Chinese political ideology used to legitimize the king or the Emperor of China

Question 19

Definition of fedualism

Answer 19

System of relationships to increase government stability

Question 20

Definition of The Warring States Period

Answer 20

When the lords of individual states became more ambitious and powerful then 7 states fought for power which caused 250 years of disorder

Question 21

Definition of Confucianism

Answer 21

A major idea lead from “Hundred yars of thought” led by Confucius lived from 551 to 479 BCE

Question 22

What are Analects

Answer 22

A book about Confucius ideas before he died

Question 23

What are the main teachings of Confucianism

Answer 23

Respect for elders, proper behavior and love of scholarship

Question 24

What are the main teachings of Daioism

Answer 24

Nature and a free and easy approach to life

Question 25

What is another name for Daioism

Answer 25

Taoism

Question 26

Definition of Yin and yang

Answer 26

The Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature

Question 27

What are the main teachings of Legalism?

Answer 27

Humans are sselfish and require strict laws and harsh punishments.

Question 28

Why was Legalism adopted?

Answer 28

Humans were naturally selfish and needed strict laws

Question 29

Who was the first Emperor of China

Answer 29

Qin Shi Huang

Question 30

How did Qin conquer other states?

Answer 30

through military campaings, and political manipulation

Question 31

What philosophy did Qin believe in

Answer 31

Legalism

Question 32

How did Qin divide China into sections

Answer 32

Officials appointed by the central government

Question 33

What is "standarizing the culture"

Answer 33

making everything the same

Question 34

What were three ways the culture was standarized

Answer 34

Made writing, weights and money the same

Question 35

Why was the Great Wall built

Answer 35

To protect the empire from attacks from the north

Question 36

Hoq long did it take to build the Great wall and what were the work conditions?

Answer 36

Over 2,000 years, the work conditions were dangerous and harsh with many dying

Question 37

What did Qin do to those who believed in Confucianism

Answer 37

Actively surpressed Confucianism, buried many believers alive and burned many of their philosophiccal texts

Question 38

What artifacts were found in Emperor Qin's tomb

Answer 38

Weapons, chariots, artwork, and remains of humans and animals

Question 39

Why did the Han Dynasty coome to power?

Answer 39

Because the Chinese people were unhappy with the harsh legalist rule of the Qin

Question 40

What was the 'Golden Age' of China?

Answer 40

A long period of stability and wealth, it happened when Han ruled

Question 41

What are 3 achievments in warfare?

Answer 41

Iron making, crossbows and kites

Question 42

What are 2 changes in Chinese government

Answer 42

The Han used a large organization called bureaucracy using a fixed set of rules and conditions. Han based their choices of hires of ability and knowledge having you gmen pass the Civil Service Exam

Question 43

What are 2 achievements on agriculture?

Answer 43

Chain Pumps and Iron Plows

Question 44

What were 2 main industries of Han?

Answer 44

Silk and salt

Question 46

What major achievements happened in art and how did it affect the people

Answer 46

Silk and Bamboo. It was used for writing before the invention of paper

Question 47

What 2 major achievements happened in medicine[

Answer 47

Acunpuncture and Moxibustion

Question 48

What are 2 achievments in science

Answer 48

Seismograph and Magnetic Compass

Question 49

What was the Silk Road

Answer 49

An ancient trade route from China to the Mediterranian Sea

Question 50

How did the Silk Roads promote an exchage of goods and ideas?

Answer 50

transmitted cultural exchange including theatric performance, dance and art

Question 51

Why was the Eastern silk road dangerous and how did traders overcome it?

Answer 51

Bandits desease and harsh weather. Workers used adapted camels for long journeys relied on established oasis towns for rest and supplies

Question 52

Why was the Western Silk Road dangerous and how did traders overcome it

Answer 52

Its harsh geography such as dangerous deserts like the Gobi and treacherous mountains made the western silk road dangerous. Traders made large groups called the Caravan to travel together against bandits and raiders

Question 53

How did the silk road change the daily lives of people in ancient times?

Answer 53

Facilitating the exchange of goods, ideas, religions, and technologies across vast distances.