Ancient China Flashcards
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Where is China located?
East Asia
Ancient China included _____ _____ and 4 ______ ______.
China Proper and 4 outlying reigons
What were the 4 outlying reigions?
Mongolia, Manchuria, Tibet, and Sinkang
What landforms covered western China?
Rugged mountains, high plateaus, and great deserts
What isolated CHina from the rest of Asia?
Mountains, plateaus and deserts
What did China’s isolation led to?
The development of its own distinctve culture
What made the Chinese feel superior?
Lack of contact with other people
What did the Chinese call “The center of the world”
Middle Kingdom
Where did most people in China live?
Eastern 1 3/4rd
What did the East have?
Fertile river valleys and plains to grow crops
Which 3 areashad dense populations?
Huang He Valley, Yangtze Valley, Northern Plain
Where carries large amounts of Yellowish silt?
Yellow River
Why was the Huang He called “Chinas Sorrow”
Its destructive floods
How did floodwaters benfit benefit China?
Deposited silt and built up rich soit
Where the Chinese seafarung people?
NO
Northern China has - ___ winters, ___ summers ___ rainfall.
Cold, hot, iregular
Southern China has - ___ winters, ___ summers, ___ rainfall.
Mild, Hot, Plentiful
The Huang He valley is one of the ____________ in the world.
Cradles of civilazation
The goverment was organized by the…
Shang Dynasty
The first of a long line of dynasties in 1912….
Shang
What helped prevent floods?
Dikes and Drianage canals
Carried water from Huang He to nearby fields
Irrigation systems
United more than (1,000) city-states.
Shang rulers
What did the Shang use to protect their kingdom?
War chariots and advanced weapons
