Ancient China Flaschards

Question 1

The main 2 rivers of China?

Answer 1

The Yellow River and the Yangtze River

Question 2

Why is China isolated from other countries?

Answer 2

It is surrounded by deserts, mountains, and oceans.

Question 3

Name 2 deserts.

Answer 3

The Gobi Desert, and The Takilmakan Desert.

Question 4

What are 2 bodies of water surrounding China?

Answer 4

The East China Sea and the South China Sea.

Question 5

What are the Main characteristics of outer China?

Answer 5

Has mountains deserts, and hard to grow crops.

Question 6

What are the main characteristics of inner China?

Answer 6

Was a good place to settle and grow crops and had seas and water.

Question 7

What was the name of the first dynasty in China?

Answer 7

Shang Dynasty

Question 8

What did the archeologists find in Anyang?

Answer 8

A palace, temple, houses and workshops for artisans.

Question 9

Why did the ancient Chinese believe in human sacrifices?

Answer 9

Because they believed the king must be served in the afterlife.

Question 10

Who led the Shang government?

Answer 10

A powerful king

Question 11

What were prisoners of war used for?

Answer 11

They were used for labor and human sacrifices.

Question 12

What tool made the army so strong?

Answer 12

Bronze weapons.

Question 13

What groups made up the social classes in the Shang dynasty?

Answer 13

Kings/Queens, Nobles, Artisans, Traders, Farmers, and Slaves.

Question 14

What was ancient Chinese religion centered on?

Answer 14

Ancestor worship

Question 15

What were oracle bones?

Answer 15

Bones made from turtle shells or a shoulder blade of a cow used to seek advice from ancestors.

Question 16

What are 2 examples of art during the Shang dynasty?

Answer 16

Vessels and jade peices.

Question 17

What dynasty took over after the Shang?

Answer 17

The Zhou dynasty

Question 18

Define - Mandate From Heaven

Answer 18

A divine right to rule over China

Question 19

Define - Feudalism

Answer 19

A system of government based on land owners and tenants

Question 20

Define - the Warring States period

Answer 20

250 years of disorder in China when smaller states fought for more power

Question 21

Define - Confucianism

Answer 21

A way of life based on the teachings of Kongfuzi

Question 22

What are the main teachings of Confucianism?

Answer 22

Ceremonies are important, treat parents well, and be obedient to powerful people

Question 23

What are the main teachings of Daoism?

Answer 23

A force runs throughout the world, the Yin and Yang, and immortality.

Question 24

What is another name for Daoism?

Answer 24

Taoism

Question 25

Define - Yin Yang

Answer 25

Yin = shaded Yang = sunlit Opposites that compliment each other

Question 26

What are the main teachings of Legalism?

Answer 26

Rulers should have absolute power, people are internally selfish, and strict laws and harsh punishments.

Question 27

Why was legalism adopted?

Answer 27

Because Qin rulers admired the writings of Hanfeizi and wanted a strong government

Question 28

What are the Analects?

Answer 28

Books with sayings and teachings of Confucius (Kongfuzi)

Question 29

Who was the first emperor of China?

Answer 29

Qin Shi Huangdi

Question 30

How did Qin conquer the other states?

Answer 30

Bribery, military might, and alliances.

Question 31

What Philosophy did Qin believe in?

Answer 31

Legalism

Question 32

How did he divide China into sections?

Answer 32

He divided China to 36 districts.

Question 33

What is "standardizing the culture"?

Answer 33

To make the culture the same.

Question 34

Three ways the culture was standardized.

Answer 34

A writing system, a money system, and a weighing system.

Question 35

Why was the Great Wall built?

Answer 35

To protect China from northern enemies.

Question 36

How long did it take to build the Great Wall and what were the work conditions?

Answer 36

It took 10 years to build the wall and the work conditions were very bad because many people died.

Question 37

What did Emperor Qin do to those that believed in Confucianism?

Answer 37

He killed 460 Confucius scholars.

Question 38

What articles were found in Emperor Qin's tomb?

Answer 38

Terracotta soldiers, precious jewelry, and tools.

Question 39

Why did the Han dynasty come to power?

Answer 39

The dynasty arose because they were unhappy with the harsh rule of the Qin.

Question 40

What was the Golden Age of China?

Answer 40

A period during the Han dynasty that had stability and wealth.

Question 41

What are 3 achievements in warfare?

Answer 41

Iron making, crossbows, and kites.

Question 42

What are 2 changes in the Chinese government?

Answer 42

They used Bureaucracy and hired people off ability and knowledge.

Question 43

What are 2 achievements in agriculture?

Answer 43

The chain pump and iron plows.

Question 44

What were the 2 main industries in China?

Answer 44

Silk and Salt

Question 45

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

Answer 45

A major achievement in art is the invention of paper which was cheaper to make and easier to bind together into books.

Question 46

What are 2 achievements in medicine?

Answer 46

The invention of Acupuncture and Moxibustion.

Question 47

What are 2 achievements in science?

Answer 47

The Seismograph and the Magnetic Compass.

Question 48

What was the silk road?

Answer 48

A series of trade routes that went from China to the Mediterranean sea that encouraged trade between different empires.

Question 49

How did the Silk Road promote an exchange of goods and ideas?

Answer 49

Because it had items that were only made in certain countries.

Question 50

Why was the Eastern Silk Road dangerous and how did traders overcome its challenges?

Answer 50

It was dangerous because it went across deserts, and they overcame the challenges by having many stops.

Question 51

Why was the Western Silk Road dangerous and how did traders overcome its challenges?

Answer 51

It was difficult because of the mountains, and they overcame the challenges by using animals to help.

Question 52

How did the Silk Road change the daily lives of people in ancient China?

Answer 52

It changed lives by creating opportunities for people to trade.