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 Where early Chinese civilization developed? | By the yellow and yangtze rivers or the north china plain. |
| The first dynasty in China? | The shang dynasty |
| What were the barriers that surrounded China? | The Gobi and Talimaken deserts and the Himalayan mountains. |
| Dynasty that used oracle bones? | Shang |
| Dynasty that developed pictographs? | Shang |
| Ancient Chinese belief that a ruler lost the gods' approval? | Mandate of Heaven |
| The time when there was constant fighting among the different nobles in China? | Time of Warring States |
| Emperor of the Qin dynasty? | Shi Huangdi |
| Emperor who had the Great Wall built? | Shi Huangdi |
| Government in which a ruler appoints officials to run an office? | bureaucracy |
| Dynasty that started using set a set up tests to test peoples knowledge of Confucianism? | Han |
| Philosophy that believed you had to live in harmony with nature? | Daoism |
| Teacher of Confucianism? | Confucius |
| Main belief of Confucianism? | Respect for family and society creates peace and harmony |
| She ruled China after her husband Liu Bang died and ruled by placing infants on the throne? | Empress Lu |
| Ended the fighting between Chinese states and united China under the Qin dynasty? | Shi Huangdi |
| The philosophy that was also influential outside of China? | buddhism |
| An animal bone or turtle shell on which royal priests wrote questions to the gods? | oracle bones |
| System of writing that the Shang dynasty started? | pictographs |
| Study of basic truths and ideas or a way of thinking? | philosophy |
| Believed people need harsh punishments to make them afraid to do wrong? | Legalism |
| Credited with starting Daoism? | Laozi |
| Followers needed to respect authority practice good conduct and be a benefit to society? | Confucianism |
| Followers did not try to change things or get involved in government? | daoism |
| Included the five relationships? | Confucianism |
| Connected China to Europe? | silk roads |
| The spread of ideas and customs to other parts of the year? | cultural diffusion |
| Believed that human nature was wicked and society was in disorder? | daoism |
| Chinese inventions? | kite fireworks ice cream silk paper wheelbarrow plow collar harness watermill paper silk silk roads |
| Dynasty after Han? | Sui |
| Effects of the fall of the Han Dynasty? | Disorder wars invasions floods droughts food shortages |
| How did Buddhism spread to China? | Missionaries and traders carried Buddhism to China along the Silk Roads. |
| Buddhism is based on the teachings of ___. | Siddhartha Gautama |
| How did Confucianism change during the Song Dynasty? | It was a blend of Buddhism and Daoism. |
| Who was the ruler of the Sui Dynasty? | Yang Jian changed his name to Wendi. |
| What did Wendi do to unify China? | Restored old political traditions that reminded China of their glorious past, allowed people to follow own beliefs, rebuilt Great Wall |
| What Dynasty came after the Sui? | Tang |
| What Dynasty was known as the Golden Age because art and literature reached great heights? | Tang |
| During the Tang Dynasty how was the government run? | Emperor his advisers bureaucracy |
| Who was a scholar-offical? | A person who passed the state exam |
| What Dynasty took over after the Tang? | Song |
| What happened during the Tang and Song Dynasties that improved the economy? | 1. The government built waterways and roads, planted a new rice crop |
| What happened because of the growth of trade during the Song Dynasty? | Tang and Song governments began to print paper money. |
| Six inventions during the Tang and Song Dynasties. | 1.wood-block printing 2.paper 3.movable type 4.gunpowder 5. magnetic compass 6. porcelain |
| Who were the fierce nomadic warriors that conquered China? | Mongols |
| Who was the ruler of the Mongols and started the Yuan Dynasty? | Kublai Khan |
| The Mongols developed a thriving sea trade. Which famous European explorer became an assistant to the Kublai Kan and traveled throughout China? | Marco Polo |
| What Dynasty took over after the Mongols? | Ming Dynasty |
| Who was the ruler of the Ming Dynasty? | Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu) |
| What improvements did the Ming emperors make in China? | encouraged Confucianism, brought back exams, rebuilt roads, extended the Great Wall, lowered taxes, gave land to the farmers, enlarged capital at Beijing |
| How did Yongle extend Chinese influence and win tribute from other countries? | He built a great fleet of ships for exploration that completed 7 long voyages |
| How did China's policies change after the death of Yongle and Zheng He? | Ming government ended maritime (related to the sea) voyages and banned the building of seagoing ships. |
| What was the last Chinese Dynasty? | Qing |
| The people of the Qing Dynasty were known as the _____. | Manchus |
| How did the Manchus gain power? | They took advantage of the Ming weakness |
| During what Dynasty was the Forbidden City built? | Ming |