SS Test on ancient China

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	Term	Definition
	Shang	DYNASTY: Was founded in 1600 B.C.
	Shang	DYNASTY: Was ancient China's first dynasty.
	Shang	DYNASTY: Kings had a communicator between the king and gods/ ancestors ( diviner)
	Shang	DYNASTY: Had rituals and cerimonies.
	Shang	DYNASTY: Worshipped several gods and ancestors, who were nature gods ( wind, rain, fire, etc.)
	Shang	DYNASTY: Their chief god was Shang Di.
	Shang	DYNASTY: Farmers grew grain and raised animals such as chickens and pigs. They also had silkworms for silk.
	Shang	DYNASTY: Made bronze weapons for weaponry and for vessels for rituals.
	Zhou	DYNASTY: Called the Classical age.
	Zhou	DYNASTY: Was founded in 1050 B.C.
	Zhou	DYNASTY: King Wu was a king in this dynasty.
	Zhou	DYNASTY: King Wu ruled by the "Book Of Documents."
	Zhou	DYNASTY: Had "classes." King was the highest, Nobles in the middle, and Peasants on the bottom.
	Zhou	DYNASTY: In this dynasty that had classes, Peasants were NOT slaves.
	Zhou	DYNASTY: This dynasty had a virtues system.
	Zhou	DYNASTY: Ended in 256 B.C.
	Zhou	DYNASTY: Most peasants in this dynasty were farmers.
	Qin	DYNASTY: Was started in 221 B.C.
	Qin	DYNASTY: they built the GREAT WALL OF CHINA
	Qin	DYNASTY: the great wall provided protection to this dynasty, making it protected and isolated.
	Qin	DYNASTY: used Legalism.
	Qin	DYNASTY: This dynasty used fear as a way to keep its' people under control.
	Qin	DYNASTY: This dynasty started using Standardilization, and had beuracracy.
	Qin	DYNASTY: Shi Huangdi was this dynasty's ruler.
	Qin	DYNASTY: Shi Huangdi died in 210 B.C.
	Qin	DYNASTY: 500,000 workers died in this dynasty while building the great wall.
	Qin	DYNASTY: This dynasty ended in 206 B.C.
	Han	DYNASTY: Lui Bang founded this dynasty in 206 B.C
	Han	DYNASTY: Ruler Lui Bang changed his name to Han Gaozu during this dynasty.
	Han	DYNASTY: This dynasty believed in Confucionism, who's ruler was Han Gaozu.
	Han	DYNASTY: Had a beuracracy, and already had standardilization from recent discoveries in the Qin dynasty, the dynasty before this one.
	Han	DYNASTY: The warlike ruler Wu Di took the throne in this dynasty in 140 B.C.
	Han	DYNASTY: Wu Di was a warlike ruler, therefore created armies as large as 300,000 number strong during his reign under this kingdom.
	Han	DYNASTY: Wu Di set up Civil Service.
	Han	DYNASTY: Supported Daoism.
	Han	DYNASTY: Invented the seismograph.
	Han	DYNASTY: Had the SILK ROAD.
	Han	DYNASTY: This dynasty ended in 220 A.D.
	loess	VOCABULARY: A yellow silt. Lesson 1
	basin	VOCABULARY: A bowl-shaped land area or land surrounded bu higher land. Lesson 1
	dialect	VOCABULARY: A way of speaking. Lesson 1
	legends	VOCABULARY: Stories handed down from earlier times to explain the distant past. Lesson 2
	ritual	VOCABULARY: A way of conducting a cerimony. Lesson 2
	ancestors	VOCABULARY: Relatives further back than grandparents. Lesson 2
	oracle bones	VOCABULARY: Shells and bones. Lesson 2
	oracle	VOCABULARY: A person who gives wise advice. Lesson 2
	characters	VOCABULARY: Symbols. Lesson 2
	elevation	VOCABULARY: the hight of the land. Elevation map section
	contour lines	VOCABULARY: connects all points of equal elevation. Elevation map section. Lesson 3
	heritage	VOCABULARY: A set of ideas passes down from generation to generation. Lesson 3
	virtues	VOCABULARY: Good quialities. Lesson 3
	Mandate of Heaven	VOCABULARY: An early Chinese text that calls Heaven's order to claim rule over China. Lesson 3
	philosopher	VOCABULARY: A person who studies the meaning of life. Lesson 3
	filial piety	VOCABULARY: An idea of Conficius that parents should be treated with the greatest respect. Lesson 3
	Confucianism	VOCABULARY: The teachings of Confucius. Lesson 3
	Legalism	VOCABULARY: The strict use of laws and bureaucracy. Lesson 4
	Standardization	VOCABULARY: The making of all things of a certain thing alike, such as having only one type of money. Lesson 4
	province	VOCABULARY: A political region similar to countries, like the individual states of the United States. Lesson 4
	clay soldiers	TEST QUESTION: Describe in 2 words the most important thing they found in Shi Huangdi's tomb. Lesson 5
	civil service	VOCABULARY: A part of a bureaucracy that oversees the day-to-day buisness of running a government. Lesson 6
	Daoism	VOCABULARY: The key to happiness is accepting life as it is through this culture. Lesson 6
	import	VOCABULARY: Brought in. Lesson 6
	export	VOCABULARY: Sent out. Lesson 6
	ambassador	VOCABULARY: A government representative. Lesson 6
	Silk Road	VOCABULARY: This got its name from China's best selling product. It is the ____________________. Lesson 6
	profit	VOCABULARY: Money gained. Lesson 6
	caravan	VOCABULARY: A group of traders. Lesson 6
	King Wu	IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Of the Zhou dynasty.
	Shi Huangdi	IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Of the Qin dynasty.
	Han Gaozu	IMPORTANT PEOPLE: The first of the Han Dynasty.
	Wu Di	IMPORTANT PEOPLE: The second of the Han dynasty.
	false	TRUE OR FALSE: The building of the great wall had little impact on the Chinese dynasties.
	true	TRUE OR FALSE: Shi Huangdi is one of China's ancient important figures.
	false	TRUE OR FALSE: The Qin were large fans of the virtues system.
	true	TRUE OR FALSE: Confucius is now respected as an ancient Chinese philosopher.
	false	TRUE OR FALSE: The Han dynasty comes before the Qin dynasty.
	false	TRUE OR FALSE: The Shang dynasty was the second dynasty.
	true	TRUE OR FALSE: The Shang dynasty was the first dynasty.
	true	TRUE OR FALSE: The order of the dynasties are this from first to last; Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han.
	true	TRUE OR FALSE: The Silk Road was probably China's best trading route. It mainly went through Europe and Africa.
	false	TRUE OR FALSE: Silk wasn't a very important item to the ancient Chinese people.
	true	TRUE OR FALSE: The Silk Road got its name because China's main item that they traded was silk.
	reuniting all of china	IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Shi Huangdi is known for...
	Civil Service	IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Wu Di is known for starting...
	true	TRUE OF FALSE: Wu Di was a VERY warlike emperor.

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