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49 Cards in this Set
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Why does China have very little farm land...
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because most of its country is mountains or desert.
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What are the 2 main rivers in China...
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Yellow and Yangtze River
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The mountains to the south and west are______________ Mountains and the are the tallest in the world.
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Himalayan
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What kept China isolated?
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The geography
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In the west and Northwest, formed a__________ ___________.
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Natural Barrier
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Archaeologists believe the _________ ____ Vally was the center of Chinese Civilizations.
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Huang He
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The first rulers were part of the...
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Xia Dynasty
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What was the first capitol of China?
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Anyang, it was built during the Shang Dynasty.
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What were the groups of the Shang Dynasty...
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1. The King & his family.
2. Warlords and officials. 3.Aristocrats & Nobels 4. Traders & Artisans 5. Farmers then Slaves |
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What did the Shang Dynasty believe in?
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Spirits, Gods, Ancestors, with offerings,
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What did the Shang kings depend on?
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Strong armies to maintain, defend and expand their kingdoms.
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Clans-
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a large group of family members and friends.
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dynasty-
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a family or a group that rules for severals years.
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_____ __________ ruled longer than any other dynasty.
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Zhou Dynasty
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Mandate of heaven-
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a power to law believed to be granted by a god.
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The ____ was the proper way for kings to rule their dynasty.
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Dao
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What was developed during the Zhou Dynasty?
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irrigation, Flood controls, and the plow.
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WHat was and important trade in the Zhou Dynasty
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Silk
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The period of _______ ______ occurred before the fall of the Zhou dynasty. During this time the local rulers started to fight each other.
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warring States
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A ______ ______ includes people who share a similar position in society.
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Social Class
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What were the 3 Chinese social classes?
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Aristocrats, farmers, and merchants.
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Most Chinese people were ______.
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Farmers
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What did farmers pay the Aristocrats?
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They paid them crops.
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Who was the lowest class?
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Merchants
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Chinese families were...
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large
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In China what were the children expected to do?
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They were expected to work.
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What came first to the Chinese people?
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There family came first.
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Filial piety-
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means children had to respect parents and elders.
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Legalism-
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A chinese philosopher that emphasizes strict obedience of laws
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What does the scholar Hanfeizi developed?
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Legalism
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___ was a ruler of a local state during the Zhou dynasty.
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Qin
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Qin's rule was based on _______.
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Legalism
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What did Qin do to China?
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He created one type of currency ordered the building of roads and buildings and connected the Chang Jiang to Central China with a canal.
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Great wall-
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A stone wall created by Qin to defend Chinas Northern Boundary.
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Men were considered more _________ that woman in Chinese Society.
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Important
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Men went to _______, ran the ___________ and fought _______.
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School, Government, Wars
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Woman raised children and managed there ____________.
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Households
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What is Daoism?
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Live in harmony with nature.
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who was the first emperor who ruled a united china
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shihuagdi
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what roles did men and women play in the home of ancient china
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men most important went to school, ran the government fought wars. women raised children and managed the home
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what developed legalism
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hanfeizi
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what new inventions were developed during the han dynasty
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waterwheel, the rudder, drillbits,and paper
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What is acupuncture and under what dynasty did it start.
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the practice of easing pain by sticking needles into patients skin - han dyansty
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What the fall of the han dynasty what helped people cope with the chaotic times that followed.
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budhism- from india
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what was the silk road
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the over land route from china to the edge of the mediterranean sea and then by boat to rome, italy
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what ideas spread by means of the silk road
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buddhism spread from india to china
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how was the expansion of the silk road mad possible by the han dynasty
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his military force drove the nomad people back to open up the trade route to the west
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what is silk
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fibers taken from the cocoon of a silkworm and made into a cloth that is strong, warm, light, and soft
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what is a caravan and why were they used
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a group of people traveling together usually on camels
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