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What are the three great river systems that flow through China?
Huang He (Yellow River), Chang Jiang (Yangtze), and Xi Jiang.
What makes the Yellow River yellow?
the yellow colored loess (clay) found in the water.
What river is called “China’s sorrow?”
The Huang He or Yellow River.
What helped China remain isolated?
China’s geography helped it remain isolated. It is surrounded by mountains, desert, and ocean
What did the Chinese call their land?
The Chinese called their land the Middle Kingdom or Zhong Guo.
When did the Shang Dynasty rule?
The Shang Dynasty ruled from about 1700 – 1000 BC
What is a bureaucracy?
A bureaucracy is a group of non-elected officials that help manage the empire.
What were some of the Shang Dynasty’s accomplishments?
Their accomplishment include a written script, metal casting skills, ivory and jade statues, elegantly colored cloth, and the first Chinese cities.
What were oracle bones?
Priests wrote a question on an animal bone or tortoise shell. Heat was applied, the bone would crack and the priest would interpret the pattern for the answer.
Describe Chinese writing.
Chinese use characters for their writing
How did the Shang Dynasty end?
The Zhou Dynasty conquered the Shang Dynasty.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
the authority to rule is granted by the gods. Could lose the Mandate of Heaven if they did not govern properly, and someone else could start a new dynasty
List 5 accomplishments of the Zhou Dynasty
The Zhou built roads, longest dynasty*, expanded trade, used horses and horse-drawn chariots, used the crossbow, and used iron plows.
What happened to China during the warring states period?
War lords/rulers controlled various areas or states during this tumultuous time. The war lords constantly fought each other to gain control of more territory.
What were 4 accomplishments of the Qin?
Defeated the war lords, a system of weights and measures, standardized coins, instituted uniform writing, created a code of laws, and built the Great Wall***
How long is the Great Wall of China? How many people died builting it?
The Great Wall of China is about 1500 miles long and over 300,000 peasants died
