Huang He River Valley

Bellringer: 1. Pick up the papers by the door. 2. Update your ToC: Page 20: Notes: Huang He River Valley Page 21: Reading Questions: Huang He River Valley 3. Write down your HW: Your UNIT 1 TEST is NEXT CLASS! Continue to study for your test. 4. Take out your notes from your reading (p. 46-51) and have them out on your desk.

Agenda: Bellringer NOTES: Huang He (Yellow) River Valley in China Book Questions (p. 46-51) Traffic Lighting: Unit 1 Study Guide Review Bellringer, Reading Check, NOTES/LECTURE: Hueng He River Valley (China), Book Activity, Unit 1 Test Review

Civilization Emerges in China When does civilization begin in Huang He valley? Fossil remains date to 1.7 million years ago Peking man Chinese settlements develop BEFORE cities in Mesopotamia (but do not develop into actual civilization until later)

About the Shang Dynasty Rules from ~1700 BCE to 1000 BCE First family in China to leave written records behind Important city: Anyang Surrounded city w/ walls for protection

GRAPES Notes: Huang He River Valley

GEOGRAPHY: Rivers: Huang He, Yangtze Huang He = “Yellow” Leaves behind yellow silt (loess) after floods Floods = terrible Trade = difficult (geographic isolation) Not great natural protection Farming problem = only 10% of the land is arable (farmable)

RELIGION: Spirits of family ancestors = can bring good/bad things to family Oracle bones Polytheistic Supreme god: Shang Di Other lesser gods

ACHIEVEMENTS: Writing system (still pictographic) Characters that stand for a syllable No links between written and spoken language Difficulty communicating in different regions of China Irrigation using levees Use of bronze/iron in tools, weapons Silk production (eventually trade) Eventually constructed roads/canals under Zhou dynasty Feudalism

POLITICS/GOVERNMENT: Ruled by an emperor, who was in charge of a dynasty Dynasties = like hereditary monarchies Mandate of Heaven Belief that if a ruler was just, the gods would bless him and allow him to keep ruling but will allow him to be overthrown if he is unjust If an emperor was unjust or bad, the gods would withdraw their blessing, leading to the ruler’s overthrow = a new ruler and dynasty comes to power

Major dynasties in China: Shang Dynasty (1700-1000 BCE) Zhou Dynasty (~1000-250 BCE) When they took over control from Shang dynasty, they used the Mandate of Heaven to justify their overthrow

ECONOMICS: Agriculture-based economy Not a lot of farmable land = need to trade, too Built roads to try to stimulate trade (didn’t work that well b/c of geo. Isolation) Eventually coin money towards end of Zhou dynasty

SOCIAL/SOCIETY: Two key things: 1. Loyalty (to family and elders) Respect one’s parents = impt. Patriarchal society 2. Family Family is most important group in society

After your notes: 1. Review your study guide in groups of no more than 4. If you are not sure about a term, now is the time to ask your group members. 2. After 10-15 min. of review, I will go over ONLY 7 terms.

After your test: 1. Turn in your test answer sheet to the drawer. 2. Pick up the two papers on the podium at the front of the room. 3. Work on the vocab first, then the SOL reading. The vocab will be checked as a HW grade next class.