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4. This invention used spun worm cocoons to create a smooth thread; it made China famous

5. Silk

6. It’s who early Chinese people had as the focus of their religion, and who they turned to after the fall of the Han

7. Ancestor worship; Buddhism

8. The Great Wall of China was built using this method

9. By using tamped Earth with stones around it

10. If I was living during the Qin Dynasty, I might work at one of these three giant projects

11. Great Wall of China, Guangzhou Canal, Shihuangdi’s Tomb

12. This type of Chinese character invented under the Shang is what they use to write simple words

13. Pictographs

14. As a subject living in ancient China, I know that my leader is the chosen one because they rule according to the proper this

15. Dao, or “Way”

16. If I could afford school and wanted a good job, I’d probably spend my entire childhood studying for these things that were started by Han Wudi

17. Civil Service Exams

18. One way to turn mountains into agricultural areas was to use this method; it’s why there are so many Chinese today!

19. Terrace Farming

20. In Chinese society, there were three classes, in order of powre they are…

21. Landowning aristocrats, peasant farmers, merchants

22. Under the practice of filial piety, children were expected to do this

23. Respect their parents and put their family first

24. The first Chinese civilization started in this river valley

25. Yellow River Valley

26. The high area in southwest China is called this

27. Plateau of Tibet, or Tibetan Plateau

28. This desert lies just north of the Great Wall of China

29. Gobi Desert

30. This river in central China also had a fertile river valley; many dynasties expanded there to grow more food

31. The Yangtze River, or Long River

32. The area where most of the early dynasties existed was in the low eastern region called this

33. North China Plain

34. This is the only ruler of the Qin Dynasty; he is also the first Emperor of China

35. Shi Huangdi

36. This leader and founder of the Han Dynasty surrounded himself with wise rulers and created a well-respected government

37. Liu Bang

38. Rulers usually came from within the family, but new dynasties often started when someone of this wealthy class led a rebellion

39. Aristocrat class

40. This emperor of the Zhou dynasty led a rebellion against the Shang and overthrew them in 1045 B.C.

41. Wu Wang

42. Most rulers respected the teachings of this philosopher, who said “Do not treat people the way you would not like to be treated”

43. Confucius

44. The dynasty whose ruler had a burial tomb with thousands of clay warriors and a mercury river

45. Qin

46. The first dynasty on record; it lasted from 1766 to 1222 B.C.

47. Shang

48. The longest lasting dynasty, this one lasted 800 years

49. Zhou

50. This dynasty increased trade on the Silk Road and invented paper

51. Han

52. This dynasty established the Mandate of Heaven

53. Zhou

54. This is the length of the Great Wall of China, with the parts that branch off included

55. About 6000 miles

56. This is the term for one of the 5000 Chinese characters they use in their writing- this one combines characters to form new meaning

57. Ideograph

58. These three philosophies sought peace, also, the era in which they sought it

59. Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism; after the fall of the Zhou/Period of the Warring States

60. It’s the Dynasty that saw the development of acupuncture

61. Han

62. It’s the name of the pattern of the rise and fall of Chinese Ruling families

63. Dynastic Cycle (through Mandate of Heaven)

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65. What specific geographic features isolated China (pick 5), and what linked China to the outside world?

66. Isolated by Plateau of Tibet, Gobi Desert, 3 different seas, Great Wall, Himalayas, Altai mts, Takla Makan Desert, etc. Linked by Silk Road and ocean trade