1. Geography Shapes Life in Ancient China
Homework
Textbook page 255
Notes from yesterday
Chapter 8,
Lesson 1

2. Chapter 8, Lesson 1 Vocabulary
oracle bone
pictograph
dynastic cycle
Mandate of Heaven
a bone or shell used in Shang Dynasty religious rituals
a picture or drawing that represents a word or idea
the pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties
ancient Chinese belief that a ruler had the gods’ approval

3. Himalayas
Yellow river
China
Yangtze river
3 Gorges Dam
India

5. Chapter 8, Lesson 1
What effect did the physical features of China have on its early development?
Why was the North China Plain the center of Chinese civilization?
provided fertile soil for good farming, isolated China from other civilizations
Most of China’s fertile land for farming lies on the North China Plain

6. Chapter 8, Lesson 1 How did the Chinese language develop?
How did the Shang develop writing?
How were the Zhou able to conquer Shang lands?
Developed from scratches on oracle bones to pictographs
The Shang used pictographs to stand for words and ideas
They claimed the Mandate of Heaven

7. Chinese Writing

8. Shang Dynasty

9. Zhou Dynasty