1. Warm-up 1 WORD BANK Huang He Dynasties Gobi Himalayas silk
The mountains at A
The river at B
The desert at C
Families of rulers
Chinese textile
Himalayas
Huang He
Gobi
dynasties C B A

2. Warm-up 2 silk WORD BANK Huang He Confucius Ancestor Worship
Philosopher
Mandate of Heaven
Gobi
Dynasties
Himalayas
silk
The mountains at A
The river at B
The desert at C
Families of rulers
Gods given right to rule
Paying respects towards family that has passed
A person who studies ideas about knowledge, truth, and the meaning of life
Chinese textile
Himalayas
Huang He
Gobi
dynasties
Mandate of heaven
Ancestor Worship C B
philosopher A
silk

3. Warm-up 3 GW SR GW SR A GW SR GW
For each of the following answer Silk Roads (SR) or Great Wall (GW)
This was built to protect against invaders from the north
This trade route stretched from China to the West
This was built under the rule of Qin Shi Huangdi
Porcelain, silk, and paper were traded along the
The structure in blue on map A is the
The structure on map B is
The structure pictured below is the
Warm-up 3 GW SR GW SR A GW SR GW B

4. Warm-up 4 Confucius believed that…. humans are good or bad?
you should respect your elders or youngers?
people should follow a code of Hammurabi or politeness?
it was more important to be educated or born into a high social class?
you should or should not worship ancestors?
Chinese government improved when it instituted a civil-service system or caste system?

5. Warm-up 5 A B A A B A A B A B For each of the following answer A or B
India (Mauryan Dynasty)
China
Good roads, vet clinics ,free hospitals spread of Buddhism
Magnetic compass, watermills, civil-service system, woodblock printing
Sugarcane literature, medical advances, advances in astronomy (under the Gupta)
Aryans invades here
Qin Shi Huangdi united this empire
Buddhism and Hinduism started here
Confucianism and Taoism started here
Warm-up 5 A B A B A B A A B A B

6. Notes, Part One: Geography of China
Also includes Dynastic Cycle, Ancestor Worship, Early Achievements

7. Huang He River (Yellow River)
China Geography
Huang He River (Yellow River)

8. Also called the Yellow River and the River of Sorrows (yellow silt caused flooding)
Westerners have dubbed it "China's Sorrow," because over the centuries it has killed more people than any other river in the world. In 1887 flooding killed nearly two million people, in 1931 the death toll was almost four million, and in 1938 it was almost one million. Much of the problem stems from the high silt content of the river -- in some stretches as much as 60% by weight. Millions of tons of yellow mud choke the channel, causing the river to overflow and change course. In its lower reaches, the river bed has actually become higher than the level of the surrounding countryside. Water is held in by dikes of ever increasing height, some reaching 30 feet and more.

9. Flooding of the Huang He
Satellite images
before
after

10. Protected by the Gobi desert, Himalayan Mountains, Pacific Ocean, dense jungles

11. Review 1 Main river: ______________
Protected by the ???? desert, ????? Mountains, ?????? Ocean, dense ?????

12. Chinese Government
What is a dynasty?
China was ruled by a succession of ruling families called dynasties (Early dynasties: Shang and Zhou)

13. Chinese rulers were considered divine (god-like).
What does divine mean?

14. Review 2 What does divine mean?
What were two of the first major dynasties?
Protected by the ???? desert, ????? Mountains, ?????? Ocean, dense ?????

15. They served under a mandate of heaven (approval of the gods) only as long as their rule was fair
The Zhou dynasty claimed the mandate of heaven when they overthrew the Shang

16. Review 3
Explain the mandate of heaven to a neighbor.

17. Explains the rise and fall of families of rulers
Dynastic Cycle:
Explains the rise and fall of families of rulers

18. Ancestor Worship
The Chinese believed that the spirits of family ancestors could bring good fortune or disaster
They paid respect to family ancestors and made sacrifices in their honor

19. Review 4
Why did the Chinese worship their ancestors?

20. Early Chinese Achievements
Silk cloth (made from the cocoons of silkworms).
he oldest silk painting found in China was discovered in a Chu tomb at Changsha. The painting depicts the occupant of the tomb riding a dragon and ascending heaven after his death.

21. Writing: Writing: Characters stood for ideas, not sounds.
How did the chinese communicate with the gods? Animal bones and tortoise shells on which priests had scratched questions to the gods. The priest applied heat to the bone and then interpreted the cracks.
The earliest evidence of Chinese writing is found on oracle bones.

22. Irrigation:
Irrigation: Water wheels were used to bring river water to the fields

23. Bronze
Bronze vessel used for sacrificial food

24. Review 5
What are three achievements by Ancient China?

25. Notes, Part Two: Spread of Buddhism Mongol Invaders Qin Shi Huangdi Contributions

26. Spread to China through missionaries and trade
Buddhism
Originated in India
Spread to China through missionaries and trade

27. Chinese forms of Buddhism spread to Korea and Japan

28. Review
What are two countries that Buddhism spread to after it came to China?

29. Mongols Nomadic invaders from the North Raided Chinese settlements
Skilled horseman and warriors

30. Great Wall of China
Built to protect China against Northern invaders (Mongols)
Completed under the rule of Qin Shi Huangdi

31. Review
Why was the Great Wall of China built?

32. Qin Shi Huangdi
United China
China named for him (Qin pronounced Chin)

33. Forced peasants to work on the Great Wall
burned books
imposed high taxes

34. Review Why did Qin Shi Huangdi burn books?
How did he treat his citizens?

35. Silk Roads
Trade route extending from China to cultures as far away as Rome

36. Goods were passed from one trader to another
Cities such as Xi’an and Samarkand prospered due to their location along the Silk Road
Samarkand
Xi’an

37. China’s Contributions
Silk

38. Paper
Paper money

39. Block printing
Books

40. Porcelain

41. Watermills (to grind grain into flour)

42. Review What are three important Chinese contributions?
What was the trade route they used?

43. Notes, Part Three: Geography of China
Also includes Dynastic Cycle, Ancestor Worship, Early Achievements

44. Classical China centered on the Huang He River (Yellow River)
Gobi Desert
Himalayas
Huang He River

45. Geographical Barriers
geographically isolated by the Gobi Desert, Himalaya Mountains, and Pacific Ocean

46. Chinese Government
China was governed by a succession of ruling families called dynasties.
Chinese rulers were considered divine (god-like).

47. They served under a Mandate of Heaven (The gods gave them the right to rule as long as their rule was just).

48. Confucius China’s most influential philosopher
Wanted to restore good government, social order, and harmony to China

49. Confucianism
Major Beliefs
Humans are good, not bad.

50. Respect for elders

51. Ancestor worship.

52. A code of politeness organized around five basic relationships (still used today).

53. Importance of education.

54. Which of these words are most associated with the beliefs of Confucius?
Politeness
Force
Education
Book-burning
War
Harsh law

55. Civil Service System
A governmental system whereby a series of tests (civil- service exams) were given to pick the most qualified officials for government jobs.

56. Influenced by the Confucian emphasis on education.
Students were tested on their knowledge about the teachings of Confucius.

57. Discuss
How would a civil-service test ensure qualified people are running the government?

58. Taoism Founded by Laozi
To attain happiness one must live in harmony with the “Tao”
Tao: a universal force that guides all things

59. Major beliefs
To find inner peace through:

60. Humility: being humble, not prideful or arrogant
Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid.

61. Leading a simple life

62. Living in harmony with nature

63. Yin/Yang
Represents the balance or harmony between opposites (dark/light, masculine/feminine, etc.)
Important to both Confucianism and Taoism

64. Confucianism was concerned with harmony and balance in society (people getting along with each other)

65. Taoism emphasized harmony with nature