1. Settling along the
Huang River
Pages

2. 1. Along what river did Chinese civilization arise
1. Along what river did Chinese civilization arise? __________________River - It is also called the ________________ River.
Geography of China
2. Much of China is covered by rugged _________________ and vast _____________.
River Systems
3. China has two main rivers: the ____________ and the ______________. They provide water for ________________. People move ___________ along these waterways.
Huang
Yellow
Mountains
Deserts
Huang
Chang
farming
goods

3. 4. The loess (fine dustlike materials that can form soil) makes the river ___________ and turns it _____________. The name of Huang River comes from huang meaning yellow.
5. When the river overflows its banks, it deposits the __________ on the surrounding plain. This ___________ soil makes the North China Plain well suited for ________________.
Isolation
6. China is nearly ________________ by physical barriers. Two great ___________ the Taklimakan and the Gobi, lie to the north and west of China. The towering ________________form a wall between China and India. To the south lie more ________________, and to the east stretches the vast _____________ Ocean.
7. Travel and ____________ between China and other civilizations was ______________. It developed its own traditions and ________ of life.
muddy
Yellow
loess
fertile
agriculture
surrounded
deserts
Himalayas
mountains
Pacific
trade
difficult
way

4. The Shang Dynasty
8. From the early settlements along the _____________ River, the __________ kingdom rose to dominate a large part of the region. The language and __________ of the Shang would have a lasting influence on China.
The Shang Rise
9. ____________ villages grew along the Huang River. The people used stone tools and made pottery and _________ cloth. Strong _____________ led their warriors to take control of nearby _________ creating small _________________.
10. Around 1700 B.C., one of those kingdoms began to ____________. A ruler from this kingdom founded the ___________ dynasty. A dynasty is a ruling family that holds ___________ for many years. This dynasty lasted some _______ years.
Huang
Shang
culture
Farming
silk
chiefs
villages
kingdoms
expand
Shang
power
600

5. Shang Government
11. Strong _____________ ran the government. The Shang kept ____________ within the ___________.
12. The Shang leaders organized groups of _______________ to clear and prepare new _________. The result was larger _______________. With extra food, Shang rulers could support many ___________. They attacked neighboring lands and _____________ their territory.
13. Shang rulers also used their _____________ to build a number of large ____________ cities. They tried to control flood by building dikes, or ________ to hold back water.
rulers
power
family
farmers
land
harvests
soldiers
expanded
wealth
walled
walls

6. Writing
14. The earliest written records from China are __________ ________ from the Shang dynasty. Oracle bones are animal bones or turtle shells carved with written __________________ that the Shang kings used to try and tell the _____________.
15. At times, the Chinese also used oracle bones to ___________ important events related to their questions.
16. The Shang did not use an ______________ for their written words, which are called characters. Instead, some characters were _____________, that is, pictures that represent words or ideas. Other characters were a combination of ______________.
Oracle bones
characters
future
record
alphabet
pictographs
symbols

7. 17. By 1300 B.C., the Shang had a fully developed ___________ system.
18. This system is useful in a country where people speak _________ languages. Spoken Chinese is different across the ______________, but all Chinese speakers use the same _____________.
writing
many
country
characters

8. Bronze Metalworking
19. Shang artisans created pottery and jade carvings, but they are best known for their __________ metalworking. These objects included finely decorated pots, _______, and weapons.
20. Most tools used on a daily basis were not made out of __________. The Shang used the expensive, beautiful bronzes in ______________ ceremonies. Human and animal sacrifices were prepared with bronze ___________.
bronze
cups
bronze
religious
blades

9. Essential Question:
21. How did the Huang River affect the lives of the Chinese who settled along its banks?
The Huang River picked up the loess from the Gobi Desert, which was then deposited on the North China Plain, creating fertile farmland.

10. Chinese Philosophies:
Please read the following pages and write down 5 facts for each Philosophy!
Confucianism - pages 264 – 265 AND 539
Daoism - pages 266 – 267 AND
Legalism - pages 276 – 277
Buddhism - pages 538 – 539