1. “Teach Me” Bellwork Review
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“Teach Me” Bellwork Review
Lesson 1: China Vocabulary
Contrast words “After the Carousel”

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Ch. 7 Early China Lesson 2: Geography of China pp Highlighters and Pencils Ready?
Objective: 6.30 – identify and locate on a map the geographic features of China, including the Huang He, Plateau of Tibet, and the Gobi Desert

3. Vocabulary Look at the map on your notes.
Find the Vocabulary words for today.
Think: What could be so special about these geographic landforms?
Vocab: Huang He, Plateau of Tibet, Gobi Desert

4. The Land of China What years? 1750 B.C. to A.D.
In the ancient civilizations we have studied, what common basis seems to be the determining factor on where they developed?
Ancient Chinese Civilization developed along the Huang He River

5. Powerful Rivers

6. Huang He River Huang He-means Yellow River 2,900 miles long
Cuts through yellow soil called loess

7. Huang He-”China’s Sorrow”
Huang He is sometimes called “China’s Sorrow” in honor of people killed by flood

8. Chang Jiang or Yangtze River
Flows from west to east
3,915 miles long
3rd longest river in the world

9. Mountains and Deserts

10. Mountains
Himalaya, Kunlun Shan, and Tian Shan mountains cover much of China
Tian Shan
Himalaya Mountains
Kunlun Shan

11. Desert Did you know: Deserts are defined by their temperature?
Gobi Desert - cold, rocky
Taklamakan Desert

12. Gobi Desert- hot in summer-temperatures reach 122 degrees, cold in winter-temperatures reach minus 40 degrees

13. Taklamakan Desert-second largest shifting sand desert in the world

14. Tibetan Plateau
Highest and largest plateau in the world

15. Fill in blanks and hard to read parts
Geographic Features
Effect on China’s Civilization
Rivers
Provided rich soil for Chinese farmers
Caused many deaths by flooding
Used waterways for trade and transportation
Mountains
Formed a barrier around the country making it difficult for invaders to enter
Made it possible for China to develop a unique culture and civilization
Deserts
Created a barrier around the country like the mountains did

16. Analyze Take a look at the map.
Guiding Question: What geographic features would make governing and the spread of ideas and goods difficult for the Chinese?
Make a list on your notes page.
Give your list a title.
Work with someone who has on the same color shirt as you.
Time Limit – 3 minutes! When the lights go off – FREEZE!

17. Ch. 7 Early China Lesson 2: Geography of China pp. 170-172
Reread these pages to find any blanks that you did not fill in during the lesson.
Work on History Mystery – due Friday
Study Word Wall Words – Test Thursday

18. Stop here!
Lesson 2 Geography of China ends here

21. The Zhou: China’s Longest Dynasty
Wu Wang overthrew Shang government
Declared a new dynasty called Zhou (JOH)
Ruled 800 years

22. How did the Zhou Rule China?
King led the government
Ruled with bureaucracy-officials who carry out the task of the government
Aristocrats governed territories

23. The Right to Rule
Mandate of Heaven-belief that the Chinese king’s right to rule came from the gods
King must rule the proper “Way” known as the Dao

24. Technology and Trade
Zhou kings developed new ways to irrigate the land

25. War Between the States Aristocrats grew powerful
Aristocrats began to fight one another
Fought for 200 years
Known as “Period of the Warring States”

26. “Period of Warring States”
Aristocrats forced farmers to serve as soldiers
Soldiers used swords, spears, and crossbows
Developed saddle and stirrups