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7-1 notes quiz. Grab your clicker!. 7-1 Notes quiz. Anyang Pictographs Chan Jiang Huang He Wu Wang Shang Jiang pottery Qin Silk Bureaucracy. China’s sorrow First capital of China T/F There is a Chinese alphabet Led a rebellion against the Shang Important trade item for the Zhou
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7-1 Notes quiz • Anyang • Pictographs • Chan Jiang • Huang He • Wu Wang • Shang Jiang • pottery • Qin • Silk • Bureaucracy • China’s sorrow • First capital of China • T/F There is a Chinese alphabet • Led a rebellion against the Shang • Important trade item for the Zhou • Rose up against the Zhou king and won
Early China We are learning how the Chinese civilization was shaped by geography such as mountains and large rivers.
Rivers: - Huang He/Yellow - Chang Jiang/Yangtze Majority of land is mountains and deserts (only 1/10th of its land can be farmed ) Mountain Ranges - Himalaya - Kunlun Shan - Tian Shan Desert and mtns were “walls” around China - Gobi - Taklimakan CHINA’S GEOGRAPHY Middle Kingdom- Chinese people thought their kingdom was the center of the world.
SHANG DYNASTY • Huang He valley – first center of Chinese civilization. • Xia Dynasty – China’s first rulers (little is known about this dynasty) • Dynasty- line of rulers who belong to the same family • Anyang – city in northern China built by the Shang
Oracle Bones • Shoulder bone of an ox • Priest would scratch questions for a person’s ancestors • Bone heated • Priest interpret cracks
ZHOU DYNASTY • Wu Wang- aristocrat led a rebellion against the Shang • Zhou dynasty – ruled for more than 800 years • Bureaucracy – group of appointed members of the government (not voted on by public)
The Mandate of Heaven is based on four principles: • The right to rule is granted by Heaven. • There is only one Heaven therefore there can be only one ruler. • The right to rule is based on the virtue of the ruler. • The right to rule is not limited to one dynasty. Mandate of Heaven
NEW TOOLS AND TRADE • Chinese developed irrigation and flood control systems. • Iron plows – helped to break the land up better than wooden plows • Chinese silk – very expensive and important export of China. • Chinese silk was traded as far away as Greece.
ZHOU FALLS • “Period of Warring States” – all most 200 years of civil war. • Qin – 221 B.C. the ruler of one of the warring states (Qin) defeated all the other states and set up a new dynasty.
7-1 REVIEW • China’s Sorrow is the _______ ___ River. • China’s first capital was the city of ________. • People of Shang China had a __________ religion. • The Zhou dynasty ruled for over ______ years • The _________ __ ________ was heavenly law that gave the Zhou king the power to rule • 3 inventions that improved warfare were the ____________ and the _________ and _______.