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1. Geography Vocabulary Religion Dynastic Rule! Chinese Contributions 1 pt 1 pt 1 pt 1 pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt

2. Large landform to the west of China

3. What are the Himalayas?

4. Landform to the north of China

5. What is the Gobi Desert?

6. The Silk Road began in China and ended at the ___________ _____

7. What is the Mediterranean Sea?

8. It was called China’s Sorrow.

9. What is the Yellow River or the Huang He River?

10. The __________Ocean forms the country’s eastern border.

11. What is the Pacific Ocean?

12. Confucius preached moral values, or _________

13. What are ethics?

14. ______________ was the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled. It was a political philosophy which carried strict laws and punishments.

15. What is legalism?

16. Another name for the spread of ideas from one culture to the next.

17. What is diffusion?

18. Give me an example of “diffusion” in ancient China.

19. What is the spread of Buddhism?

20. Another name for the practice of inserting needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain.

21. What is acupuncture?

22. According to the Zhou, ________ granted power to their leaders.

23. What is heaven?

24. ___________ stressed living in harmony with nature. They regarded humans as just a part of nature, not better than any other thing.

25. What is Daoism?

26. _________ grew up in extreme poverty. His teachings would transform Chinese thought for centuries to come.

27. Who is Confucius?

28. Confucius wanted China to return to ideas and practices from a time when people knew their proper roles in society. One of Confucius’s main ideas was that people should be respectful and loyal to their ___________.

29. What is family?

30. Confucius’s ideas were passed down through his students and later compiled in a book called The ___________.

31. What is The Analects?

32. The ______ Dynasty learned to control the flooding of the Yellow or Huang He River.

33. What is the Xia Dynasty?

34. During the ______________Dynasty, social order became more organized. They were also responsible for China’s first writing system.

35. What is the Shang Dynasty?

36. Zhou leaders granted land in return for _________ and _________ __________.

37. What are loyalty and military support?

38. __________ leaders established a new political order.

39. Who are the Zhou?

40. He united China but at the expense of human rights. What is his name and which dynasty did he represent?

41. Who is Shi Huangdi of the Qin Dynasty?

42. Most of the achievements we have discussed are credited to the _________ Dynasty.

43. What is the Han Dynasty?

44. A ______ uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day.

45. What is a sundial?

46. Trade was accomplished through this 4,000 mile long network of routes stretching from eastern China, through Asia’s deserts and mountain ranges, through the Middle East, until it reached the Mediterranean Sea.

47. What is The Silk Road?

48. One item that increased in production during the Han Dynasty was _____. Revealing the secret of its manufacturing was punishable by death.

49. What is silk?

50. ________ came to China from _________ and gained many followers looking for relief from suffering.