Ancient China Study Guide Review

Front

List the rivers located in China: Chiang Jiang / Yangtze, Huang He / Yellow, Nile / Amazon, Mississippi / Thames, Ganges / Yamuna, Indus / Brahmaputra, Danube / Rhine, Seine / Loire.

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Chiang Jiang / Yangtze, Huang He / Yellow

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List how different types of geographic features helped or hurt China.

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helped: isolated and protected them; hurt: new information did not get in to China.

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aristocrats

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Wealthy Land Owners

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Warlords

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Military leaders who run a government

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pictographs

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characters in Chinese writing that represent objects

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ideographs

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characters in Chinese writing that represent ideas

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oracle bones

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bones used to communicate with the gods that gave us examples of China’s first writings

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bureaucracy

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government based on people passing test to get a job running a special office or bureau

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Mandate of Heaven

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a heavenly law that said the gods chose kings because of their talent and virtue

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mandate

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an official written law or rule from a superior