Ancient China

This term means to have multiple rulers from one family:

• Pharaoh

• Delta

• Kemet

• Dynasty

A philosophy based on respect for elders and authority.

• Taoism

• Legalism

• Confucianism

• Qin

Trade route that stretched from western China to southern Asia

• filial piety
• Silk Road
• Great Wall
• Anyang

What were oracle bones used for?

• Cooking

• Telling stories

• Building the Great Wall of China

• Asking for advice from the ancestors or gods

Why did China build the Great Wall?

• To increase tourism
• To decrease stone stockpiles (too many rocks were piling up)
• To protect China from being invaded by Japan
• To protect the empire from Northern invaders

What is the central idea of Taoism

• Duty to community
• Mandate of Heaven
• Living in harmony with nature
• respect for elders

What dynasty had the first Emperor of China by uniting the warring kingdoms?

• Shang
• Qin
• Zhou
• Han

Which ancient Chinese invention would help you if you were lost in the woods?

• fireworks

• compass

• bronze

• Great Wall

The Ancient Chinese have a written language that is _____________________. 

• pictures
• words and pictures
• characters and symbols
• drawings and words

Which river is called "China's sorrow"?

• Yellow River (Huang He)

• The Yangtze River

• Xi Jiang

• Tigris River