Ancient China

How was Chinese civilization affected by mountains and deserts?

• They became wealthy.
• They were isolated from other civilizations.
• They made it easier to travel.
• They made China easy to be attacked.

What is Legalism? 

• A simple and natural way of life
• Leaders must be good and wise for their subjects to be good and wise 
• Strong ruler and harsh laws are needed for social order
• The Mandate of heaven will provide the answers for the emperor 

What did Emperor Qin build that allowed no one to leave, or invade, for thousands of years?

• a statue of himself
• a fortress
• The Great Wall
• a model of a dinosaur

What is a dynasty?

• The home of the emporer and his family

• The center of town where all trade takes place

• The religion followed by the majority of the Chinese

• A line of rulers for a country that are from the same family

What was the purpose of the GREAT WALL

• to protect each smaller city

• to keep out the Mauyran Empire

• to defend the empire from the nomads to the north

• to keep the Romans out

Civilization in Ancient China settled and started cultivating rice along what river?

• Indus River

• Tigris River

• Nile River

• Huang He / Yellow River

Which of these is a NATURAL barrier found in China?

• The Aral Sea near India

• The Himalayan Mountains

• The Great Wall of China

• The Chang Jiang River

Chinese Civilization Developed between TWO large rivers. What are the Names of those Rivers?

• The Yin and the Yang

• The Nile and Euphrates

• The Shang and the Zhou empires

• Huang He and Chang Jiang

What is Cultural Diffusion?

• The movement of new ideas and practices between cultures

• The movement of water across natural barriers

Where did cultural diffusion take place in China?

• With Shi Huangdi's Terra Cotta Army

• In the North China Plain

• Along the Great Wall

• Trading on the Silk Roads