Ancient China

People you have descended from

• pictographs

• anscestors

• ideographs

• warlords

Match the vocabulary term to its definition

• military leader who controls the land

• Ideograph

• upperclass citizens-hold wealth,power

• Pictograph

• pics/symbols in writing system = object

• Warlord

• belief that right to rule comes from god

• aristocrats

• combine 2 pictographs for an idea

• Mandate of Heaven

Children should honor and care for their parents

• filial piety

• confucianism

• cultural diffusion

• philosophy

The study of beliefs and idea of Confucius is Confucianism

• True

• False

Match the term and its description

• stresses the importance of rules/laws

• Daoism

• the study of ideas and belief of society

• Confucianism

• philosophy about respecting nature

• philosophy

• follows the believe of Confucius

• Legalism

Spreading cultural ideas from one society to another

• filial piety

• Daoism

• philosophy

• cultural diffusion

China is surrounded by the Gobi desert, Himalayan Mountains, the East and South China Sea, and is at the same latitude as the USA

• False

• True

Select all that are true

• China is isolated from other ancient cultures

• China has a varied landscape

• China is surrounded by water

• China is bordered by mountains on the east and west

How many major rivers does China have

Most people in China were

• Aristocrats

• Farmers

• Artists

• Merchants