7-1 notes quizGrab your clicker!

1. China’s sorrow

2. First capital of China

3. T/F There is a Chinese alphabet

4. Led a rebellion against the Shang

5. Important trade item for the Zhou

6. Rose up against the Zhou king and won

A. Anyang

B. Pictographs

C. Chan Jiang

D. Huang He

E. Wu Wang

F. Shang Jiang

G. pottery

H. Qin

I. Silk

J. Bureaucracy

7-1 Notes quiz

Early China

We are learning how the Chinese civilization was shaped

by geography such as mountains and large rivers.

CHINA’S GEOGRAPHY

Rivers:

- Huang He/Yellow

- Chang Jiang/Yangtze Majority of land is mountains

and deserts (only 1/10th of its land can be farmed )

Mountain Ranges - Himalaya - Kunlun Shan - Tian Shan

Desert and mtns were “walls” around China - Gobi - Taklimakan

Middle Kingdom- Chinese people thought their kingdom was the center

of the world.

SHANG DYNASTY

• Huang He valley – first center of Chinese civilization.– Xia Dynasty – China’s first rulers (little is known

about this dynasty)

• Dynasty- line of rulers who belong to the same family

– Anyang – city in northern China built by the Shang

Oracle Bones• Shoulder bone of

an ox

• Priest would scratch questions for a person’s ancestors

• Bone heated

• Priest interpret cracks

ZHOU DYNASTY

• Wu Wang- aristocrat led a rebellion against the Shang

– Zhou dynasty – ruled for more than 800 years– Bureaucracy – group of appointed members

of the government (not voted on by public)

Mandate of Heaven The Mandate of Heaven is based on four principles:

1. The right to rule is granted by Heaven.

2. There is only one Heaven therefore there can be only one ruler.

3. The right to rule is based on the virtue of the ruler.

4. The right to rule is not limited to one dynasty.

NEW TOOLS AND TRADE

• Chinese developed irrigation and flood control systems.– Iron plows – helped to break the land up bette

r than wooden plows– Chinese silk – very expensive and important

export of China. – Chinese silk was traded as far away as

Greece.

ZHOU FALLS

• “Period of Warring States” – all most 200 years of civil war.– Qin – 221 B.C. the ruler of one of the warring

states (Qin) defeated all the other states and set up a new dynasty.

7-1 REVIEW1. China’s Sorrow is the _______ ___ River.2. China’s first capital was the city of ________.3. People of Shang China had a __________

religion.4. The Zhou dynasty ruled for over ______ years5. The _________ __ ________ was heavenly law

that gave the Zhou king the power to rule6. 3 inventions that improved warfare were the

____________ and the _________ and _______.