Ancient China Review24

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What group of people did the Great Wall attempt to protect China from?

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Mongols

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What are the two major rivers in China?

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Yangtze and Yellow

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What was the Silk Road?

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Overland trade routes where Chinese goods passed to Europe.

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How did the idea of the Mandate of Heaven help the Zhou take over the Shang?

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Zhou leaders declared that the gods had taken away the Shang’s right to rule and given it to the Zhou.

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How did cultural diffusion impact China?

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The Silk Road brought people from many different civilizations together and led to an exchange of new ideas.

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How did Confucianism influence Chinese government?

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Government officials were chosen based on their qualifications rather than their connections.

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Based on the documents, what might be an argument as to why the building of the Great Wall of China (GWC) was worth it?

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The GWC protected the Chinese from the Mongols and improved trade.

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The natural order, or the relationship among all living things, matters more than social order.

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Daoism

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Respect for one’s parents and ancestors.

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Filial Piety

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Belief that a powerful, efficient government and a strict legal system are the keys to social order.

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Legalism