Ancient China -- Economy

Ancient China - Economy

Match

Match the following Natural Barriers?

Himalayas Mountain

Gobi Desert

Tibetan Plateau

Pacific Ocean

• Himalayas Mountain

• Gobi Desert

• Tibetan Plateau

• Pacific Ocean

Match

Match the following?

• Huang He River

• Yangtze River

• Himalayas

• Gobi Desert

• Plateaus

The Second longest River in China known as the Yellow River

Largest River in China it is located south of Huang He River

Mountain make up part of China and it is the largest mountain in Asia

Made up of large areas of sand

Other area of the Gobi Desert

• The Second longest River in China known as the Yellow River

• Largest River in China it is located south of Huang He River

• Mountain make up part of China and it is the largest mountain in Asia

• Made up of large areas of sand

• Other area of the Gobi Desert

Draw

Trace the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.

Draw

Circle China on the map.

Match

Match the following

Buddhism

Taoism

Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Taoism

• Confucianism

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What is Filial Piety?

• Respecting and caring for your elders

• A religion started by Confucius

• A mountain range

• A country in a

Multiple Choice

What type of government has a king or queen in charge of it?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Socialism

• Dictatorship

Drag and Drop

Ancient China was a: ​

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monarchy

democracy

republic

free government

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The kings in Ancient China were called ​

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emperors

rajah

pharaoh

monarchs

Multiple Choice

How did you become an emperor?

• you were voted emperor

• your father left you the job when he died

Multiple Choice

Who helped the emperor keep order in the empire?

• peasants

• civil servants

• merchants

Multiple Choice

What did Qin Shin Huang have built to protect him in the afterlife?

• A large pyramid

• An army of statues of soldiers

• clay pottery

Multiple Choice

Economy mainly has to do with:

• the land being fertile or not

• how a civilization gets what it needs

• the king

Multiple Choice

Money has always existed

• true

• false

Ancient China -- Economy

​Economy

the way people spend money and the way people make money

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In Ancient times people didn't always use money. The economy was how civilizations got the materials (food, tools, building materials) they needed.​

Multiple Choice

Economy has to do with:

• how a civilization gets what it needs

• the landforms of an area

• the beliefs of a group

• art, inventions, and technology

Multiple Choice

How a civilization gets what it needs is called the:

• geography

• religion

• economy

• achievements

​Natural Resources

​China had many natural resources that they traded with other civilizations.

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Natural Resources are materials from the Earth that are used to support life and meet people's needs​. Examples - water, gold, gas, diamonds

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Anything found in nature that living things can use is a natural resource

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​Some of the Natural Resources from Ancient China are coal, iron ore, tin, lead, copper, gold, salt, clay, jade, pine,and bamboo.

Multiple Choice

Anything found in nature that living things can use is a ___________.

• conservation

• natural resource

• export

• import

​Agriculture

Ancient China's economy was mainly based on farming. They grew crops like wheat, millet, rice, chestnuts, pears plums, peaches, melons and apricots.

They also bred animals for food like chickens, Mandarin ducks, pigs, geese, and sheep

Multiple Choice

Agriculture has to do with farming and ______.

• transportation

• trade

• using animals for food

​Trade - buying and selling of materials and services.

IMport-- INTO the civilization

Imported --- cotton, ivory, wool, gold, silver and horses

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EXport -- EXITING the civilization

Exported --- silk, teas, salt, sugar, porcelain, and spice

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The buying or selling of materials and services is called:

• trade

• import

• export

People got water from rivers, wells, and rain.

Subject | Subject

Water

People in ancient China built shelters using things they found near them.

Many homes were made from mud, clay, and straw. People packed mud into walls and let it dry hard. Some homes used wood for the roof and doors. In colder places, walls were made thick to keep warm.

Some families lived in cave homes dug into hillsides. These kept people cool in summer and warm in winter. Homes were simple, but they kept families safe from weather and animals.

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​Shelter

Han Dynasty

• Ruled for 400 years

• Also called the Golden Age because of the peace, and prosperity

• Allowed Ancient China to expand into a major world power

• Created paper and started the Silk Road

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Silk Road

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• ​Went along the northern borders of China all the way to the Mediterranean Sea

• Connect China to Rome​

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Multiple Choice

The Silk Road was made of silk.

• true

• false

Open Ended

Why do you think it was called the Silk Road?

Silk

• China kept silk a secret until the 6th century

• Nobles ​were most likely to wear silk

• Was so desired that it became an actual currency​

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Multiple Select

The Silk Road connected (pick 2)

• Asia

• Australia

• Europe

• South America

Importance

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• ​Connected a number of different empires with trade

• Allowed idea, culture, inventions, and unique products to spread across the world​

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Oases

The Silk Road passed through oases because travelers needed water, food, and rest while crossing large deserts.

An oasis is a place in the desert where water is found, so plants can grow and people can live. Merchants traveling the Silk Road planned their routes so they could stop at these oases. At each stop, they could refill water, feed their camels, sleep, and trade goods.

Subject | Subject

Oases

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Multiple Choice

What is an oasis?

• A fertile spot in a desert where water is found.
• A mountain range with frequent rainfall.
• A large body of saltwater in the desert.
• A dry area with no vegetation.

Open Ended

Why did travelers on the Silk Road need stops at oases?

What are some trade goods that you can see in this picture?

Travel on the Silk Road

Merchants traveled in large caravans to defend against bandits

Camels were very popular because they could carry up to 500 lbs and withstand the hot/dry desert conditions ​

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What do you notice in this picture?

What do you notice in this picture?

Multiple Choice

How did most goods travel on the Silk Road?

• By horse or camel

• By boat

• By people carrying them

• by large wagon trains

How did this affect China?

• The Han Dynasty in China becomes rich through trade.

• This helps keep their economy strong helping to keep things peaceful for over 400 years.

• This money helps pay for the development of new technologies.

• China opens up to the

• rest of the world for

• the first time.

How Did Contact Between China and Europe Change the World?

Not only were China and Europe able to get items they wanted, but had never had before from each other, parts of their cultures also began mixing together and causing each to change and become a little more like the other.

Cultural Diffusion

This is called Cultural Diffusion, and it makes the world the way it is today. Our culture is a mixture of pieces of lots of other cultures.

Buddhism also spread from India to China and other parts of Asia

​Religion

• The Black Plague also spread on the Silk Road

• Killed between 75-200 million people

Disease

Other things spread

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Spread of Buddhism

From India into China and other parts of Asia

Multiple Choice

Silk was the only product traded on the Silk Road

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Why was the Silk Road important?

• It spread idea, culture, religion, goods, etc

• Silk was traded on it

• It just was

• It was not

Multiple Choice

Besides goods, what else was exchanged on the silk road?

• agricultural practices

• religions

• diseases

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Trade routes that developed and connected to each other became known as ________.

• Network of Roads

• Slave Routes

• The Rocky Road

• The Silk Road

Multiple Choice

The Silk Road reached all the way to _______.

• Heber and Mexicali

• Casablanca and Timbuktu

• Greece and Rome, over 4,000 miles away

• Scotland and Norway

Multiple Choice

Who started the Silk Road

• Shang

• Han

• Qin

• Yuan

Multiple Choice

What animal was the main form of transport?

• Oxen

• Elephants

• Horses

• Camels

Multiple Choice

What did the Chinese trade Silk for?

• Food

• Horses

• Carts

• Oxen

Multiple Choice

What made the Silk Road difficult to travel?

• Tornadoes and Earthquakes

• Swamps and Valleys

• Desert and Mountain terrain

• Rain and Snow

Multiple Choice

Before the Silk Road, China was

• connected

• isolated

Multiple Choice

After the Silk Road, China was

• connected

• isolated