Ancient China

Trade route that stretched from western China to southern Asia

• filial piety
• Silk Road
• Great Wall
• Anyang

A philosophy based on respect for elders and authority.

• Taoism

• Legalism

• Confucianism

• Qin

What were oracle bones used for?

• Cooking

• Telling stories

• Building the Great Wall of China

• Asking for advice from the ancestors or gods

This belief stressed that people were bad by nature, and needed to be controlled and punished.

• Confucianism

• Taoism

• Legalism

What major geographical feature served as the southern border of Ancient China? 

• Yellow River
• Himalayan Mountains
• India Ocean
• Andes Mountains

What was China's first dynasty?

• the Han dynasty
• the Qin dynasty
• the Shang dynasty
• the Zhou dynasty

The center of Chinese society was

• the emperor
• Confucius
• the family
• the individual

Why did China build the Great Wall?

• To increase tourism
• To decrease stone stockpiles (too many rocks were piling up)
• To protect China from being invaded by Japan
• To protect traders from thieves and bandits

In Ancient China, who was the center of authority in the family?

• The oldest female
• The oldest male
• The first born female
• The first born male

The rivers' floods deposited fertile 

• sand
• gold
• kilt
• silt