Topic 5: Ancient China

similar in size (4th largest) to the United States (3rd largest); Himalayas to the south, the Gobi Desert to the north, the Tibetan Plateau in the west, and the Pacific Ocean to the East

• Geography of Egypt

• Geography of China

• Geography of Greece

• Geography of Mesopotamia

Chinese civilization began in this geographical region over 7,000 years ago; circa 5000 BCE

• Tiger River Valley

• Nile River Valley

• Ganges Valley

• Huang River Valley

the longest river in China; flows from the Tibetan Plateau and empties into the East China Sea

• Yangtze

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Indus

a yellowish dust that blows into the Huang River (Yellow River) and when the river floods it provides fertile soil for farming in the Huang Valley

• Loess

• Nile Dust

• Euphrates sand

• Diamond Soil

a wall to hold back water

• sarcophagus

• ziggurat

• monotheism

• dike

animal bones or shells that were written on to predict the future in Ancient China; questions were written on these bones and emperors or priests would heat them up and use them to read the future

• shellfish

• papyrus

• Tigris scrolls

• oracle bones

a picture that represents a word or an idea

• Latin

• DOJO

• Pictograph

• Cuneiform

Also known as the Yellow River; 2nd longest river in China it begins in the Tibetan Plateau and flows east emptying into the Yellow Sea

• Nile River

• Huang River

• Mississippi River

• Tigris River

a symbol that represents a word or group of words

• hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

• alphabet

• logograph

A series of rulers from the same family or group

• dynasty

• clergy

• emperor

• huang