Ancient China and Ancient India

Ancient China was located along the

• Nile & Congo Rivers

• Tigris & Euphrates River

• Chang Jiang (Yangtze) & Huang He (Yellow) Rivers

• Indus & Ganges Rivers

What feature protected Ancient China from northern invaders?

• Himalayan Mountains

• Taklimakan and Gobi Deserts

• Pacific Ocean

• The Great Wall

What geographical features protected Ancient China from the west?

• Himalayan and Kunlun Mountains

• Taklamakan Desert and Gobi Deserts

• Japanese Sea and Yellow Sea

• Great Wall and Mongolian Plateau

Who was the First Emperor of China?

• Confucius

• Wu Di

• Lui Bang

• Shi Huangdi

This philosophy focuses on strict laws and harsh punishment to keep order in society

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Buddhism

• Legalism

What did Qin Shi Huangdi have created for him so he could rule in his afterlife?

• Terra Cotta Army

• The Great Wall of China

• Shaolin Temple

• A massive pyramid

The Han Dynasty was marked by _____________ governments based on the ideas of __________________.

• harsh, Legalism

• harsh, Confucianism

• stable, Legalism

• stable, Confucianism

According to Confucius, which of these was the most important in Chinese society?

• families

• empires

• kingdoms

• cities

What policy did the Han Dynasty implement as a result of Confucius’s teachings?

• civil service exams

• strict government controls

• leaders with absolute power

• a system of rewards and punishments

What is a bureaucracy?

• a person who someone descended from

• a supreme ruler

• appointed officials who help run different parts of the government

• the lowest social class in Ancient China