Early Chinese Dynasties

Dynasty

• A spell cast by ancient peoples to ward away evil spirits

• A line of rulers from the same family (hereditary)

• Another word for a "king"

• A disease that impacted the early peoples of China

Shang Dynasty

• One of the first Chinese dynasties, and it is the first where there is evidence of its existence

• One of the first Chinese dynasties, but we have no evidence for its existence

• The last Chinese dynasty, known for building the Great Wall of China

Oracle Bones

• Animal bones inscribed with questions for the ancestors to answer

• Animal bones that would be thrown to tell the future

• Animal bones that would be inscribed with questions and the answers would be revealed by writing appearing on them

• Human bones that were used to tell the future

Who was the first emperor of a unified China, founding the Qin Dynasty?

• Emperor Wu

• Confucius

• Qin Shi Huang

• Genghis Khan

The first dynasty to be unified under one leader was the ___ dynasty.

• Zhou

• Han

• Shang

• Qin

Match the following

• The Silk Road started during this time

• Han Dynast

• Magnetic compass invented here

• Qin Dynast

• Known for their Silk and Pottery

• Ming

• A dynasty established after Mongol invas

• Yuan Dynasty

• The Great Wall of China was first built

• Song Dynast

Which dynasty is known for the invention of paper?

• Ming Dynasty

• Han Dynasty

• Tang Dynasty

• Song Dynasty

Kublai Khan etablished a new dyansty when he ruled over China. He called this dyansty the _____________

• Shang

• Yuan

• Song

• Tang

The Song Dynasty came to and end when it was conquered by the Mongols, or the _____________ Dynasty.

• Zhou

• Yuan

• Ming

• Peking

What is a Dynasty?

• A type of dance

• A type of flower

• A type of dessert

• A sequence of rulers from the same family