Ancient China Review Sheet

In Ancient China, they were ruled by ________________, when a family of rulers ruled. (Word Bank: Dynasties, Huang He River, Natural Barriers, Mandate of Heaven, The Great Wall, Terracotta Army, Silk Road, Confucianism, Parent/Child, Oracle Bones)

• Dynasties

• Huang He River

• Natural Barriers

• Mandate of Heaven

They decided who ruled with the ________________. This was an official order stating that the gods gave the right to rule and could also take it away.

• Mandate of Heaven

• Divine Right of Kings

• Royal Decree

• Sovereign's Edict

People settled along the ________________, also known as the Yellow River. It would often flood and was called "China's Sorrow".

• Huang He River

• Yangtze River

• Mekong River

• Ganges River

4. China was surrounded by ________________, land/water forms that make it difficult to travel. They can protect but also isolate an area. These included things like deserts, oceans, and mountains. (Word Bank: Dynasties, Huang He River, Natural Barriers, Mandate of Heaven, The Great Wall, Terracotta Army, Silk Road, Confucianism, Parent/Child, Oracle Bones)

• Natural Barriers

• Dynasties

• The Great Wall

• Silk Road

Merchants would use a trade route called the ________________, a group of trade routes that connected China to other parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe. It was called that because silk was the main export.

• Silk Road

• Spice Route

• Gold Path

• Tea Trail

6. ________________ was a religion/belief system and philosophy that focuses on morality, ethics, and social order. It focused on 5 main relationships. (Word Bank: Dynasties, Huang He River, Natural Barriers, Mandate of Heaven, The Great Wall, Terracotta Army, Silk Road, Confucianism, Parent/Child, Oracle Bones)

• Confucianism

• Dynasties

• Silk Road

• Terracotta Army

The most important relationship in Confucianism was ________________.

• Parent/Child

• Dynasties

• Huang He River

• Natural Barriers

Rulers would sometimes use ________________ to help them make decisions. These were animal bones with messages for ancestors carved into them. Priests would heat them up to create cracks and read the cracks to answer the questions.

• Oracle Bones

• Tarot Cards

• Crystal Balls

• Runestones

____________________ was built during the Qin Dynasty. It was built along northern China to stop invasions from modern-day Mongolia and protect merchants along the Silk Road.

• The Great Wall of China

• The Forbidden City

• The Terracotta Army

• The Summer Palace

10. Emperor Huangdi had the ________________________________ built and placed in his tomb. It was a life-sized army of clay soldiers and horses placed in that was meant to protect him in the after-life.

• Terracotta Army

• Great Wall of China

• Forbidden City

• Summer Palace