Which ocean borders ancient China?

The Huang He River also called ____ because it flooded, causing death to people and livestock and destroying crops, which created famine.

What natural resources did the ancient Chinese use?

What did the Shang Dynasty use to predict the future?

Confucius developed Confucianism during the ____ Dynasty.

Who founded the Qin Dynasty and often ruled harshly?

What major construction project was undertaken during the Qin Dynasty?

Which philosophy is described: passive lifestyle, accomplish great things by no action, focus on the natural world.

Which philosophy is described: active lifestyle, fulfillment of social obligations, focus on the human world, “do to others as you would have them do to you,” many proverbs about everyday life.

Which philosophy is described: people are evil by nature and need to be controlled by strict laws.

China is in East _____.

Why did the Pacific Ocean isolate ancient China?

China is home to the ____ Mountains, the highest in the world.

Which dynasty practiced ancestor worship and believed their ancestors had the power to influence the affairs of the living?

Oracle bones showed that the Shang Dynasty had a system of _____.

Which dynasty ruled during China’s classical age?

Which dynasty did Confucius live during?

Which dynasty cooked meat for sacrifices in an ornate bronze vessel called a ting?

Which dynasty increased trade through the Silk Road?

Which dynasty did the name “China” come from (pronounced “Chin”)?

Which dynasty established great censorship over the people; had books or documents that contradicted the emperor’s thinking destroyed?

Which dynasty saw many generations of one family living together?

Which dynasty thought heaven was the supreme force of nature, therefore the king’s authority to rule was from the “Mandate of Heaven?”

Which dynasty had a strong central government with Confucianism as its official philosophy?

Which dynasty is known for a Unified China with the following:

• - Same laws and taxes

• - Same weights, measures & currency

• - Same writing system

• - Building projects (roads, canals, irrigation, Great Wall)

Which dynasty made advancements in acupuncture, rudder (on a ship), loom (weave silk), seismoscope (detect earthquake), made paper from hemp.

Which of the following is not a principle of Confucianism?

A scholar who devotes himself to pursuit of earthly wisdom.

A wise saying that expresses a simple truth.

The managing of government through bureaus, or departments, with appointed officials.

When a leader does not allow others to express view that are not his own.

A Chinese Emperor during the Han dynasty who greatly expanded China.

The seismoscope, developed during the Han Dynasty, was used to: