Huang He Chinas sorrow Yellow river 1 st

Huang He • China’s sorrow • Yellow river • 1 st Chinese settlements • Northern river in China • Grew wheat

Loess • Yellow dirt • Found in the Huang He river • silt

Chang Jiang • 3 rd longest river in the world • Yangtze river • Southern or central river in China • Grew rice or millet

Gobi desert • Northern desert in China

Xia Dynasty • Yu the Great • Mythical dynasty • No artifacts

Shang Dynasty • 1 st official dynasty in China • Found artifacts for this dynasty • Bronze • Oracle bones • Kaolin • Pictographs and ideographs

Ancestors • Dead relatives of long ago • Were honored • Asked them for advise

Warlords • Military leaders • Generals • Aristocrats • Upper class

aristocrats • Rich people • Upper class • Nobles • landowners

Hereditary • Something passed down in the family • Titles, land, positions, etc… • Can also be genetic

Pictographs • Symbol for objects

Oracle bones • Where used to interpret the gods messages

Ideograph • Characters used in ancient Chinese writing • Combination of pictographs • ideas

Wu Wang • Founder of the Zhou • Overthrew the Shang Dynasty

Zhou Dynasty • Longest lasting dynasty • Lasted over 800 years • Believed in the Mandate of Heaven

Mandate of Heaven • Zhou dynasty created it • Right to rule that came from the gods

silk • Worm skin • Expensive fabric • Only the Chinese knew how to make it

Bureaucracy • Government officials

Qin Dynasty • Shortest dynasty • Cruel but effective • Shi Huangdi • China’s name originates from this dynasty

Shi Huangdi • 1 st emperor of Qin • Poisoned himself • Famous tomb • Terra cotta army • Unified China – writing, money, weights, laws • Connected and built the Great Wall of China

Terra Cotta soldiers • Shi Huangdi’s burial army • Made of clay

Legalism • Harsh punishments • School of law • Believed people were born bad • Government officials preferred this philosophy

Daoism • Believed you should live a modest life style • Give up worldly desires in favor of nature • Yin and yang!

Censors • Watched over the government

Warring States Period • Lasted 200 years • Took place at the end of the Zhou Dynasty • Civil War

Confucianism • Family values was stressed • Filial piety – respect and honor elderly and parents • Qualified people should serve in government • Honor their ancestors

Great Wall of China • World’s longest cemetery • Defended China from northern nomads • Shi Huangdi used forced labor to build it

Laozi • Founded Daoism • “Old Baby”

Confucius • Founder of Confucianism • Stressed Filial Piety