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Assignments for our study of Ancient China

Copy the map on page 137 into your notebook Copy the timeline on the top of page 150 into your notebook || China's geography affected people in ancient times. Mountains and deserts acted as barriers, protecting China from enemies and cutting it off from contact with other cultures. Plenty of fertile farmland meant no need to go outside of China to trade for agricultural products Nomads were important to the development of China because they brought in goods and ideas from other cultures. Silk was traded with nomads of the North for horses. The Nomad of the North traded the silk farther west. China's geographic isolation may have created a culture that resists ideas from outside of China The west of China is mountainous and the northern part is desert, only the fertile river valleys of the east were productive. Its extreme isolation by mountains, deserts and ocean allowed unusual species of plants and animals to evolve. These unususal species include bamboo and Panda bears || __** Name at least 6 cultural achievement s of Early Chinese **__ __** Describe the Shang Dynasty **__ __** Describe the Zhou dynasty **__ __** What were the teachings of Confucius? **__ __** What were the teachings of Lao-tzu **__ Read pages 144 to 147 Answer questions #2-6 on page 147 The Rise of scholars helped Chinese civilization: The Qin dynasty may have avoided civil war if it has adopted the rules of Confucius Chinese inventions we still use today: ||
 * 12 6 || Read pages 136 to 138 in your Social studies book and take at least 10 notes
 * 12 12 || Crossword should be finished
 * Questions:
 * Page 139 #2,3,4,
 * How was China protected from outsiders on 3 sides?
 * Why did China’s civilization begin in the river valleys of the East and not in the North West?
 * Why is China home to very unusual species?
 * __#2 page 139 __**
 * __#2 page 139 __**
 * __#3 page 139 __**
 * __#4 page 139 __**
 * __China was protected from outsiders on three sides because __**:
 * to the south and east is the Pacific ocean
 * to the west stands the earth’s highest mountains, the Himalayas
 * Only in the north is there a gap of low lying plains that allowed people from Central Asia in. This is where the Great Wall of China was built.
 * __ China’s civilization began in the river valleys of the East and not in the North West because __** :
 * __ China is home to very unusual species because __** :
 * 12 13 || Focus questions for reading pages 140 to 143
 * Invention of bronze tools replaced stone tools
 * powerful military with bronze weapons and two wheeled chariots
 * independent villages were replaced by landowners and slaves
 * the family was valued
 * ancestors were worshiped
 * iron tools replaced bronze tools in Zhou dynasty
 * bronze tools used for warfare
 * bronze art objects
 * landowners and slaves
 * king supported by rich noble families
 * respect for elders
 * ancestor worship
 * Replaced the Shang dynasty and continued its practices
 * invaded northern China
 * organized land into plots and assigned them to peasants
 * peasants worked land for warrior lords
 * iron tools were developed
 * iron plow blades increased production of wheat, rice,beans and fruit
 * Heavenly mandate said the Zhou had permission from heaven to rule
 * The end of this dynasty marked the beginning of Warring states Period
 * treat others as you would like to be treated
 * rulers behave as loving fathers who people obeyed
 * The Five relationships
 * relationship between ruler and subject
 * parent and child
 * elder and younger brother
 * husband and wide
 * friend and friend
 * Polite respectful behavior and a high regard for learning
 * Order and harmony come from nature, not society
 * seek peace in nature
 * follow Tao (the way)
 * learn from observation of nature and don’t seek out useless thing or create arguments ||
 * 12 14 || Class work:
 * 1) 2-3 see answers for 12 13
 * __ #4 page 147 __**
 * It reversed the anti Confucius policy of the Qin’s dynasty
 * The Imperial library was restored and books on literature, philosophy, poetry, math and medicine were collected
 * Imperil Academy spread teachings of Confucianism and created a more united and stable society
 * People of little wealth could learn and rise in the ranks of Chinese society
 * creation of large Bureaucracy with sets of roles, rules and levels of power
 * roads, parks and public buildings were built
 * education was valued
 * __ #5 page 147 __**
 * common people may not hate for forcing them to build the Great Wall
 * Nobles would not resent him for taking away their power
 * Scholars would not resent him for burning books
 * __ #6 page 147 __**