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| What ocean is to the east of China? | Pacific |
| How much of China is made up of mountains and deserts? | 2/3 |
| What did the ancient Chinese call people who lived outside their land? | Barbarians |
| What was the most important city in ancient China? | Anayang |
| How many classes did ancient Chinese society have? | 2 |
| What was more important that the individual in ancient China? | the group |
| What did the ancient Chinese consider their most important virtue? | respect for parents and elders |
| What did the Chinese feel was at the center of their society? | family |
| How were women treated in ancient China? | as inferiors |
| What did the ancient Chinese believe could bring them good or bad fortune? | spirits of family anscestors |
| Who was the supreme god in ancient China? | Shangdi |
| How did Shang kings consult the gods? | oracle bones |
| What was the first Chinese dynasty? | Xia |
| What was the first Chinese dynasty to keep records? | Shang |
| Why did the Shang dynasty decline? | disagreement within the nobility |
| How did the Zhou dynasty attempt to control China? | by using feudalism |
| Who was China's most influential scholar? | Confucius |
| What was a lasting legacy of the Qin Dynasty? | Great Wall of China |
| Along what river valley did Chinese civilization first begin? | Huang He |
| What was lasting legacy of the Han dynasty | China's golden age, invention of paper and gun powder |
| What was significant about Confucius? | Established codes of personal behavior in relationships |
| What did the Chinese export west for large sums of wealth? | silk |
| What position was Confucius appointed to in Chinese society? | Minister of Justice |
| How did Confucius attempt to restore order in Chinese society? | using his relationship theory and code of proper conduct |
| What is filial piety? | respect for parents and elders |
| What did Confucius feel education would change a person into? | a gentleman |
| What eventually became the foundation for Chinese government and social order? | teachings of Confucius |
| What does Dao de Ching mean? | way of virtue |
| What did Laozi feel guided all things? | Dao |
| How did Legalist attempt to regain control of Chinese society? | enforcing strict law code, harsh punishment |
| What did Legalist do to the writings of Confucius? | burned them |
| How did Shi Huang attempt to bring order to China? | by using legalism |
| What book contains the teachings of Confucius? | Analects |
| Who founded the Han dynasty? | Gao Zu |
| How did the Han dynasty attempt to unify China? | by lowering taxes |
| How did the Han dynasty attempt to strengthen China? | government monopoly on salt, started the the silk road, established the University of Xian |
| What is a monopoly? | total control of a product of business by one person or group of people |
| Why did the Han dynasty fall? | could not control warlords, emperors raised taxes, |
| How was the Han dynasty unique? | it was started by peasants |
| Who was the most powerful Han emperor? | Wudi |
