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| The Gobi Desert | A large desert in North Eastern China made more of pebbles than sand, extreme temperatures. |
| Tibet Qinghai Plateau | In southern China, contains the Himalyan Mountains and is sometimes called the "Roof of the World" |
| The North China Plain | Where civilization in China began along the Huange He or Yellow River. |
| The Northeastern Plain | In the far North east of China contains the Sungari and the Liao Rivers, mostly prairie grass grows here. |
| The Taklamakan Desert | A dangerous desert with huge sanddunes and bad sand storms, extreme temperatures and its name means "Once you go in, you will not come out." |
| The Chiang Jiang Basin | The area around the Yangtze River, rainforest vegetation, rice is a major crop. |
| Shang Government | Run by Clans, or large family groups, armies were powerful because they had bronze weapons, chariots and many types of soldiers. |
| Shang Social Structure | King, Nobles, Craftspeople, Traders, Farmers, Slaves |
| Shells | Were used for trading, and came from far away which made them valuable. |
| Shang Religion | Ancestor Worship, honoring ancestors with offerings and sacrifices, using oracle bones to determine the will of the ancestors. |
| Shang Writing | Logographs and pictographs used symbols for words rather than sounds(as in our alphabet) |
| Shang Art | Bronze and Jade were used for vessels and sculptures. |
| Shang Technology | Bronze was first used by the Shang and was made by mixing copper and tin. Better tools were made from bronze. |
| Fall of Shang | Kings and Nobles spent too much on palaces, tombs, etc. as well as corruption in the government. The Zhou Dynasty followed the Shang. |
| Zhou Dynasty | Also known as "The Period of the Warring States" or the GI Joe dynasty. |
| Mandate Of Heaven | The Zhou beleived that they were given the right to rule by heaven and if they did not govern well Heaven would send signs such as floods or earthquakes which meant others should overthrow those in charge. |
| Feudalism | A system of government used by the Zhou in which the King owned all the land but gave control over large portions to Lords (upper class men) who rented the land to farmers and collected rent. The Lords had to support the Kings rule and help protect the Kingdom (provide soldiers) |
| Period of the Warring States | Some of the Large states ruled by Lords began to argue over land and power, there was fighting for 250 years! |
| "The Hundred Schools of Thought" | During the Period of the Warring States" Rulers were looking for better ideas or philosophies of how to best rule. We chose 3 to concentrate on: Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism. |
| Confucianism | The goal of Confucianism was peace and harmony which he believed could best be achieved in a society where people acted properly based on their roles and relationships. |
| Taoism | Taoism is based on the ideas of Lao Tzu who talked about the "way" and how less rules were better so that people could study the ways of nature and find their way to live. |
| Yin and Yang | Part of the beleif of Taoism which includes the idea that there must be opposites in nature which balance each other out. Example light and dark, ugly and beautiful, etc. |
| Legalism | Hanfeizi beleived that all people were selfish and needed strict rules or laws to follow. Good behavior should be rewarded and bad behavior should have harsh punishment. |
| Qin Dynasty | This dynasty lasted for 14 years and was begun by Qin Shi Huangdi. |
| Qin Government | Used the ideas of Legalism to rule. |
| Accomplishments of Shi Huangdi | Standardizing(making the same) weights, measures, money, writing, ways to govern, The Great Wall. |
| The Dark Side of Shi Shuangdi | Many died being forced to build the wall and his tomb, those who opposed him were killed, Confucianism books were burned, he feared death and tried to find a potion to be immortal. |
| The Han Dynasty | Ruled after the Qin and was known as "The Golden Age" when China grew, art, literature and technolgy flourished! Confuciansim was the style of government. |
