Ancient China

Shang society valued the connection btwn 1 generation & the next & so people worshiped their

How did the Silk Road affect the development of China during the Han period?

Which philosophy teaches that punishments for crimes are necessary but should be reasonable?

Which cloth was highly valued from the Han Dynasty?

How did China develop a large army of approximately one million soldiers during the Han period?

What would the Daoist teacher Laozi consider an important goal in life?

religion spread thru China in Han Dynasty & popular b/c it explained suffering & offered hope?

The Silk Road was a 4,000-mile trading network that connected the Han Empire in China with

During the Han Empire, the _________ was the head of household, whose command must be obeyed.

Buddhism was brought to China from ___________ by way of trade routes that had been opened.

With which statement would Confucius agree?

Why did Chinese warriors continue to use bronze weapons well into the Iron Age?

Why were sons valued more than daughters in Han society?

How did Emperor Shi Huangdi increase Chinese agricultural production?

Why were imported spices, such as cinnamon and nutmeg, especially prized in Europe?

What items did Central Asian traders exchange for Chinese silk cloth during the Han period?

Which was an important duty for everyone in Confucian society during the Han Empire?

Shi Huangdi became the first _____ of China, uniting the country after years of civil war.

Thru history, ___ , or Yellow River, caused flooding resulting in deaths of Chinese people.

The Zhou Empire declined as ______________ refused to respect the authority of the kings.

The process of creating silk c from a ____ was a guarded secret that was punishable by death

Which geographical feature south of the Tibetan Plateau forms part of China’s southern border?

Which crop did Chinese farmers discover grew well in the Chang Jiang Valley?

On what did Zhou leaders base their right to rule?

Who was the first commoner to become Emperor of China?

How did Emperor Shi Huangdi create a common Chinese culture?

Confucius’s teachings are guidelines of how people should treat each other, or

Which of the following was true of Shang society?