Review Chapter 7 China
Name ___________________________ Homeroom __________________________
1. _________________________ is a river that received its name due to the type of loess that is in it.
2. _________________________ has the largest population in the world.
3. _________________________ is the longest river in China and third longest in the world.
4. __________________________ are made up of a collection of letters that each has its own sound.
5. __________________________ use logograms that represent a meaning or a word.
6. __________________________ was used to make ritual vessels, pots, bells, mirrors and weapons.
7. The ancient Chinese kept the production of ______________ a secret for hundreds of years. This material became very popular all over the world.
8. __________________________ were arranged with the objects that people would need in the afterlife - weapons, ritual vessels and personal ornaments.
9. ___________________________ is a dusty, yellow soil that has been deposited into the river by wind.
10. ___________________________ had become the first to unite a big part of China under one king. The king had his capital in Anyang, in northern China.
11. ___________________________ were used to communicate with their ancestors and to tell the future.
12. ___________________________ were an army of about 8000 life-sized warriors and horses was buried near the tomb of the first Chinese Emperor Qin Huangdi.
13. ___________________________ was a compound that was off limits to ordinary Chinese citizens. Only high government officials and foreign diplomats would have been allowed in to have an audience with the Emperor.
14. ___________________________ was built to unify and protect the empire from enemy attack. Over 300,000 people were conscripted to build it.
15. ___________________________ is an ancient passageway that has connected the civilizations from China, India, Persia, and Arabia with those from Greece and Rome, and thus promoted the interchange between East and West.
16. The Chinese were the first ones to discover __________________ and use it for drinking. They believed that this drink had healing powers.
17. ___________________________ was possibly discovered by Chinese medicine men searching for healing plants and cures. The Chinese thought that the explosions would scare off evil spirits and ghosts.
18. ___________________________ is a row of beads on a metal rod that is used for calculations.
19. ___________________________ is a lodestone, which was a magnetic object that could show direction. Travelers later used it to guide them in the ocean.
20. ___________________________ is made from coal dust and a type of fine, white clay called kaolin. It is baked at 1200 degrees Centigrade
21. ___________________________ is a bowl with dragons on the outside holding marbles. If an earthquake shakes the ground, the marble will fall out of the dragon's mouth, into a cup underneath the dragon, and the Chinese would know if an earthquake was coming.
The Social Structure for Ancient China goes as follows:
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26. ___________________________was not a religion; it is a way of behaving, so you will do the right things. It was a social code of behavior, a very set and rigid code of behavior, that honored ancestors and ancient rituals.
27. ___________________________ is a philosophy, a way of looking at life and a way of thinking about things. They believed if you look at life and you think about things in the right way, you will be much happier.
28. ___________________________ means "Awakened One”.
§ Life is filled with suffering
§ Suffering is caused by people's wants.
§ Suffering can be ended if people stop wanting things, like more pleasure or more power.
§ To stop wanting things, people must follow 8 basic laws.
29. Above is known as ____________________________.
§ To know the truth
§ To intend to resist evil
§ To not say anything to hurt others
§ To respect life, property, and morality
§ To work at a job that does not injure others
§ To try to free one's mind from evil
§ To be in control of one's feelings and thoughts
§ To practice appropriate forms of concentration
30. Above is known as _______________________________.
31. _____________________________ was designed to guide people without making life too strict or too easy.
32. There are over ____________________________ Buddhists in the world.
33. ______________________________ are referred to as the divine mythical creature that brings with it ultimate abundance, prosperity and good fortune.
34. The Chinese name each calendar year an animal. According to Chinese custom, people born during that year will have characteristics of that animal. Name as many as you can below.
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35. ______________________________ is a wall that keeps a river within its banks. One of these broke in Ancient China and killed over a million people.
36. ______________________________ oversaw the construction of the new towns and became their rulers.
37. ______________________________ is what the Ancient Chinese first started writing on and is why they started writing up and down.
38. Very good students sometimes were sent to the empire’s best school, which is called __________________.
39. ______________________________ had a passion for learning. He lived through an age of warfare and conflict, he suggest a different, more peaceful way of living.
40. ______________________________ or command, echoed the Shang belief that the gods spoke to kings through oracle bones.
Short Answer
Confucius’s thoughts were recorded by his students in a book called The Analects. Tell me two of the excerpts and their meaning.