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River Dynasties in Ancient China

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River Dynasties in Ancient China
  • watch the video below for an introduction
  • do the assignment!
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Categorize the following conepts by selecting an item and dragging it to the correct category.

  • Loess soil from the Huang He River
  • floods from the Huang He River
  • 10% of China's land is suitable for agriculture

  • Geographic features that had a positive impact on development
  • Geographic features that had a negative impact on development
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Match the term with the correct definition by selecting ad draggin each item.

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Huang He RIver
evidence that humans have been in China a long time
Xia
China's "legendary" first dynasty
Homo Erectus skeleton known as " Peking Man"
evidence of advanced technology in the Xia DYnasty
irrigation projects
location of the first settlements in China
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Shang Dynasty cities were protected by

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This question is about ethnocentrism. Listen to the audio, then provide your answer.

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Evidence of record keeping in China can be found in

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It was possible to unite China because they

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Watch the video below and answer the true/false questions that follow.
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The writing on oracle bones used pictographs.

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A pictograph uses a mathematical representation to convey words

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oracle bones were used to tell the future

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Many of the characters used on the oracle bones are still in use in today's Chinese writing system

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The Chinese concept of the Mandate of Heaven could be described as the gods giving someone the right to rule.

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According to Chinese beliefs, what role did the Mandate of Heaven play in the dynastic cycle?

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The first phase of the dynastic cycle is that the new dynasty gains power, restores peace and order, and claims to have the Mandate of Heaven. Put the remaining phases of the Dynastic Cycle in the proper order by selecting it and dragging.

  1. T☹️he gods don't like the dynasty anymore!
  2. Th💲😀ere is wealth and stability!
  3. Corruption!👿
  4. Rebellion and overthrow!💪
  5. B😨ad things happen!
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Match the term with the correct definition by selecting and dragging the items.

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Peking Man
"The Gods have given us the authority to rule over you!"
Shang dynasty
evidence of record keeping
loess soil
the new dynasty rises, eventually becomes corrupt, then is overhtrown
mandate of heaven
great for farming!
Shang Di
Mythical, legendary, not really any evidence of it
oracle bones
the first!
Xia dynasty
the second!
dynastic cycle
Nobles owe service to the King in exchange for land
Zhou Dynasty
the main god
feudalism
yellow, north
Huang He
1.7 million years old, Homo Erectus, found near Beijing