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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!

Watch the video below and answer the true/false questions that follow.

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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.

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irrigation projects

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evidence that humans have been in China a long time

Homo Erectus skeleton known as " Peking Man"

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China's "legendary" first dynasty

Huang He RIver

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evidence of advanced technology in the Xia DYnasty

Xia

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location of the first settlements in China

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Shang Dynasty cities were protected by

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Evidence of record keeping in China can be found in

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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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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. Th💲😀ere is wealth and stability!

  2. Corruption!👿

  3. B😨ad things happen!

  4. T☹️he gods don't like the dynasty anymore!

  5. Rebellion and overthrow!💪

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Match the term with the correct definition by selecting and dragging the items.

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Shang dynasty

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"The Gods have given us the authority to rule over you!"

Zhou Dynasty

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evidence of record keeping

mandate of heaven

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the new dynasty rises, eventually becomes corrupt, then is overhtrown

Peking Man

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great for farming!

loess soil

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Mythical, legendary, not really any evidence of it

feudalism

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the first!

Shang Di

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the second!

oracle bones

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Nobles owe service to the King in exchange for land

Huang He

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the main god

Xia dynasty

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yellow, north

dynastic cycle

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1.7 million years old, Homo Erectus, found near Beijing

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

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It was possible to unite China because they

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