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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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Question 1
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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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Question 4
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This question is about ethnocentrism. Listen to the audio, then provide your answer.

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Watch the video below and answer the true/false questions that follow.
Question 8
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The writing on oracle bones used pictographs.

Question 9
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A pictograph uses a mathematical representation to convey words

Question 10
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oracle bones were used to tell the future

Question 11
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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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Question 12
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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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Question 15
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Match the term with the correct definition by selecting and dragging the items.

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Zhou Dynasty
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"The Gods have given us the authority to rule over you!"
mandate of heaven
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evidence of record keeping
Peking Man
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the new dynasty rises, eventually becomes corrupt, then is overhtrown
Xia dynasty
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great for farming!
oracle bones
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Mythical, legendary, not really any evidence of it
Shang Di
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the first!
dynastic cycle
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the second!
feudalism
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Nobles owe service to the King in exchange for land
loess soil
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the main god
Huang He
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yellow, north
Shang dynasty
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1.7 million years old, Homo Erectus, found near Beijing
Question 2
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Match the term with the correct definition by selecting ad draggin each item.

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Homo Erectus skeleton known as " Peking Man"
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evidence that humans have been in China a long time
Huang He RIver
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China's "legendary" first dynasty
Xia
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evidence of advanced technology in the Xia DYnasty
irrigation projects
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location of the first settlements in China
Question 3
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Shang Dynasty cities were protected by

Question 5
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Evidence of record keeping in China can be found in

Question 6
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It was possible to unite China because they

Question 13
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According to Chinese beliefs, what role did the Mandate of Heaven play in the dynastic cycle?

Question 14
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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. Corruption!👿
  3. Rebellion and overthrow!💪
  4. Th💲😀ere is wealth and stability!
  5. B😨ad things happen!