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AP World His. chptr5
Early Societies in East Asia
Question | Answer |
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Yellow River | Most important river in Chinese history; Boisterous and unpredictable. "Chinas sorrow" |
Banpo Village | Neolithic village from Yangshao culture period. |
Xia Dynasty | Legendary first dynasty in Chinese history. |
Shang Dynasty | Chines dynasty that relied on bronze technology |
Zhou Dynasty | Chinese dynasty that laid foundations for Chinese thought Book of Rights, Etiquette and songs. |
Mandate of Heaven | Chinese ideal expressed the right to govern based on supports for Chinese gods. |
Patriachary | System of social organization ; males dominate family and public institutions, descent, and succession through the male line. |
Oracle Bones | Shang method for fortune telling. |
Book of songs | Zhou collection verses, and hymns. |
Book of Rites | Explains rules of etiquette snd rituals required of aristocrats/nobles- Zhou dynasty. |
State of Chu | Southern china- one of many regional states of China during the Zhou dynasty. |
Tian | Chinese impersonal heavenly power. |
Louyang | Capital of the eastern Zhou after 771 BCE. |
Yin | Capital during the last centuries of the Shang dynasty. |
The phrase "Yellow River" refers to what? | The loess gathered in the Huang He. |
Which of the following Chinese dynasties is considered the first to bring China under unified control? | The Qin Dynasty |
What technology is credited with the rise and success of the shang dynasty? | Bronze metallurgy. |
Pounded earth building is a technology first employed with great success in cities such as Ao and Yin during what dynasty? | Shang Dynasty. |
One reason the Zhou dynasty was able to topple the shang dynasty was that the zhou what? | Organized their allies more effectively than the shang. |
One reason the Zhou dynasty fell was that it what? | Lost their hold on bronze and iron metallurgy. |
The elite of the Shang and Zhou dynasties considered possesion of what items a mark of status? | Bronze serving vessels. |
Why were wooden tools used in China even after bronze technology was available? | Wooden tools were strong enough to till the loess and bronze tools were too expensive. |
Why did the victorious Qin Emporer order all books not of utilitarian nature destroyed? | He feared the books might inspire doubts about his government and independent thinking. |
The nomadic peoples of Central Asia provided what for the farmers with whom they traded? | Horses |
The shang rulers in China used their bronze weapons and horse-drawn chariots to overpower the Xia. This use of technology to subdue a rival is comparable to who? | The summerians overpowering the babylonians. |
The need to organize effective flood control projects during the Xia Dynasty is similar to the same need in what two areas? | Egypt and Mesopotamia |
What did the growth of the Chinese state have on womens roles? | Women became less powerful because men no longer won their right to political authority through the female line of decent. |
The Zhou central government was unable to monopolize the production of iron because of what? | Iron ore was too cheap and abundant. |
To rule an extensive territory, without advanced transportation and communication technology, Zhou rulers relied on decentralized administration, which meant that what? | They entrusted power to locally elected authorities |