1. Early China What is China’s geography like?
-What does this mean for people who live there?

3. Civilization Cultural Hearth Xia Dynasty 2000 BCE
Outsiders seen as “barbarians”
Xia Dynasty 2000 BCE
Shang Dynasty 1500 BCE
Family
Religion
Writing
Tech & Art
Respect for parents
Elder Male
Girls married 13-16
-Had to have a boy to move up in status
Spirits of family ancestors
God- Shang Di
Oracle Bones
Characters stand for ideas
Spoken & Written is different
1,000 literate
10,000 scholar
Bronze working
Silk clothing

4. Zhou Dynasty Overthrew Shang 1027-256 BCE
Mandate of Heaven- divine approval for a ruler
Built roads and canals to supply cities
Coined money
First to use Iron= stronger weapons and tools
Chinese values of honor, love & respect for authority fell to nomads

5. Chinese Accomplishments
Porcelain
Compass
Medicine
Gunpowder
Printing
Paper
Embroidery

6. People of China Han 55 other Ethnic Groups Urbanization
92% of population
55 other Ethnic Groups
Tibet
Mongolia
Urbanization
90% of people live on 1/6th of land
Building of Agricultural Centers
One child policy???

7. Modern China Revolutionary China Economic Change 1911- end of emperors
1927- Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
1949- Communists Victory
Economic Change
“Great Leap Forward”
1970s private ownership