1. Ancient China

2. China’s geography China’s Geography Huang He (Yellow River) 2,900 mi.
Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) 3,400 mi.
Rivers flooded for rich soil
< 12 % land good for farming
Mountains & desert made China ISOLATED
Farming & Population in the east

3. Shang Dynasty Shang Capital was Anyang Built 1st Chinese cities
Shang kings chose warlords too oversee territories
Kings & warlords ----- Aristocrats --- farmers
King’s main job was to defend kingdom
Used oracle bones to tell future
Pictographs: symbols for words
Ideographs: multiple PGs to be ideas.

4. Zhou dynasty Zhou Dynasty
Wu Wang (aristocrat) led rebellion against Shang
King was in charge, defend kingdom
Under king a was bureaucracy
levels of officials to carry out govt. business
Zhou ruled by mandate from heaven
Ruled according to proper way - “Dao”
Developed irrigation & iron plows

5. Family life Family Life Basic building block of Chinese society
Big families of many workers in fields
Older sons raised food for parents
Took care of poor, aged, sick
Oldest male head of family
Needs of head came first
Filial piety – children respected parents and older relatives
Men raised crops, served in govt., fought wars
Women did household chores and could not serve in govt.

6. Social Classes Social Classes Landowning Aristocrats Peasant farmers
Owned large estates
Passed land down to son
Land got smaller and smaller
Relied on farmers
Peasant farmers
90 of population
Wheat & grain in north - rice in south
Gave part of crop to aristocrats
Did govt. jobs one month & served in army
Merchants
Quite rich but looked down on by farmers & aristocrats

7. Confucianism Confucianism Confucius: China’s 1st great thinker
Teachings
We have a duty to do good for others
Wives to husbands, children to parents, people to community
“Do good and seek knowledge”
Work to improve the world
Thought all intelligent people should be able to work in govt.
Went through country teaching ideas: Confucianism
Tried to get govt. to work by his ideas
Govt. didn’t accept ideas but many Chinese people did

8. Daoism Daoism Founded by Laozi “the Old Master”
Wrote Dao de Jong (way of the Dao)
Teachings
Give up all worldly desires
Turn to nature and the Dao
Dao is the force that guides all things
Live in harmony with nature
Opposite of Confucianism

9. Legalism Legalism “School of Law” Founded by Hanfeizi
Teachings/Characteristics:
Humans are evil
Cruel punishments were used to control people
Aristocrats liked legalism because it could control farmers
Show no kindness

10. Poster Qin Dynasty (pg. 241) Han Dynasty (pg. 244)
Silk Road & Major Changes (pg. 246)
Cover the following:
Vocab
People (leader, who founded the dynasty)
Include biographical info. on Qin and Han Wudi
Events
Accomplishments
Influences on Culture
Use at least three visuals (maps, drawings, etc)

11. Qin Dynasty Qin Dynasty
Qin Shihuangdi: took over Zhou states one by one
Qin dynasty lasted 200 years
Based on legalism
Made government stronger than ever
Provincial leadership filled only by Qin himself
Engineering Accomplishments
Great Wall – protect from northern invaders
roads,
canal to ship supplies
Developed uniform system of weights and measures and form of money
Chinese rebelled against cruel leadership

12. Han dynasty Han Dynasty Important Rulers
Founded by Liu Bang – peasant who became general
Best years under Emperor Han Wudi
Threw out harsh policies of Qin
Accomplishments
Developed test based on Confucianism for government jobs – only the best scores got the jobs
Size of empire grew greatly, population from million
Peasant farmers forced to sell and become tenant farmers
Invented waterwheels, steel, paper, and ship’s rudder
Opened SILK ROAD

13. Silk Road and Major Changes
4,000 miles long from China to Europe
General Zhang Qian found Roman Empire and began trade
Carried goods over desert & mountains on camel
Put on ships at Mediterranean
Merchants paid taxes to the many kingdoms they encountered along the Silk Road.
This made travel along the road expensive, so only high-priced goods such as silk, porcelain, and spices were traded.
Emperors after Wudi were weak
Aristocrats seize land, civil war begins
Buddhism spreads rapidly among people

14. Ancient China Stations!
1.) The Chinese Language (p. 228)
2.) New Tools & Trade (p. 230)
3.) Social Classes (p.232)
4.) Chinese Family (pp )
5.) Confucianism (p. 236)
6.) Daoism (p. 238)
7.) Legalism (p. 239)

15. Ancient China Stations
READ YOUR SECTIONS FIRST!
What information is most important?
It’s not relevant that Confucius had 7 toes on his left foot. It is relevant that he taught all men have a responsibility to community and family.
Cover the following in bullet points or short thoughts:
Vocab
People
Events
Accomplishments
Use at least one large visual to explain part of your information.
DO NOT WRITE PARAGRAPHS OF INFORMATION.