1. Warm Up: What do you know?
Come up with at least 5 things you think of when you think Ancient China.
You can bullet point these 5 things.

2. ANCIENT HISTORY FOLDER CLEAN UP/ORGANIZE
THINGS TO KEEP
1) Most Recent Daily Warm Up Packet
2) Course Syllabus Packet
3) Prehistory Vocabulary Words Worksheet
4) Orange Ancient Egypt Packets (You’ll need them to help complete any missing assignments.)
5) Steps for mummification worksheet. (If you still need to complete your mummy project)

4. Warm Up: China’s Geography
Why did China’s geography cause the ancient Chinese to have little knowledge of other civilizations, such as those of Egypt, Greece, India, and Rome?
Take the information we discussed yesterday to help you answer this question. Or pages in your textbook.

6. Geography
For thousands of years, the Chinese believed they were the only people who existed on Earth.
China has geographic barriers such as mountains and seas that separated China from the rest of the world, and made them believe they lived at the center.

7. The Himalaya Mountains
Geography
Mountains
Himalaya Mountains – natural barrier in the south
The Himalaya Mountains

8. Dust Storm in Taklimakan Desert
Geography
Deserts
Gobi Desert
One of the driest deserts in the world
Taklimakan Desert
Nicknamed the “Sea of Death” because of poisonous snakes, sand storms, hot days, freezing nights, and intense shortage of water
Dust Storm in Taklimakan Desert

9. Geography
Seas/Oceans – East China Sea, South China Sea, Yellow Sea, Pacific Ocean
Provided trade routes
Access to food

10. Geography
Rivers – Huang River (Yellow River) and Chang (Yangtze) River
Provided fertile soil
Access to safe drinking water
Huang is known as "The Great Sorrow". 
Each year during the flood season, all homes along the Huang River were destroyed.
Over time, people learned the techniques of flood control – dikes – protective wall that holds back floods

11. Loess Plateau along Huang River

12. Early Dynasties Dynasty – Series of rulers from the same family line
People began to settle in China as early as 5000 B.C.
Early people were mostly nomads who moved from place to place for food.

13. Shang Dynasty
1760 B.C. – 1122 B.C.

14. Shang Dynasty
The first civilization in China, and built China’s first cities.
They were also known for their use of bronze work.
Invented China’s first system of writing.

15. Zhou Dynasty
1122 B.C. – 260 B.C.

16. Zhou Dynasty About 1122 B.C. the Zhou conquered the Shang Dynasty.
Near the end of the Zhou Dynasty was the period known as the Warring States.
Small kingdoms fought for control over one another until the Qin Dynasty took over.

17. Mandate of Heaven
“Heaven” places a mandate (a law or an order) on a family to rule.
Chinese believed that rulers came to power because it was their destiny.
It also gave a father authority over his family.

19. Closely related people of several generations
Word of the Day
Closely related people of several generations
Synonyms
Extended Family
Sentence
Picture

20. Closely related people of several generations
Word of the Day
Closely related people of several generations
Relatives
Kin
Extended Family
A household in Ancient China often had extended family members living in it.

21. Importance of Family
In Ancient China, a typical household would include an extended family.
The oldest male was the head of the family – made all the important decisions.
Children honored their parents.
Women were to be respectful to the males of the family.

22. Family Names
Chinese established the practice of using family names along with a personal name.
The family name was passed down from father to child.
In Chinese society, the family name comes first.

23. Family Names Example- China: Washington George
United States: George Washington