1. CHINA: HUMAN PATTERNS OVER TIME

2. HUANG HE (aka YELLOW River)
North China Plain
CHINA PROPER
Place that Chinese civilization began
agricultural society
Loess: __________________
feudal system
high lord
with army
mercenaries
controls gov’t
rest are peasants
dynastic cycle begins btwn BCE

3. Rise of the QIN Dynasty 221 bce
Qin Shi Huangdi: means “first emperor”
Trained and paid bureaucracy extended emperors powers into the countryside
“rule by desks”
gave farm plots to previous tenant farmers
maintained upkeep of infrastructure
Mandate of Heaven
Terra Cotta Soldiers
Terra Cotta Soldiers

4. Mandate of Heaven

5. The GREAT WALL Divided the North from the South
North were Mongols (nomads) thought to be BARBARIANS
South were the CIVILIZED Chinese (farmers)
The Great Wall
The YURT

6. CHINA’S PREEMINENCE China dominated throughout history
10th Century most developed region i/t world
largest cities
wealthiest economy
improved strains of rice
metallurgy
iron
papermaking, printing, paper currency, GUNPOWDER, shipbuilding
though outer areas were relatively autonomous
bureaucracy based upon: ____

7. CHINA’S three Philosophies/Religions1. 2. 3.

8. China’s Population Distribution
Dominant ethnicity: __________

9. Satellite Image

11. 20th Century
European Imperialism
COLD WAR
Mao meets Nixon (1972)

12. China Q&A
Chinese civilization began on the __________________________________________
China Proper is _____________________________
Loess? ___________________________________
What dynasty is China named? ______________________
Mandate of Heaven = ___________________________
Who lives south of the Great Wall? ____________________
___________________ philosophy was the law o/t land for the majority of Chinese history
The majority of Chinese live in ________________________
The dominate ethnicity in China is _____________________