Pick up papers by the door.
Get out a piece of notebook paper.
Draw a Venn diagram chart.
Compare and contrast the Indus River Valley
civilization with either Egypt or Mesopotamia (your
choice). Your Venn diagram should contain four total
comparisons and contrasts (four total bullet points on
the chart).
1.
2.
3.
4.
Bellringer: Indus River Comparison
NOTES: Huang He (Yellow) River Valley in
China
Open Book Quiz
Remaining Time: Unit 1 Test Review
Study for Unit 1 & 2 Test:
- Review Chapters 1-2 in textbook (look at your
notes)
- Geography, Time
- Human Development, Paleolithic Era through
Neolithic Era, 4 River Valley Civilizations
STUDY PAGES 5-7, 10, 13-16, 18-20, 23-26
Ms. Allen
2015-16
World History I

Fossil remains from 1.7 million
years ago.
 “Peking man”

Chinese Settlements began
before Sumerian
 About 7000-5000 BCE

Cities developed around 2000
B.C.E.
 Compare that to other river
valley civilizations!

Huang He (Yellow) and Yangtze
River
 Yangtze = “Yellow”
 Yellowish silt, called “loess”
 Disastrous floods

Difficult for trade (geographic
isolation the cause of this)

Not complete protection with
natural boundaries

ONLY 10% of land is suitable for
farming

Spirits of family ancestors
had the power to bring good
fortune or disaster

Polytheistic
 Supreme god: Shang Di
 Lesser gods

Oracle Bones
Also: Iron metallurgy used to create
farming tools, utensils, and weapons

Writing: characters that stood for a syllable or unit of
language.
 No links between written and spoken language (could read Chinese and
not be able to speak a word).
 All parts of China had the same writing system, but spoken language
could be different (vernacular dialects)

Mandate of Heaven
 Shang Di and other gods (Heaven)
would bless the rule of a just ruler
 If a ruler was unjust – Heaven then
withdraw its blessing of the ruler’s reign,
leading to the ruler’s overthrow

Dynasties/dynastic cycle

Development of bureaucracy
 Govt. system in which important
decisions are made by state officials
rather than by elected
representatives.
New
dynasty
established
New family
claims
Mandate of
Heaven
The
Revolution
New
As
The
dynasty
a dynasty
result
new dynasty
becomes
of
ages
comes
these
and
to
events,
experiences
justified,
becomes
powerthe
with
and
corrupt,
dynasty
asupport
aperiod
newis
of
family
seen
of
the
raises
prosperity
to
people
claims
have
taxeslost
and
toand
and
have
the
the
received
Mandate
oppression.
peace.
the
of Heaven.
Mandate
Possibly
and
natural
fights
disasters
the old
dynasty.
occur.
Dynasty
loses
mandate of
heaven
Period of
prosperity
Decline,
corruption,
disasters

Shang Dynasty: 1700 B.C.E.
to 1027 B.C.E.

Zhou Dynasty: 1027 to 256
B.C.E.
 Justified Conquest with the
“Mandate of Heaven”

1700 B.C.E. to 1027 B.C.E.

First family of Chinese to
leave written records.

Important city: Anyang
 Built of wood

Surrounded city with
massive earthen walls for
protection. (Intellectual
advancement!!!)

Roads and canals

Coined money

Blast furnaces to produce
cast iron

Agricultural economy
 Rice, soybeans
 Domesticate dogs, pigs, etc.

Built roads to stimulate trade
 Geography hurts trade
 Trade = stifled because of
geographic isolation

Coined Money
Loyalty: To Family (elders) and
Ruler
 Family:

 Most important virtue: respect ones
parents.
 Patriarchal society
 Women: Inferior

Social Class Structure: Feudalism
1.
2.
3.
King
Ruling Class: Warrior Nobles
Peasants

Zhou capital sacked and monarch murdered
by nomads from the north.

Love of order, harmony, and respect for
authority was replaced with chaos, arrogance,
and defiance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj4HFHl
oZqU
Read pages 46 to 51 in your book and answer the
questions on your paper in complete sentences.
Turn them into the 3rd block drawer in the back
when finished.
“Traffic Light” your Study Guide if you finish early.
Reviewing Study Guide:
Put a check mark next to concepts/terms
you are comfortable with.
Put a star next to those you think you get,
but you still want to review.
Circle those concepts/terms you do not
recognize or cannot explain.