Name: ______________________________________
Guided Notes China L2
Date: _________________
SS Period: ____________
I: Picturing Chinese History
1. What was discovered in the town of Anyang?
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2. What is special about the Chinese culture?
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3. Define- Pictographs
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4. Why don’t the Chinese need a Rosetta Stone to decode their language?
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II. Ancient Voices
1. What is Xia?
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2. Who were Pangu and Yu?
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3. Why do we not know anything except legends about stories prior to 1700 B.C?
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III. The Shang Dynasty
1. Which region did the Shang Dynasty settle in?
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2. What did these people rely on for survival?
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3. Define: Bronze Age
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4. What was all of this bronze used for?
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5. What were oracle bones?
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6. Why do we know so much information about the Shang dynasty?
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IV. The Longest Dynasty
The Zhou people came from the _________________________ of the Huang’s Great bend. By
conquering the __________________________________ , the Zhou dynasty began. The Zhou dynasty
was the ____________________________________ lasting over ______________________ years.
1. What was the role of a woman in Zhou?
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2. Why was silk such an important product?
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3. What was the job of the majority of people in Zhou?
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V. Eastern Zhou Dynasty
1. What are 3 differences between the Western Zhou and the Eastern Zhou?
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b)
c)
2. What were three new jobs during this dynasty?
a)
b)
c)
VI. The First Emperor:
1. Who led the Qin dynasty? _____________________________________________
2. What project started under the Qin Dynasty’s reign?
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3. Why was this project originally created?
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4. How would you describe life in the Qin dynasty?
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VII. Han Dynasty:
The _________________________________ began in ___________________ B.C. and lasted until 220 A.D.
The dynasty stretched as far south as what are today the countries of _________________________
and __________________________________ .
1. Define Ancestor
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2. How did Wu Di improved the government during the Han Dynasty?
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3. How did Wu Di improve transportation?
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4. How did Wu Di improve education?
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5. Why were civil service exams significant?
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VIII. Inventions:
1. Define: Middleman
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2. What were 3 new inventions?
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b)
c)
3. What was the Silk Road? Why would they trade with the Europeans?
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