Chapter 5
Early China
SOCIAL STUDIES LEARNING TARGETS
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
 5-1
How might geographic features such as
rivers and mountains benefit a civilization?
 5-2 How are social classes determined in a
society?
 5-3 How has technology improved your life?
In what way?
CHINA’S FIRST CIVILIZATION
CH. 5-1 LEARNING TARGETS
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PGS. 276-283
Define: ideograph, mandate, pictograph, and aristocrats
Explain why Historians named this the “Period of Warring
States”
Locate the Yellow River & describe where it gets it’s name
from
Locate China’s capital city
List who the Shang people worshipped
Name the formal mandate that gave
King Zhou power to rule
LIFE IN ANCIENT CHINA
CH. 5-2 LEARNING TARGETS
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PGS. 284-291
Define: Legalism, Daoism, and Confucianism
Explain what life was like in Chinese families and
what they practiced
Clarify who founded Daoism and what type of society
promoted it
List the three main social classes in ancient China
Describe the period in which
the Chinese looked for ways to
restore peace and order to society
Describe ancient China’s first
great thinker and teacher
THE QIN AND HAN DYNASTIES
CH. 5-3 LEARNING TARGETS
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PGS. 294-303
Define: acupuncture and legalism
Clarify who was the first Qin Emperor
Tell who found the Han dynasty
Locate the Silk Road & explain why
travel was difficult
Explain the purpose for building the
Great Wall
List those who viewed Qin Shihuangdi
as a cruel leader
Name the system used for choosing
Government officials
Describe how Buddhism became
popular in China