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Ancient China
Land, Water, & Ways of Life
Chapter 4 Lesson 1
The Geography of China
Objective: To describe how the
geography in China makes it a
diverse country.
LOESS
Chinese Children’s Song
• Two tigers, two tigers
Run so fast, run so fast
One has no ears
One has no tail
So strange! So strange!
liǎng zhī lǎo hǔ , liǎng zhī lǎo hǔ
pǎo de kuài , pǎo de kuài
yī zhī méi yǒu ěr duō
yī zhī měi yǒu wéi bā ,
zhēn qí guài , zhēn qí guài
A Land of Differences
• Civilization emerged c. 3000 B.C.
– China is the largest country in Asia
– China is the 3rd largest country in the
world
– China’s landforms and climates are
very diverse
The North China Plain
• The North China Plain is the most
heavily populated.
– Major portion of China’s food comes
from this region.
– Land is enriched by loess – a
yellowish brown soil that blows in
from the desert.
– Winters are cold/summers are hot
– Main crops = soybeans, wheat, and
cotton
TURN TO PAGE 101 and complete the
MAP SKILL ACTIVITY
China
Ch 4 Lesson 1 – China’s Sorrow
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Huang He River
Huang He River
• The Huang, or “yellow,” River cuts
through 3,400 miles of Northern
China
• The Huang has caused destructive
floods.
• This river carries yellow silt which
is why it’s called the “yellow river”
• People built levees to control the
flooding.
• A levee is a wall within a riverbank
Guangxi Zhungzu
• To the south and east is the Guangxi
Zhungzu region of China
•Guangxi Zhungzu
region of China is the
best for farming
•A cultivation system
called double cropping
where 2 crops are grown
in the same year on the
same land
•This region contains
much limestone which
erodes to creates
amazing shapes.
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Ch 4 Lesson 1
• Closure Activity
– Answer the following questions:
1.What positive effect might double
cropping have on the economy in the
Guangxi Zhungzu?
2.What would your life be like if you
lived on the Tibetan Plateau.
• Homework:
• Complete 1-4 on p 103
Life of a silkworm
Objective: To identify the life
cycle of the silkworm
•Take out a
sheet of
paper and
recreate the
details of the
silkworm life
cycle
China’s Past – Section 2
• Anyang: Town where tortoise shells
and animal bones were found with
writing on them (oracle bones)
• Pictographs: pictures that represent
words.
– Key part of China’s history
• Ancient Voices: Xia Period
– Pangu: Chinese legend – creator of the
universe
– “Yu” – “god” that worked for 13 years to
control flooding on the Huang River.
– Xia period is known for its “superheroes”
Shang Dynasty (lesson 2)
• First Chinese dynasty (1760 b.c. –
1500 b.c.)
• Farming was the way of life
– Millet, rice, raised animals
– Made silk cloth
– Warriors ride horse drawn chariots
• BRONZE AGE
– Occurs during Shang Dynasty
– Bronze is used for tools, cups,
weapons
Zhou Dynasty - Western (lesson 2)
• These people come from west of
the Huang River
• Zhou leaders conquer the last of
the Shang leaders (1027 b.c.)
• Western Zhou are farmers
– Wheat, rice, beans, fruit
– Silk is also important (women are in
charge of production and cultivate
mulberry trees)
Eastern Zhou Dynasty
• Begins in 770 b.c. and lasted until 221
b.c.
• Capital city = Luoyang
• New system of money encourages
trade
• War causes king’s power to become
weakened.
The First Emperor
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
• Zhou Dynasty starts to fail
– There is fighting over
controlling the government
– STRONGEST STATE = Qin
Dynasty
– Ruled by Shi Huangdi (first
emperor)
– Qin was divided into 36
provinces
– Standard system of money,
weights, and measurement
existed
• SHI HUANGDI
– Begins one of the biggest
engineering projects: THE
GREAT WALL OF CHINA
SHI HUANGDI – The First Emperor
• Begins the building of the Great
Wall of China around 200 B.C.
• Shi Huangdi was a harsh ruler
– He often punished people that spoke
out against him.
– People didn’t like this type of
government and revolted against
this form of government.
– The Qin Dynasty only lasted about
20 years.
Han Dynasty – 206 B.C.
• Lasted nearly 400 years (until 220
A.D.)
• Stretched as far as Vietnam
• First Han ruler = Gaozu
– He lifted the ban on books imposed
by Shi Huangdi
• Wu Di ruled next
– 141-87 B.C.
– Divided lands by
Princes and lords
Han Dynasty
• Siam Qian wrote the first complete
history on China
– Recorded 3000 years of China
– Ban Zhao continued the work of
Sima Qian
– Wu Di also instituted the idea of civil
service.
Lesson 2 reading/discussion questions
1. What changes did the 1st Han
ruler, Gaozu, make that affected
life in China?
2. Compare and contrast Wu Di and
Shi Huangdi in the form of a Venn
Diagram.
3. What is civil service? What civil
service jobs do people currently
hold in your community?
Lesson 2 – Shi Huangdi Bio
• Read pp113; answer the “Learn from
Biographies” questions at the bottom.
• Answer the following questions
related to this reading :
1. What building projects did Shi
Huangdi oversee during his reign?
2. The author describes Shi Huangdi
as harsh and strict. What evidence
in the bio supports this opinion?
3. Why do you think that Shi Huangi’s
tomb was so well protected?
China’s Past – Lesson 2 Quiz
1. What was the Western Zhou
economy based on? Name 2
items.
2. Explain/Draw the life of a silk
worm.
3. Describe how silk is made (name
3 steps)
4. What evidence do archeologists
have about China’s history?
Name 2 items.
China’s Past – Lesson 2 Quiz
5. What was the role of women in
the Zhou society?
6. What material was used during
the Shang dynasty to make tools
and cups?
7. Why was the eastern Zhou
Dynasty referred to as the
“golden age” in China?
8. Why was the Great Wall of China
built?
China’s Past – Lesson 2 Quiz
9. Name 1 positive and 1 negative
thing about Shi Huandi’s reign.
10. How did Shi Huangdi unify
China?
11. What was the silk road?
12. Name 2 important inventions
from the Han Dyansty.
13. Name 2 “superheroes” from the
Xia period. Describe what they
were known for.