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Crafts & Artisans
1. ________________ and ________________ were the most prized materials in
Ancient China.
2. Jade was believed to have ________________ ________________ and to
________________ ________ ________________.
3. Bronze was used to make ________________ ________________,
________________, ________________, ________________, and
________________.
4. The ancient Chinese kept the production of ________________ secret for hundreds
of years. Their silk became very popular all over the ________________.
5. ________________ production had reached a very advance stage by the Shang
Dynasty. The design of the Chinese ________________ meant that high and even
temperatures could be reached throughout.
Explore: An Ancient Chinese Workshop
1. One of the reasons jade was valued was because of its ________________. It’s
one of the toughest materials on earth and cannot be ________________.
2. By the time of the ________________ ________________ ceramic production in
China had reached a high level of excellence.
3. Although bronze was used by other civilizations at this time the Chinese had
developed a ________________ ________________ for making bronze objects.
Geography
1. China is the world’s ________________ largest country and is home to
approximately ________________ billion people.
2. The south is _____________ and _____________ with some ________________.
3. Northwest China is covered in ________________.
4. In the west of China there are the ________________.
5. Melting snows in the mountains in the west create the ________________ for two of
China’s most important rivers, the ________ ________ and the _________ ________.
6. The Yellow River gets its name because of the yellow clay dust called ___________.
7. The Yangzi River is the ________________ ________________ in the world. The
River irrigates the ________________ growing regions of south China.
Time
1. The ___________ are believed to be the earliest Chinese dynasty.
2. From about 1500-1050 BC the people known as the ______________ came to rule.
3. In 1050 BC the ___________ rose against the Chang and defeated them in battle.
4. In 221 BC, ______ ______ ___________became the victor.
5. He united all the warring states into an empire. China remained a
________________ ________________ until 1912, the longest surviving empire ever.
Explore: Time
1. __________ BC – early settlers in the Yellow River Basin
2. __________ BC – invention of the fast potter’s wheel
3. __________ BC – use of jade bi and cong for ceremonial purposes
4. __________ BC – Anyang becomes Shang capital
5. __________ BC – Confucius born
6. __________ BC – Qin Shi Huangdi dies
Tombs and Ancestors
1. The ancient Chinese believed that __________ carried on after death.
2. Tombs were arranged with the objects that people would need in the afterlife ___________, ___________ ___________, and ___________ ___________.
3. They believed there was a very important _______ between the living and the dead.
4. Your ___________ ________________ lived in the spirit world with the gods.
Writing
1. The Chinese use ________________ - a symbol represents a meaning or a word.
2. The basic principles behind Chinese writing have remained unchanged for
________________ of years.
3. Each ________________ consists of a number of strokes or lines set inside an
imaginary square.
3. Thousands of ________________ from the Shang Dynasty have been unearthed
with writing on them.
Bibliography:
The Trustees of the British Museum. “Ancient Egypt.”
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