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Chapter 19-24 Study Guide
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 Review ISN pages 128-163 
Review textbook pages 183-243
Chapter 19 Geography and the Early Settlement of China
In addition to your chapter vocabulary, explain each term’s significance with detail — how is it relevant to what we have learned? This is
MUCH more than a definition.
Notes about geography
Outer China
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page 184
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Notes about daily life
page 192
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Inner China
page 185
page 192
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Notes about daily life
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Vegetation
Climate
Tibet-Qinghai Plateau
page 186
Northwestern Deserts
page 187
Northeastern Plain
page 188
North China Plain
page 189
Chang Jiang Basins
page 190
Early Settlement
Where did people begin farming and why did they choose this area?
page 191
Isolation
How did geography keep China isolated?
page 191
How did this impact China’s history?
Advantages
Disadvantages
Chapter 20 The Shang Dynasty
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Review the Ch. 20 handout
Review ISN pages 136-137
Chapter 21 Three Chinese Philosophies
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Review ISN pages 140-143
1. How did the Zhou justify their rule when they took over the Shang dynasty? (page 206)
2. How did the Zhou strengthen their rule? Include feudalism in your answer. (page 206)
3. Why did the “Hundred Schools of Thought” develop during the Zhou dynasty? (page 207)
Overall idea
Main teachings
Confucianism
page 208-209
Daoism
page 210-211
Legalism
page 212-213
Chapter 22 The First Emperor of China
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Review ISN pages 145-149
1. Who was the Emperor of Qin? (page 216)
How did he come to power?
2. List below the aspects of Chinese culture that Emperor of Qin standardized? (page 217)
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3. How did this standardization help unify China under the Emperor of Qin’s rule?
Influence on government
& culture
4 . The Emperor of Qin tried to protect his empire from invaders by building________________.
How did this protect the empire? (page 218)
What were some of the costs of this project?
5. What brought about the conflict between the Emperor of Qin and Confucian scholars? (page 219)
How was this conflict resolved?
6. How did the Emperor of Qin die?
How was he buried?
Chapter 23 The Han Dynasty
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Review ISN 152-155
To what extent did the Han emperors expand the empire? (page 224)
How did the Han army and new weapons contribute to this expansion? (page 224)
2. List and describe at least two improvements that the Han made in government? (page 225)
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3. What role did Confucianism play in the Han policies of government reform? (page 225)
What inventions were made during the Han dynasty? Complete the table below (page 226 and 227).
AGRICULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Name of invention
How did it help?
INDUSTRIAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Name of invention
How did it help?
Under the Han, art, medicine and science fourished. Fill in the chart with information about these areas.
Artistic Achievements (page 228)
Medical Achievements (page 229)
Scientific Achievements (page 230)
How did the invention of paper help art flourish?
List some inventions…
Chapter 24 The Silk Road
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Review ISN pages 158-159
Review the maps on textbook pages 237 and 239
1. Why is Zhang Qian known as the “Father of the Silk Road”?
How did the Silk Road develop?
2. Why was silk so valuable?
3. Where did the Silk Road begin?
Where did it end?
Through what civilizations did the Silk Road pass?