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Name:______________________________________________ Date:_______________ Per:_________ Title: Ancient China– Chapter 10 – 1 Guided Notes Directions: Read Chapter 10 Lesson 1 in your textbook (pg.278 - 285). As you read, fill in the blanks on the guided notes below with the appropriate information available in the text. Highlight/Underline any vocabulary words used in the notes. The Land of China The ______________________ begins in China’s western mountains and flows into the __________________________ - means ________________________ in Chinese named for the rich yellow soil it carries called ____________________ - rich soil helped farmers grow large amounts of _____________________ - the Huang He often overflows its banks, causing enormous ____________________- Chinese call the Huang He ____________________________ in honor of the people killed by its floods People moved and settled near the _______________________________ or Yangtze River. - flows through spectacular ____________________ and broad plains - is about __________________ miles long third longest river in the world early farmers grew _________________ along its shores Only __________________ of China’s land can be farmed - mountains and _____________________ cover much of the country’s land the ____________________ separate China from South Asia the Kunlun Shan and _______________________ slice through western China - the _________________ desert lies to the east of the Tian Shan mountains - mountains and deserts acted like ______________ around the country Chinese developed a unique _________________ and strong sense of _________________________ The First Chinese Dynasty Artifacts show that the _______________________ valley was the birthplace of Chinese civilization - settled in valley because of its ________________ soil - used the river for __________________ and ____________________ people began building ______________________ Name:______________________________________________ Date:_______________ Per:_________ Chinese created ________________ to explain the creation of their world - ___________________________ was one of China’s great heroes dug first __________________ to control floods and chased away the __________________ that caused the floods founded China’s first ______________________ named the Xia. archaeologists have found no records that the Xia existed Based on written records, China’s first Dynasty was the _______________________ - built capital city of ____________________ - king was the most powerful person was political, ____________________ and religious leader of the Shang conquered and ruled over most _________________ in the Huang He valley King relied on _____________________ to govern local territories - warlords are military leaders who lead their own _______________ king relied on warlords to stay in _________________ - warlords and other royal officials were _______________________, people of noble birth whose wealth came from the land they owned passed land and power to their children Most people of Shang China were ____________________ - worked the _______________ that belonged to the aristocrats raised animals and grew grains such as millet, ___________________ and ____________________ much smaller group of merchants, artisans and __________________ People in Shang China worshiped many ______________ - gods lived in mountains, rivers and ________________ - believed gods could bring good or bad ____________________ pleased gods by offering food and gifts - also honored their _____________________ (long dead family members). hoped they would bring good _____________ today many Chinese still pay respect to their ___________________ Shang kings received __________________ from the gods and _________________ from their ancestors - kings had important ________________ to contact the gods and ancestors before making important ________________________ asked for help using _________________________ Name:______________________________________________ Date:_______________ Per:_________ Ancient Chinese wrote in ___________________________ and ____________________________ - ___________________________ are characters that represent objects - ___________________________ link two or more pictographs to express an idea other languages like English use an ________________________ with characters that represent sounds most characters in Chinese language represent entire words During the Shang Dynasty the Chinese created beautiful art - created some of the finest _________________ objects ever made - farmers raised __________________________ that produced silk. weavers made silk into colorful ______________________ - carved statues from a green stone called ___________________ The Zhou: China’s Longest Dynasty The last Shang ruler was a wicked _____________________ and rebels led by _______________________ overthrew the Shang - he declared a new dynasty called the __________________ - the Zhou ruled China for more than 800 years, ____________________ than any other dynasty King led government with help of a _________________________ (officials who carry out the tasks of government) and a strong army - assigned territories to loyal ________________________ to govern positions were ________________________ (passing down title or position because of your birth) Zhou claimed kings ruled China because they had the _____________________________________ - The Mandate of Heaven is the belief that the King’s right to rule came from the ___________ king must rule by the proper “Way” known as the _______________ he must honor and please the gods natural disaster or bad harvest meant the king could be ______________________ Over time the aristocrats became too powerful and fought each other for __________________ - wars lasted for 200 years, called the _________________________________________ Chinese used ____________________ and invented the crossbow, saddle and ______________________ Name:______________________________________________ Date:_______________ Per:_________
