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Unit VI – Early China
With Hinduism and
Buddhism Added
Copyright 2006, C. Pettinato, RCS High School, All Rights Reserved
1. A Map of Early China
2. The Middle Kingdom
• A. Why was China called
Zhongguo or the Middle
Kingdom?
• B. What river valleys was this
kingdom located in?
• C. Why was the Hwang He
called the river of sorrows?
3. Video
4. Early Governments
• A. The Shang (1650-1027BC)
• B. The Zhou Dynasty (1027 – 256BC) 1st
dynasty, Mandate of Heaven, Confucianism
• C. Qin Empire (221 -210BC)– Shi Huangdi,
The Great Wall, unity, legalism
• D. Han Dynasty ((210BC – 220AD), Wudi,
• unity, economic growth, canals, the Silk
Road, expansion, the first “Golden Age”
5. The Great Wall of
China
6. Shi Huangdi’s Buried
Army
7. Belief Systems
• A. What is Confucianism and who started
it?
• B. What is legalism and who started it?
• C. What is Daoism and who started it?
• D. In what ways do we see these
philosophies at work in China today?
8. Beliefs of Hinduism
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A. atman
B. reincarnation
C. karma
D. dharma
E. ahimsa
F. moksha
• G. caste system
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Brahmin
Kshatriyas
Vaisyas
Sudras
Untouchables
• Vedas,
Upanishads,
epics
9. Buddha – The
Enlightened One
10. Beliefs of Buddhism
• A. 4 Noble
Truths
• 1. life-pain/suff.
• 2. cause of pain
is desire
• 3. eliminate
desire-elim. pain
• 4. follow 8 fold
path to
righteous.
• B. 8 fold path to
righteousness
• C. Tripatika
• D. reincarnation
• E. Nirvana
• F. ahimsa
• G. Theravada
• H. Mahayana
11. The Silk Road
12. Achievements of the
Han Dynasty (1st –Golden
Age )
• A. texts on chemistry,
zoology, botany
• B. better calendars
based on astronomy
• C. early clocks
• D. scientific
explanation of comets
and eclipses
• E. Wang Chong – proof
for scientific theory
• F. durable paper
• G. shipbuilding –
rudder
• H. iron stirrups,
fishing reels,
wheelbarrows,
suspension bridges,
chain pumps
• I. herbal remedies,
anesthetics,
acupuncture
• J. jade, ivory
carvings, ceramics,
bronze art
13. Important Terms (does
not include religious
terms)
• A. loess
• B. mandate of
heaven
• C. ideograph
• D. calligraphy
• E. dynastic
cycle
• F. feudalism
• G. yin\yang
• H. caste system
• I. The Great
Wall
• J. Confucianism
• K. Legalism
• L. Daoism
• M. civil service
exams
• N. silk road