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China
Locate China on a Map
Lesson 1
Geography of China
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Facts on China
Largest country in Asia
Third largest in the world
Almost as large as the whole continent of
Europe.
Most populated country in the world.
North China Plain
► Center
of agriculture and industry
► Large portion of food comes from this
region
► Land is fertile because of loess (yellow dirt)
► It has a lot of terraces (platforms of earth
that look like stairs)
► The capital of China, Beijing, is located
there.
China’s Sorrow- The Huang He River is called China’s sorrow
because it would flood and kill crops and people.
► People
built levees to help control the
flooding. Levees are walls that are built on
the sides of the river to control the water
levels.
► The water is yellow because it flows through
the Gobi desert and carries the yellow silt
along with it.
Yangtze River
► Since
the Huang He river caused so much
"sorrow" people started moving south and
settled near the Yangtze River.
► This river is 3,915 miles long.
► Farmers grew rice along its banks and
people used the river for trade and
transportation.
Guangxi Zhungzu
► Weather:
hot and steamy with plenty of
rain and sun throughout the year.
► Long farming season
► Double cropping- two crops grown on
the same land in the same year
► Shape of the land: land made of
limestone (a type of rock)
Roof of the World
► The
Tibetan Plateau
► Mountain region in the Himalayas
► The Zhuang are the largest minority group
in China and they live here.
► The Zhuang are nomads and travel with
their livestock (sheep)
Project
► Pick
one of the three different areas of
China that you would like to live in.
► List two facts about that place.
► List two things that you might see there.
► Write a letter to a friend telling them about
your life in that area. You need to include
the two facts about the place and the two
things that people would see if they visited
your area.
Dear Sally,
My family lives in the Tibetan
Plateau. We are nomads and
wonder the mountains looking for
food for our sheep. We have to
sleep in tents because we don’t have
a house. The Tibetan Plateau is the
perfect place to live if you like cold
weather. Our land is called the
“Roof of the World” because we are
part of the Himalayan Mountain
Chain. I hope to get a letter from
you soon.
Take Care,
Kelli
Classwork
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Answer the following questions:
Why is the North China plain a good place
to grow crops?
What challenges do nomadic people face
on the Tibetan Plateau?
What gives the Huang He River its name?
How has the Huang He River affected
people living near it? Use “levee” in your
answer.
China's Past
► Today,
you will learn about the different
Dynasties that were part of China’s past.
► Standards 6-1.4
China’s Past facts
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2.
Writings
PictographsIdeographs – two or more pictographs to
represent an idea.
Myths and legends
Yu- Chinese Hero who conquered flooding.
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Your Name
Dynasties
Shang Dynasty
Eastern Zhou Dynasty
Western Zhou Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
Han Dynasty
A Dynasty is a family that rules a country for a long period of
time. The following dynasties ruled China for many years.
The Shang Dynansty
► 1st
dynasty (1760 bc to 1500 bc)
► Farmers: grew grains and silk worms
► Bronze : made tools, cups, weapons, and
trading goods
► Bronze was made by melting copper and tin
together
► Bronze Age – made things out of bronze
► Capital - Anyang
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Shang Class System
► King
– served as political, religious, and
military leader
► Warlords – military leaders who lead their
own armies
► Aristocrats-nobility
► Middle Class – farmers, merchants, artisans,
and (Farmers were the largest group)
► Slaves
Ancestors
► The
Chinese prayed to their ancestors for
Guidance and often brought offerings to
them.
► This was a sign of good luck.
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2.
3.
Oracle bones – turtle shells used to write
on
Used to ask questions (predict the future)
The shells were heated up the number of
cracks in the shells told the people if it
would come true.
If it did come true, they would record the
date on the shell.
Zhou Dynasty
► Longest
dynasty – 800 years
► Two periods
► Western
► Eastern
Western Zhou Dynasty
► Most
people were farmers
► Women harvested the crops
► Silk was an important part of the economy
► Women were in charge of producing the
silk.
Watch
short
clip on
Silk.
Silk Making
► Summarize
silk.
how the ancient people made
► Capital
of the Western Zhou was Hao.
China’s economy was basically based on the product of silk. Silk was made from
the thread of the silk worm. Silk was traded throughout China and Asia along the
“Silk Road”. Later, religion would also be spread along this route.
Eastern Zhou
► 770-221
BC
► Capital –Luoyang
► “Golden Age” of China
► New
system of money encouraged trade
► The economy thrived
► Projects – flood control, irrigation, and canal
building, walls were built around cities
► Used –iron to make tools and weapons
► Jobs – scholars, teachers, and government
officials.
He was a
teacher of
peace.
Confucius
He had
many
followers.
He believed that it
was your duty to
follow leaders and
gods faithfully.
Famous Sayings
1. Virtue is not left
to stand alone.
He who practices
it will have.
2. The superior man
is modest in his
speech but
exceeds in his
actions.
3. To be able under all
circumstances to
practice five things
constitutes perfect
virtue; these five things
are gravity, generosity
of soul, sincerity,
earnestness, and
kindness
► Analects
– collection of sayings by Confucius
that his disciples wrote
Confucianism
► Parents
must love their children
► Children must respect their parents
► Husbands should support their wives
► Wives should obey their husbands
► Rulers must be just and set and example for
right living.
► Subjects should be loyal and obey the law.
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Daoism (Taoism)
► Dao
–means path
► Founder – Laozi
► Taught people how to live a good life.
► Beliefs – people should free themselves
from worldly desires and live simply.
► People should live in harmony with nature.
► Daoism
is reflected in balance in nature.
► The Ying and the Yang represent it.
Lesson 3
► Qin
Dynasty
Qin Shi Huang
► The
first Emperor of China. He ruled from
221 BC-207 BC. He was an extremely cruel
ruler. He did not like anyone opposing
him. He also burned books.
► He ruled appointed people to rule his
provinces.
This is the great wall of China. It was built to
keep out northern intruders and nomadic
tribes.
Click
picture to
see Brain
Pop
video.
The great wall of China stretches
4,500 miles long.
Click photo
to watch
video on
United
Streaming.
It is longer than the longest river in the world, the Nile River.
Interesting Facts About the Great
Wall
► The
first section took 10 years to build
► Satellite allows scientists to see 600 miles
on buried wall
► Today, it would take $260 billion dollars to
build it.
► It stretches for 4,500 miles (Distance from
Miami to the North Pole)
► More than one million people died building
it. This averaged 333 deaths per mile.
Teracotta Soldiers
► Buried
in the tomb with Qin Shi
Huang. The work to build it
started in 246 BC and took 38
years to complete. It also took
700,000 workers to build it. No
one soldier is alike. Qin Shi
Huang thought that the soldiers
would help him rule another
empire in the afterlife.
6,000 Soldiers
Terracota Army
Found in March 1974
Han Dynasty (206 B.C. -220 AD)
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Emperors
1. Gaozu
2.Wu Di –
built new roads and taxed goods that
China imported and exported.
Created the civil service exam
Valued scholars and teachers (Sima Qian –
wrote first history book)
Han Dynasty Inventions
► Porcelain,
paper, and ink were invented
during this dynasty
Other Han Inventions
► Iron
plow
► Waterwheels
► Wheelbarrow
► Rudder & movement of sails
► acupuncture
Silk Road
►A
trade route connecting China to the rest
of Asia and Europe.
► It was a network of trade routes.
► Travel was difficult because of bandits and
terrain.
► Buddhism was also spread.
► Look at the map on page 298 to see what
was traded on the Silk Road.
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