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China

Stone Age 1. What probably caused people in China to start farming? __ they beagan on a nautral respponse to being crouded. the climat was beaging to change. __ 2. Where did people start settling down in cities? Why do you think this is so? __ The people started settling down near a river valley along the Yellow River in China. I think this is so because they are near water where it can be easier to farm. __ 3. Where did people in China learn how to make carts probably? __ people in China probablylearned how to make cart's in Central Asia from the people who live there. __

Shang Dynasty 4. What was the Bronze Age? __was the time when the Chines started to learn how to make Bronz and how to tin copper.__ 5. What two other civilizations did the Chinese writing resemble?Describe the Chinese writing of that time. __two other civilieations at this time were the egption and the Asion.__ 6. What was used to keep records of payments between people? They used bones and tortoise shells to keep records of payments. 7. What type of ruler existed during this dynasty?__ During this dynasty, the king ruled over the land. Also, as a result of one king, the Shany Dynasty united many people. __ 8. Describe the social class system during this dynasty. __ Citizens divided into rich or poor classes. __ 9. Where did the people learn about chariots from? __ The people learned to make chariots from people in Central Asia. __ 10. How long did the Shang Dynasty last? __The Shang Dynasty lasted about 700 years.__

Chou Dynasty 11. How many kingdoms existed under the emperor? __ 200 little kingdoms .__ 12. Why were the leaders of the western dynasty forced into the east? __ They only ruled the western part of modern China. Then each king was under the Chou emperor. The leaders were forced to the easter Chou. __ 13. Why were the first 300 years of the eastern dynasty good? __ The first 300 years of the eastern Chou period is called the spring and autumn period because it was a good time for China. __ 14. How did iron cause conflict amongst the 200 kingdoms? __ Iron was used to make weapons. Weapons allowed kings to attack other kings. __ 15. How many kingdoms survived after the emperor's end? __ What king was the only victor left in the end? 7 kingdoms were left. The king of Ch'in was the only king left. __

Ch'in Dynasty 16. How did Ch'in Shih Huang Ti unite the people of China? __ He made them use the same letters to write with and use the same kind of weights to measure things with. __ 17. How did Ch'in Shih Huang Ti make sure none of the lower kings revolted against him? He chose his own assistant and sent them out and 18. What did Ch'in Shih Huang Ti order built to protect from Mongolian and Siberian invaders?

Han Dynasty 19. Who did Wu Ti remove from China? 20. What trade route did Wu Ti develop? 21. What civilizations did the silk road connect? 22. Describe university set up by Wu Ti. 23. How long was Pan Ch'ao gone exploring for? What did he learn about? 24. Summarize the last paragraph.

Sui Dynasty 25. What did Wen Ti do to make the government better? 26. How did Wen Ti choose his officials? 27. What was Wen Ti's greatest project? 28. What was Wen Ti's worst project?
 * || China's Culture || China's History ||
 * Education and Learning || Education and examinations are very important. || The Han Dynasty put great importance on passing exams for government office. ||
 * Food || "Don't waste food or parts of the animal or plant." || Becouse they dont have much farm land and they don't comeing to there farm land. ||
 * Language || Most people speak Chinese, although some other languages still survive. || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/editor/insert_table.gif]] The king made the people use the same languh,and writeing sytem. ||
 * ** Kung Fu ** || Kung Fu is considered a form of self defense and exercise. ||  ||
 * Festivals || During festivals families visit the shrines of ancestors for respect and help. ||  ||
 * Literature || The Chinese have an extensive record of history and folktales. ||  ||
 * Art || There are many statues and sculptures of animals and spiritual beings. ||  ||
 * **Leisure** || Mah Jong and Shanghai Solitaire are a couple of games played. ||  ||
 * Ethnicities || Even thought there are 56 different ethnic groups, the majority of the population is of the Han ethnic group. || The silk road enabled to interact and communitcate., which united them more. ||