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Take Out: ASIA map pencil textbook page 253 1. Talk with your table ONLY 2. Keep discussing for 10 MINUTES!!! 3. Listen to each other 1. 4. EVERYONE PARTICIPATES At the end of 10 minutes then, write your answer Geography Shapes Life in Ancient China Chapter 8, Lesson 1 Chapter 8, Lesson 1 Vocabulary oracle bone a bone or shell used in Shang Dynasty religious rituals pictograph a picture or drawing that represents a word or idea dynastic cycle the pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties Mandate of Heaven ancient Chinese belief that a ruler had the gods’ approval Himalayas China India Taklimakan Desert The Himalayas Yellow Gobi Desert River Yangtze River Farming Desert China Isolated India Chapter 8, Lesson 1 China’s geography affected its development, how? provided fertile soil for good farming, isolated China from other civilizations Where did the Chinese Civilization begin? Between the Yellow and Yangtze rivers on the North China Plain Chinese Writing Chapter 8, Lesson 1 How did the Chinese language develop? Developed from scratches on oracle bones to pictographs How did the Shang develop writing? They used pictographs to stand for words and ideas How were the Zhou able to conquer Shang lands? They claimed the Mandate of Heaven Shang Dynasty Shang Dynasty • • • • Oracle bones Pictograph writing Bronze work First dynasty of China Zhou Dynasty Zhou Dynasty • Weak kings • No strong central government • Local leaders/governors got powerful • Fought each other for power • Time of warring states