Transcript Shang and Zhou Dynasties

China
Early Dynasties
Extended Bell Ringer
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What achievement allowed people to settle during the
Neolithic Revolution?
True or False: Neolithic people were more nomadic than
Paleolithic people?
What was the holy book of Hinduism?
Which social scientist studies artifacts?
What is the holy book of Judaism?
What is the holy book of Buddhism?
What is the moral code of Hinduism?
Which river can be found in India: Tigris, Yellow, or Ganges?
What do we call the Jewish movement to return to Israel?
Why must historians question their sources?
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What achievement allowed people to settle during the Neolithic Revolution?
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True or False: Neolithic people were more nomadic than Paleolithic people?
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Ganges
What do we call the Jewish movement to return to Israel?
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Caste System
Which river can be found in India: Tigris, Yellow, or Ganges?
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Tripitaka
What is the moral code of Hinduism?
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Torah
What is the holy book of Buddhism?
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Archaeologist
What is the holy book of Judaism?
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Vedas
Which social scientist studies artifacts?
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False
What was the holy book of Hinduism?
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Agriculture
Zionism
Why must historians question their sources?
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To make sure they are accurate and unbiased
Remember the Shang?
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What were the 7 elements of civilization for Shang?
 Cities
Had them – Anyang
Government
 Led by Emperor
Technology
 Bronze, tools
Writing/language system
 As seen on Oracle Bones
Job Specialization
 Farmers, rulers, bronze workers, builders, soldiers, etc.
Social Hierarchy
 Ruling class, working class, peasants
Religion
 Ancestor worship
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Goals
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How did the dynastic cycle begin in early
China?
Objective
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Students will be able to describe the stages
of the dynastic cycle by completing a
graphic organizer.
Remember Shang?…
Geography Impact
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Located by the Yellow River
Mountains, deserts, and ocean surround the
Shang leading them to be isolated
Isolation leads China to become ethnocentric
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What does that mean again?
Characteristics
Importance of group over individual
 Family important, respect for elders
 Respected dead, wanted to keep
ancestors happy
 Buried with items for the afterlife
 Oracle bones
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What were those again?
Shang Dynasty
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is passed down through the family
Usually, the oldest son becomes the next emperor
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Dynasty: A period of time ruled by one
family
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The last Shang king neglected the kingdom
and focused on gambling and partying
instead…
Zhou Dynasty
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are frustrated by the last
1027 B.C. Zhou overthrows Shang Dynasty
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Claims the gods are angry with Shang, causing
bad things to happen in China
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Says that the gods chose Zhou to rule instead
Mandate of Heaven – God-given right to rule
Dynastic Cycle – the rise and fall of ruling
families based on the Mandate of Heaven
Characteristics of Zhou
Feudalism: Political system in which
nobles or lords granted the use of lands
that belong to king, these people had to
protect King in times of war
 Roads and canals built to stimulate trade
 Coined money – also helps trade
 Cast Iron now a major material for tools,
weapons, and other things
 Warring people – will take over more land
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Reading Time!
Open your Orange Packets to
page 36!
Read and answer the questions
on a sheet of paper.