Transcript Game on China

Game on China
Pick your game piece
No outside sources allowed
No talking unless it is your turn
Who is considered to be China’s
most influential scholar?
Confucius
Confucius believed that all social
harmony could be restored in China if
China were organized around 5 basic
_____________________
relationships
Three of Confucius’s relationships
were based upon family. Who is
one of these family relationships
between?
Father and son
husband and wife
older brother and younger brother
What is filial piety?
Respect for parents and ancestors
What is the belief that the natural
order is more important than the
social order and that a universal
force guides all things?
Daoism/Taoism
Who founded Daoism/Taoism?
Lao Tzu
What is the concept that the universe
must balance itself?
Yin and Yang
What is the belief that the disobedient
should be harshly punished and the
obedient should be richly rewarded?
Legalism
What type of government has
unlimited power and may use it in
an arbitrary manner?
Autocracy
What dynasty restored order to the
warring states and for the first time
unified China?
Qin Dynasty
Which dynasty was China named
after?
Qin
What did Confucius believe was so
important that it could even turn a
humbly born man into a gentleman?
Education
What does the Dao mean?
The way
What did Shi Huangdi begin building in
order to protect China from invaders?
The Great Wall of China
Why did Chinese scholars hate
Emperor Shi Huangdi?
Either answer is acceptable
1. He had hundreds of Confucian
scholars murdered or
2. He had books burned that
disagreed with his legalist theories.
Which dynasty ruled China for over
400 years and was first ruled by Liu
Bang?
Han Dynasty
What type of government did Liu Bang
establish? (Hint: a central authority
controls the running of a state)
Centralized Government
When Liu Bang died his son became
emperor , but in name only. Who
really ruled the dynasty until their
death?
His wife
Empress Lu (either answer)
Who did the Chinese believe was a
link between heaven and earth and
ruled by divine authority?
The Emperor
In order to obtain government jobs in
the Han dynasty, people had to take a
test to determine the applicants
knowledge of what? (It is based upon
a philosopher)
The teachings of Confucius
What were the 2 periods under the
Han Dynasty called?
The former or western Han Dynasty
and the Later or Eastern Han Dynasty
What is the name of the trail or road
that traders used to cross Asia
Silk Road
Why was the road called the silk road?
Because traders could make a fortune
carrying Chinese silk to the west.
How did the Han dynasty regain power
from Wang Mang?
Mang was assassinated after flooding
killed thousands and left millions
homeless.
What is the most significant virtue in a
family?
Filial Piety
Does Confucianism believe in social
order rather than chaos?
Yes
The official belief system of the
Han Dynasty
Confucianism
Confucianism
is similar to Legalism
True or false
False
The Qin Dynasty followed the
teachings of Confucius?
True or false
false
Which belief would most likely go with
this statement……Humans are prone to
evil and therefore cannot be trusted?
Legalism or Confucianism
Legalism
The Great wall of china is
a barrier that runs across northern
China
True or false
True
Achievements of the Qin dynasty were
a network of roads, water system with
canals, irrigation system for farming
and the great wall
True
Shi Huangdi ordered books to be
burned that didn't agree with him
True
Confucius was a Persian
teacher and philosopher
False…he was Chinese
Confucius wrote many books of his
teachings?
False…it is believed that his students
wrote his books
Taoism was based on writings of
a Chinese thinker named Lao Tzu
True
Liu Bang
claimed the mandate of heaven and
started the Han Dynasty. He lowered
taxes and his philosophy was
Confucianism
True or False
True
Ban Zhao wrote a book of behavior
called The Way?
False…it was called Lessons for a
Woman
The Way is what Taoism means,
which was created by Lao Tzu
The belief of Confucian Philosophy
was that if people were taught
how to behave properly, order and
peace would follow.
True
According to the mandate of heaven if
a ruler failed to maintain harmony &
order the people had a right to rebel
True or false
True