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Introduction to Ancient
China
Warm UpHow many modern countries in Asia can you
name?
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Warm UpHow many modern countries in Asia can you
name?
1
2
3
4
5
67 8
9
101112
1) China2) Mongolia3) Russia4) India5) Japan6) Iraq7) Iran8) Afghanistan9) Pakistan10)Philippine
s11)Thailand12)Vietnam
China
China & the World
China Do you think it was easy of hard for the
people of China to make contact with people of other civilizations? Why or why not?
Ancient China Using the map below (and the one in your
book on page 122), pick a place where you think Chinese civilization may have started. Explain your answer.
Dragon What do you think of when you think of a
dragon?
What do you think they represent in China?
Geography The Chinese believe that dragons are friendly
beasts that bring good luck.
Dragons were believed to be spirits that controlled the rain and rivers.
Sometimes, the ancient Chinese called their rivers dragons. Limbs: smaller tributaries
Body: main river
Mouth: delta
Ancient China The Huang He (Yellow River) and the
Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) are the main rivers in China.
Civilization first began along the Yellow River and spread to other parts of China.
The ancient Chinese did not know about the Egyptians, Romans or Greeks.
They called themselves the “Middle Kingdom” because they believed they lived at the Center of the World.
Ancient China