Question of the DayQuestion of the DayWhat are the two main What are the two main

Mountain Ranges in Mountain Ranges in China?China?

Himalayan Mountains

Qinling Mountains

ObjectiveObjective

To learn about Early Chinese To learn about Early Chinese CivilizationCivilization

VOCABULARY

•Legend: Stories handed Legend: Stories handed down from earlier timesdown from earlier times

•Ritual: A set way of Ritual: A set way of conducting a ceremonyconducting a ceremony

•Ancestors: Relatives further Ancestors: Relatives further back than Grandparentsback than Grandparents•Oracle Bones: Shells or Oracle Bones: Shells or bones that tells a storybones that tells a story

•Oracle: Person who gives Oracle: Person who gives wise advicewise advice

•Characters: Symbols, used in Characters: Symbols, used in writingwriting

Example• At my family Christmas, my dad always

starts the meal by cutting the turkey.

Ritual

Example

• Someone once told me, “Mr. Klumper, always be nice to people.”

Oracle

Example

Oracle Oracle BoneBone

Example

Ancestors

(Not mine)

Example• “My grandpa used to tell me that giraffe's

necks are so long because the ones with short neck’s couldn’t reach the food, so they died out.”

Legend

Example

Characters

China’s Legends• “Yu the Great” –the Legend of the Great

Flood. --Greatest Legend of China

• The Legend of Yu the Great shows how important agriculture is to China

5000 B.C. North China South China

Millet Rice

Fruits

Vegetables

Pottery: Used to transport Rice

China’s First Dynasties• Xia Dynasty

• Shang Dynasty

Shang DynastyShang Dynasty• Gained control of China in 1600 B.C.

• Used Chariots and Bronze weapons

-Sword and Dagger

• Used their ancestors to communicate with the most powerful gods

• Used bronze in rituals to honor their ancestors

The Shang DynastyThe Shang Dynasty• Nature gods

-god of Wind

-god of Rain

-god of Fire

• Direction gods

-god of North

-god of South

-god of West

-god of East

Feared angry gods would

bring disease, disasters or

enemy attacksOracle Bones

The Legend of Silk

• Turn to Page 239 Please

Quad-Fold Organizer

• Listen Carefully to the instructions

Take out Homework from Tuesday