APWH Chapters 5 and 6 Due Fri

Chapter Five:  Early Society in East Asia

1.       How does the Yellow River of China differ from the Nile or Indus rivers?

2.      What is a dynasty?

3.      What was the Xia dynasty and what were its characteristics?

4.      How did the Xia fall and how were the Shang able to take power?

5.      Describe the power and characteristics of the Shang dynasty

6.      How did the Shang fall and how did the Zhou take power?

7.      Describe the power and characteristics of the Zhou dynasty

8.      What was the Mandate of Heaven and how did it alter the view of Chinese government?

9.      Why were goods buried with Fu Hao?

10.  How and why did the Zhou fall?

11.  What was the impact of iron metallurgy on the Zhou?

12.  Break down the social structure and power of Chinese society

13.  Answer the question on page 120

14.  Answer the question on page 122

15.  What is the veneration of ancestors?

16.  What are oracle bones and how were they used?

17.  Describe writing in early China

18.  Who were the nomadic peoples of central Asia and what was their relationship like with China?

Essay:  CCOT Using the early Chinese dynasties of the Xia, Shang and Zhou,  assess Chinese unification, technology, social structure, political structure and religion.

Chapter Six:  Early Societies in the Americas and Oceania

1.      Who were the Olmecs ?  Where and how did their society thrive?

2.      What do the giant Olmec heads say about possible interactions with others?

3.      What caused the decline of the Olmecs?

4.      Who were the Maya?  Describe their civilization and their decline

5.      What academic achievements did the Mayans accomplish?

6.      What four places in the world invented writing independently?

7.      What did the Mayan religion look like and how was it incorporated into society?

8.      Answer the question on page 143

9.      What was the city of Teotihucacan?

10.  Describe the Chavin cult and its decline

11.  Describe the Mochica state and its decline

12.  Who were the aboriginal peoples of Australia and what did their societies look like?

13.  Compare and contrast the peoples of the Pacific islands including how these civilizations began

14.  Answer the question on page 152

Essay:  C/C The Americas are often called the “New World”, compare and contrast early societies in the Americas with those in the rest of the world.  Work to match time periods as closely as possible.  Assess governments, agriculture, religion, technology and culture.  Were early Mesoamerican cultures less advanced than contemporary cultures world wide?