I.C.6.3

Describe and analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious and social structures of the early civilizations in China, to include:<ol type="a"><li>location and description of the origins of Chinese civilization in the Huang-He valley, Shang dynasty, geographical features of China that made governance and movement of ideas and goods difficult and served to isolate the country</li><li>life of Confucius and the fundamental teachings of Confucianism and Taoism</li><li>rule by dynasties (e.g., Shang, Qin, Han, Tang, and Ming)</li><li>historical influence of China on other parts of the world (e.g., tea, paper, wood-block printing, compass, gunpowder)</li></ol>