Lesson 23: Ancient Chinese Society

Nobles and royalty

Merchants and traders

Farmers and peasants

Artists and entertainers

Landowning aristocrats

Peasant farmers

Merchants

Warriors

Farmers lived in large houses with tile roofs and gardens.

Farmers worked the fields outside village walls.

Farmers paid taxes and worked on government projects.

Farmers grew wheat and millet in northern China.

True

False

The family was the basic building block and took care of all members, respecting elders and prioritizing the head of the family.

Families were only responsible for children and ignored the elderly.

Families focused mainly on wealth and property.

Family members acted independently without regard for others.

grew crops

maintained the social order of the land

ran the government

fought wars

Scholars

Farmers

Merchants

Warriors