Ancient China Vocab Flashcards
memorize all of the words
Climate
The weather
loess
light fertile soil that is good for crops
North China Plain
a region in the Huang He river valley also where the firsts Chinese civilization began
Oasis
places in usually a desert where water can be found
region
A part or section of a country
Tributary
A stream or river that flows into a bigger stream, river, or lake
Ancestor Worship
honoring of ancestors by rituals, such as offering food and wine to the spirits of the dead
Anyang
A location where ruins were found from the Shang Dynasty the first civilization
Bronze
A strong metal that is made of copper
Clan
A large group of family and friends
Oracle Bones
a piece of bone or shell heated and cracked by holy men to seek advice from a king’s ancestors
Shang Dynasty
one of the first Chinese dynasties, ruled from 1750 to 1040 B.C.E.
Civil Servant
a person who works for a government
Confucianism
a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes proper behavior
Daoism
a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with nature
Zhou Dyansty
a line of rulers in China that ruled after the Shang dynasty
Feudalism
a system of government based on landowners and tenants
Legalism
a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes strict obedience to laws
Mandate of Heaven
a power or law believed to be granted by the heavens
Yin and Yang
the Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature
Censor
to remove or suppress ideas considered harmful or dangerous
Great Wall of China
a stone-and-earth wall about 1,500 miles long, first built during the Qin dynasty to defend China’s northern boundary
Immortal
live forever
Qin Shi Huangdi
the first emperor to rule a united China, from 221 to 210 B.C.E.
Standardize
to make the same
Han Dynasty
the dynasty that ruled China from about 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E., the period following the Qin dynasty
Bureaucracy
a large, complex organization that functions under a given set of rules and conditions
industry
a business that manufactures a particular product, such as silk
Silk Road
a network of trade routes that stretched for more than four thousand miles across Asia
