China Flashcards
Important River in China that is 3000 miles long, that flood often, and leaved behind layers of silt.
Huang He (Yellow River)
A hard gemstone
Jade
A prediction
Oracle
People of high rank
Lords
Farmers with small farms
Peasants
Moral Values
Ehtics
Ideas of Confucius
Confucianism
This religion stressed living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of all reality
Daoism
The belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled
Legalism
This king unified China and gave himself another name
Shi Huangdi
A barrier that linked earlier walls across China’s northern frontier
Great Wall
Uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day
sundial
a device that measures the strength of an earthquake
seismograph
the practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain
acupuncture
a soft, light, highly valued fabric
silk
4000-mile long network of routes stretched westward from China across Asia’s deserts and mountain ranges, through the Middle East, until it reached the Mediterranean Sea
The Silk Road
the spread of ideas from one culture to another
diffusion
Order of the 5 Chinese Dynasties
- Xia
- Shang
- Zhou
- Qin
- Han
the most famous Daoist teacher, thought people should try not to gain wealth, they should not seek power either
Laozi
a dedicated student turned educator, wanted China to return to a time when people knew their roles, wanted to restore family order
Confucius
this leader was not well liked, he was the first ruler to unify China, he was successful at building great things (roads and canals)
Shi Huangdi
is said to have founded the Xia dynasty, dug channels to drain water to the ocean
Yu the Great
became the first emperor of the Han Dynasty, he was the first common person to become emperor, he was well liked
Liu Bang
Why do historians dought the Xia Dynasty’s existence?
Archaeologists haven’t found any evidence that the stories from the Xia Dynasty are true.
