Social Studies Ancient China Vocab Test Flashcards
Counting tool Use beads that slide across a wooden frame
Abacus
An Ancient medical prosiger that involves inserting needles into the skin.
Acupuncture
A Tropical fast growing grass
Bamboo
Wild and uncivilized person
Barbarian
The act of writing combining the usual art and literal interpretation
calligraphy
The group of people whose job it is to call out the work of the government
Civil service
A philosophy that emphasizes Kindness and mutual respect
Confucianism
A form of language that is spoken in a specific part of the contrey
Dialect
First used for worship but then chineese sailors adopted the _______
Compass
A protective wall that controls or holds back water or rivers
Dike
A siries of rulers from the same family or ethnic group
Dynasty
A written symbol that represents an idiom or an object
Ideagraph
closely related people of several generations
extended Family
A ruler of widespread lands
Emperor
A system of political economic and social organisation
feudal system
The use of herbs and plants in medicine
herbal remedies
a hard pale green or white mineral
Jade
Strict adherence to the law
legalism
yellow brown soil
loess
a grain
millet
Animal bones and shells used to write on
Oracle bones
A system of beliefs and values
Philosophy
a Vertical blade that can be turned horozantlie to change a vessel’s direction
Rudder
a device used for measuring earthquakes
seismograph
a Valuable cloth originally made only in China from thread spun by a caterpillar called a silkworm
Silk
An ancient route between China and Europe
Silk Road
a local leader of an armed group
warlord
complementary principles that request opposites that make up the world
yin and yang
a religious philosophy of simple and selfless living based on the writings of a chineese philospher
Taoism
