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China Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Classical China | Ancient Chinese art or literature |
Post Classical China | A time after classical china |
Bronze casting | A sculpture made from another sculpture. |
Magnetic compass | Another name for a compass |
Civil service system | Branches of A government’s administration |
Qin Shi Huangdi | A bad person. The king of Qin and he united china’s warring states by defeating them. |
Wu-ti | Emperor of china |
Mandate of Heaven | An ancient Chinese belief that granted governors the right to rule based on their ability to govern well and fairly. |
Zhou | A chinese dynasty that wrote the oldest known chinese literature. |
Dynasty | Rulers of the same family |
Laozi | A legendary Daoist philosopher that was the founder of Taoism |
Confucius | A Chinese philosopher of the sixth century that is the founder of Confucianism. |
HanFeiZi | The greatest of China’s Legalist philosophers. He wrote essays. |
Merchant | Someone who sells something |
Skilled tradesman | A smart trader |
Acquire | To possess |
Effect | Cause |
Sub-continent | A large landmass that is smaller than a continent |
Asia | A continent that contains Mesopotamia, and India, and China. |
China | A country that we are studying. This includes the Qin, and the Mongols. |
India | A country that is in Asia. |
Continent | The world's main pieces of land |
Country | A nation with its own government |
Trade route | A route that people trade along. For example the Silk Road |
Monotheism | the belief in one God |
Polytheism | The belief in many gods |
Non-theism | The belief in no God |
Background knowledge | Information you already know about the topic |
Geographic physical features | Natural trademarks. |
Great Wall | A stone wall extending for fifteen hundred miles across northern China. |