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Ancient China Vocab

Ancient China Vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
Loess Fertile yellow soil
Dikes Earthen walls built along a river to protect from floods
Bureaucracy Government organized into different levels and tasks
Animism Belief that spirits inhabit everything
Oracle Bones Cattle bones or tortoise shells on which Chinese priests would write questions and then interpret answers from the cracks that formed when the bones are heated
Dialects Variations of a language
Calligraphy Chinese art of writing
Xia Line of kings ruling over a late Neolithic people in the Huang River region of China starting in about 2000 B.C.
Shang Invaders of the Huang River valley who came to power sometime between 1750 B.C. and 1500 B.C. and established the first dynasty of China
Zhou People who overthrew the Shang dynasty of China in 1122 B.C.
Autocracy Government in which the ruler holds absolute power
Civil Service Centralized system that runs the day-to-day business of government
Leveling Policy in which government uses price controls to balance the economic effects of farm surpluses or shortages
Qin Dynasty that came to power in China in 221 B.C. under which the first true empire of China was created
Han Dynasty of rulers that ruled a centralized and growing empire in China
Cheng Founder of the Qin Dynasty
Great Wall of China Wall built and expanded upon by early rulers of China to protect from invasions
Liu Bang A commoner who became a Qin general and founded the Han Dynasty
Liu Ch’e The longest ruling Han emperor who ruled from 140 B.C. to 87 B.C.
Silk Road Trade route stretching from China to the Mediterranean
Yin Force that is female, dark, and passive
Yang Force that is male, bright, and active
Confucius Founder of Confucianism
Analects Collection of the ideas and teachings of Confucius
Laozi Founder of Daoism
Dao De Jing Compilation of Laozi’s teachings on Daoism
Legalism School of Chinese philosophy concerned with politics
Genealogy Record of a family history
Acupuncture Chinese medical practice of inserting needles into certain areas of the body
Five Classics Texts used to train scholars and civil servants in ancient China
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