Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
China Vocab. :D
china vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Silk Road | an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles); followed by Marco Polo in the 13th century to reach Cathay |
| The Great Wall of China | in the third century B.C. by some 300,000 laborers (mainly criminals, conscript soldiers, and slaves), the wall proved ineffective against invaders |
| Levee | a wall built along a river bank to prevent flooding |
| Loess | a fine yellow soil that is easily carried by wind and rain found in China |
| Oracle Bones | a group of inscribed animal bones and shells discovered in China and used originally in divination by the ancient Chinese, especially during the Shang dynasty. |
| Mandate of Heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source |
| Emperor Qin’s Terracotta Army | a clay army that he ordered his people to make to protect the after life, no 2 soldiers were alike |
| Analects | also known as the Analects of Confucius, are the collection of sayings and ideas of central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius, written by his followers. |
| Famine | having very little food availible and people starving |
| Huang River | The Yellow River or Huang He, formerly spelled Hwang Ho, is the second-longest river in China after the Yangtze and the sixth-longest in the world at the estimated length of 5,464 kilometers (3,395 mi) |
| North China Plain | based on the deposits of the Yellow River and is the largest alluvial plain of eastern Asia |
| Steppe | an extensive plain, especially one without trees |
| Ordos Desert | it's a dessert in the middle of China |
| Plateau | land or area raised above the land |
| Dynasty | line a rulers who belonged to the same family |
| Erosion | the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc. |
| Stir Fry | cooking in a wok with vegi's and meat |
Created by:
georgiaw
Popular Chinese sets