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Ancient China
Ancient China Vocabulary
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| 2 main rivers of China | Yangzi and the Yellow Rivers |
| Alternate name for the Yellow River | Huang He River |
| Alternate name for the Yangzi River | Chang Jiang River |
| Connected by the rivers of China | Eastern and Western China |
| River known as China's Sorrow | Yellow River |
| Floods provided this and improved farming land | Silt |
| Main Crop of China | Rice |
| Civilizations along this river became China's first civilization | Huang He River |
| Isolated China from the rest of the world | Its geography |
| A series of rulers from the same family | Dynasty |
| Founded the Xia Dynasty | Yu the Great |
| Dynasty that founded China's first writing system | Shang Dynasty |
| A prediction | Oracle |
| The Shang Dynasty developed a calendar based on the cycles of what | The moon |
| Dynasty that lasted longer than any other Chinese dynasty | Zhou Dynasty |
| Stated that heaven gave the power to the king and that heaven would remove a bad king from power | Mandate of Heaven |
| Period of civil wars in Ancient China | Warring States Period |
| Reasons China fell into disorder after the Zhou Dynasty | 1. Large armies brutally fought over control and land 2. Families broke apart due to rivalries 3. China lacked a strong government due to constant warfare |
| Philosophy that stated that moral leadership and not laws would bring order for China | Confucianism |
| Founded Confucianism | Confucius |
| Book where the ideas of Confucius are compiled | The Analects |
| Philosophy that stated that people should live in harmony with nature and the Dao | Daoism |
| Most famous Daoist teacher | Laozi |
| Chinese philosophy without religion that stated the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled | Legalism |
| Chinese emperor who was the most famous follower of Legalism | Shi Huang Di |
| Intolerant first emperor of the Qin Dynasty | Shi Huang Di |
| Achievements of the Qin Dynasty | 1. Network of roads 2. Network of canals 3. Terracotta Army 4. Great Wall of China 5. Irrigation System |
| Built by Shi Huang Di to protect him after death | Terracotta Army |
| Built as a barrier to protect China from invasion from the fierce nomad warriors from the north. | Great Wall of China |
| First emperor of the Han Dynasty | Liu Bang |
| Liu Bang was the first what to become a Chinese emperor | Commoner |
| China's official government philosophy under the Han Dynasty | Confucianism |
| Lowest social class under the Han Dynasty | Merchants |
| Social class known as the "Backbone of China" | Peasants |
| Percentage of people in the Peasant social class | 90% |
| Wrote a complete history of the dynasties to the early Han | Sima Qian |
| Device which uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day | Sundial |
| Device that measured the strength of an earthquake | Seismograph |
| Iron provided what two technologies to farmer | 1. Iron Plow 2.Wheelbarrow |
| Highly valued trade good that was a soft rare fabric; the process for making it was kept secret | Silk |
| Most famous trade route used to take Chinese goods to buyers in other countries ;4,000 mile long network that stretched west from China across the deserts and mountain ranges of Asia through the Middle East all the way to the Mediterranean Sea | Silk Road |
| Spread of ideas from one culture to another | Diffusion |
| Religion spread from India to China through Diffusion | Buddhism |
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