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Chapter 5
Pirates Chart, Vocabulary, and Chronology
Question | Answer |
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Where was the Xia dynasty? | Yellow river |
What is "China's Sorrow"? | Extensive floodings |
What art did they make? | Fine pottery and bone tools |
When did they establish? | 2200 B.C.E |
Whos is the dynasty founder? | King Yu |
What is the capital of the Xia dynasty? | Erlitou |
What did King Yu represent? | a hero of flood control |
Where was the Shang Dynasty established at? | Arose in the southern and eastern areas |
What did the Indo Europeans bring for war? | Horses and charriots |
What did agricultural surpluses support? | Large troops |
What type of vast network did they have? | Walled towns |
How many times did the Shang capital move? | Six times |
Where did they put Shang Kings? | Lavish Tombs |
When did the Shang dynasty establish? | 1766-1122 B.C.E. |
When did the Zhou dynasty establish? | 1122-256 B.C.E. |
What did the Zhou dynasty do to the Shang dynasty? | Conquered them |
What is the son of heaven? | Ruler |
What type of political organization did they have? | Decentralized administration |
Who could rule? | Princes and relatives to rule regions |
What consequence did they have? | Weak central government and rise of regional powers |
What caused their fall? | Nomadic invasion sacked Zhou capital and Territorial princes became more independent |
What is the definition of Yao? | A legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government |
What is the definition of Shun? | to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid. |
What is the definition of Yu? | a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains. |
What is the definition of Xia? | a legendary dynasty in China |
What is the definition of Shang? | a Chinese dynasty |
What is the definition of Zhou? | A dynasty which ruled in China |
What is the definition of Chu? | a river in SE Kazakhstan, flowing NE from the Tian Shan, near the Kyrgyz border, into the desert |
What is the definition of Mandate of heaven? | ancient Chinese belief and philosophical idea that heaven granted emperors the right to rule based on their ability to govern well and fairly. |
What is the definition of Legitimacy? | the state or quality of being |
What is the definition of Conspicuous? | easily seen or noticed |
What is the definition of Mariners? | a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship |
What is the definition of Scribes? | a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing |
What is the definition of Secular? | of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred |
What is the definition of Yangtze river? | a river in china |
What is the definition of Yellow river? | a river in china which the Xia dynasty established at |
5000-3000 B.C.E. | Yangshao society |
2200 B.C.E. | Xia dynasty |
1766-1122 B.C.E. | Shang dynasty |
1122-256 B.C.E. | Zhou dynasty |
711 B.C.E. | Nomadic Invasion |
403-221 B.C.E. | Warring states |
256 B.C.E. | The last king of the Zhou abdicated his position in |
Sixth century B.C.E. | Wood, bone, stone tools before iron was spread |
1890's | Discovery of the "dragon bones" |