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China
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Merchant | Skilled tradesman |
| Skilled tradesman | Merchant |
| Acquire | To get |
| Effect | Result |
| Sub-continent | a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent (India) |
| Asia | Continent |
| China | Continent |
| India | Sub-continent |
| Continent | one of the main landmasses of the globe |
| Country | a state or nation |
| trade route | any route usually taken by merchant ships, caravans, etc. |
| Monotheism | belief in 1 god |
| Polytheism | belief in many gods |
| Non-theism | no gods |
| background knowledge | things you already know |
| Great Wall | stone wall extending for fifteen hundred miles across northern China |
| Classical China | |
| Post Classical China | |
| Bronze casting | Process of making bronze |
| Magnetic compass | another term for compass |
| Civil service system | |
| Qin Shi Huangdi | the founder of the Qin dynasty and was the first emperor of a unified China |
| Wu-ti | Emperor Wu of Han, born Liu Che, courtesy name Tong, was the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty |
| Chengo | |
| Mandate of Heaven | that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time |
| Zhou | a Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang dynasty and preceded the Qin dynasty. |
| Dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country |
| Laozi | an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer |
| Confucius | a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher |
| Han Fei Zswxei | an influential political philosopher |