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China Vocab. Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| China's first capital city | Anyang |
| Also known as the Yellow River, was nicknamed China's Joy and China's Sorrow | Huang He River |
| A character that represents an object in writing | pictograph |
| He led the rebellion against the Shang and founded the Zhou dynasty | Wu Wang |
| Philosophy/philosopher that emphasized filial piety and using your talents for your family and government | Confucianism/Confucius |
| This philosophy was based on the idea that life was best when you lived as simply as possible, gave up worldly things, and stayed close to nature. | Daoism |
| Founder of Daoism | Laozi |
| Founder of Legalism | Hanfeizi |
| This said that all humans were inherently evil, and therefore people needed strict rulers and harsh laws to keep them in line. | Legalism |
| He was a peasant who changed his name to Han Gaozu and founded the Han dynasty | Liu Bang |
| List the first four dynasties | Xia, Shang, Zhou, and Qin |
| She was the wife of a Shang ruler and also the first female Chinese military general | Fu Hao |
| Network of trade routes that stretched for over 4000 miles | Silk Road |
| The first emperor of China; he united the states of China, standardized the currency, writing system, weights and measurements, built roads and canals, built the first Great Wall, and was a Legalist. | Qin Shi Huang Di |
| Another name for the Chiang Jiang. | Yangtze |
| The first examples of Chinese writing can be found on these artifacts from the Shang dynasty. | oracle bones |
| A character in writing created by joining 2 pictographs together that stands for an idea. | ideograph |