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6th EE Chapter 5
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| loess | A dusty, yellow soil that is easily carried by the wind |
| famine | Widespread shortages of food |
| gorge | Mountain passes with steep, rocky sides |
| steepe | A dry, treeless plain |
| dynasty | A line of rulers who belong to the same family |
| oracle bones | In ancient China, a cattle or sheep bone used to predict the future |
| Mandate of Heaven | Says that governments may rule so long as they do so fairly, benefiting the people and performing the proper religious duties |
| Warring States Period | The time when many local rulers went to war with each other |
| Daoism | The belief of Lao Zi that nature should guide people in their lives |
| Fu Hao | Also known as Lady Hao, was the wife of king Wu Ding, and she led troops to war and ruled her own town. |
| Wuwang | King of the Zhou who defeated the Shang army and established a new dynasty in the Huang Valley |
| Duke of Zhou | Brother of Wuwang, defeated a rebellion led by the Shang heir and defended the kingdom against attacks from tribes in the east |
| Confucius | China's most famous scholar, his teachings about government and family would change China forever |
| Lao Zi | A famous Chinese thinker. His teachings are the foundation of Daoism |
| Distribution map | A map which shows how something is spread out over an area |
| population density | The number of people living per a given unit of area |
| emperor | The supreme ruler of an empire, or group of states under one government |
| province | Political divisions of land |
| legalism | Taught actions that help the emperor and the state should be encouraged by a strict system of rewards and severe punishments |
| Shihuangdi | "First Grand Emperor" |
| Hsiang Yu | A general who led the rebellion against the Chinese dynasty |
| Liu Pang | A peasant who helped Hsiang Yu lead the rebellion against the Chinese dynasty |
| Confucianism | The teachings of Confucius |
| bureaucracy | An organization that runs the daily business of government |
| Grand School | A school begun by Confucian scholars in China that trained students for government jobs |
| seismograph | A scientific instrument that could detect earthquakes hundreds of miles away, invented by the Han dynasty |
| Gao Zu | When Liu Pang became the Emperor of Chinaa in 206 B.C. he took this name. His family began the Han dynasty. |
| Wudi | One of the emperors who ruled China from 140 B.C. to 87 B.C., and who decided to expand the Chinese beaucracy. |
| Wang Mang | Seized the thrown and realized that the powerful nobles and landowners threatened his power. He tried to introduce changes |
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