Ancient China Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Huang He | Major river in China. Source is the Plateau of Tibet. Called Yellow River and China's Sorrow. Flows through North China Plain. |
| Chang Jiang | Major river in China. Source is the Plateau of Tibet. Called the Yangtze River. Flows through Chang Jiang Basin. |
| Dynasty | Line of rulers that are related to each other. Blood line. |
| Anyang | Shang capital city. walled |
| Aristocrats | Nobles whose wealth come from the land owned |
| pictograph | Characters that stand for objects. ei. pictures of moon or sun |
| Ideograph | Characters that join two or more pictographs to represent an idea. |
| Wu Wang | Aristocrat that rebelled against the Shang. Founded the Zhou Dynasty |
| bureaucracy | Appointed officials who are responsible for different areas of government. |
| Mandate of Heaven | Order; King chosen by heavenly order for wisdom and talent. If bad, people have right to overthrow the government. |
| Dao | "the way" Doing the right thing |
| Filial Piety | Children had to respect their parents and older relatives. Families placed the need of the family before their own. |
| Head of the family | Oldest male |
| Confucianism | Philosophy: all men with talent should take part in the government. Respect is given; Relationships |
| Daoism | Philosophy: be one with nature. Follow the Dao and give up worldly desires |
| Legalism | Philosophy: society needs strict laws and harsh punishments to keep order. People are evil and selfish. |
| Kong Fuzi; Confucius | Creator of Confucianism. Respect and relationships/ |
| Laozi: Old Master | Creator of Daoism; wise man or sage |
| Han Feizi | Creator of Legalism; believed people were evil and selfish |
| Qin Shihuangdi | Emperor of Qin Dynasty unified China, standardized weights, money, roads. followed legalism |
| Liu Bang | Founded the Han Dynasty Han Gaozu: Exalted Emperor of Han |
| Han Wudi | Martial Emperor of Han Han Dynasty reached it's peak under this leadership Followed Confucianism. |
| Silk Road | Large network of trade routes stretching 4,000 miles from China to southwest Asia. Merchants paid taxes at many kingdoms along the way... pit stops. |
| Terrace Farming | Cutting steps into hillsides or mountains to increase usable farmland |
| Zhou Dynasty | Longest lasting dynasty, 800 years. Ended with Period of Warring States. |
| Shang Dynasty | First dynasty of China. Capital of Anyang walled city. |
| North China Plain | Best farmland in China. Silt from Huang He River. |
| Chang Jiang Basin | Located in southeast China. Lots of precipitation. Climate good for growing rice. |
| Gobi Desert | Northern desert. Rocky desert. Isolated China |
| Taklamakan Desert | Northwestern desert. "Many go in, few come out" Turfan Depression located in desert. Isolated China. |
| Northeastern Plain | Hills and prairie grass vegetation. Pastoral Nomads herd animals. |
| Northwestern Deserts | Consist of Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts. Too dry, to hot, or to cold to farm. Isolated China. |
| Plateau of Tibet | 8,000 to 15,000 feet plateau. Area too high, cold, dry for farming. Pastoral Nomads herd animals. Isolated China. |
| Roof of the World | Name given to Plateau of Tibet because of height 15,000 feet |
| Bronze Vessel | Bronze metal molds accomplishment of Shang Dynasty |
| Fu Hao | Wife of Wu Ding was a female general in the army, in Shang Dynasty |
| Oracle Bones | First form of Chinese writing questions written on shoulder bones or turtle shells |
| Period of Warring States | 200 years of fighting after the fall of Zhou Dynasty. Qin State rises from the turmoil. |
| Social Class | King or emperor, land owner aristocrats, FARMERS, then merchants |
| Tea, silk, spices, porcelain | Items traded along the Silk Road moved out of China |
| Buddhism | Religion that spread to China via the Silk Road Accepted by Chinese to help with stress of civil war. |
| paper, waterwheel, acupuncture, seismograph, iron drill bits, rudders for ships, compass, wheel barrow. | Inventions of China. |
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