Vocabulary I
To make or become united, uniform, or whole
What is to unify?
Built to keep out invaders and protect China
What is The Great Wall of China?
Included farmers, artisans, nobles, priests, commoners, soldiers, and merchants
What is society or social structure?
First dynasty; believed to be a myth due to no written evidence found about it.
What is the Xia Dynasty?
Which continent is China located on?
What is Asia?
The strict following of rules or laws without caring about fairness or human need
What is legalism?
the study of the world, ourselves, and relationships with others
What is philosphy?
Oasis Towns and The Silk Road
What is economy?
Longest ruling dynasty; introduced ideas like the Mandate of Heaven
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
What are the rivers?
a male who rules an empire
What is an emperor?
ancient network of trade routes that connected Europe and Asia
What is The Silk Road?
Uniform currency; standardized measurements; The Great Wall of China
What are achievements?
Expanded the empire; increased trade (The Silk Road); Was a time of growth and stability
What is the Han Dynasty?
What ruled China, was led by an emperor and rose and fell due to good or bad leadership, natural disasters, wars, and the loss of the emperor's power?
What are dynasties?
The belief that a leader has the right to rule China if they have the blessing of the gods
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
the exchange of goods and services for money or other goods
What is commerce?
Confucianism and Daoism
What is religion?
Qin Shi Huang took power after the Warring States period and became China's first emperor: Created a strict Legalist government similar to Hammurabi's strict code of laws.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
Which river is called the Mother River because early Chinese people settled near the river?
What is the Huang He?
animal bones used for ceremonies and record-keeping in ancient China
What are The Oracle Bones?
What is Confucianism?
Major Chinese Dynasties: Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han
What are politics?
What is the Shang Dynasty?
What are these bodies of water :Huang He, Yangze and Xi Jiang?
What are the three main rivers in China?