Vocabulary 1
People of noble birth who are wealthy
What are Aristocrats?
a system of beliefs based off the teachings of Confucius
What is Confucianism?
Rich, yellow soil
What is loess?
Name the book with sayings of Confucius
What is the Analects?
These were some crops grown in China
What is rice, millet and wheat?
long dead family members
what are ancestors?
philosophy relating to nature and harmony
what is Daoism
That Huang He River is also called this...
What is the Yellow River?
Name the THREE major philosophies in Ancient China
Confucianism, Daoism and Legalism
Farmers faced these two threats often
What is flooding and famine (starvation)?
officials who carry out tasks of the government
what is a bureaucracy?
Philosophy stressing the importance of laws
What is Legalism?
The Chang Jiang is also called this
The reason the three philosophies came into being
What is the period of the Warring States?
What is: silk cloth, jade or bronze items, iron tools?
the belief that the Chinese King's right to rule came from the gods
what is the Mandate of heaven?
Military leaders who lead their own armies
What are Warlords?
Name of the mountain range in China and India
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
These people did not like that Confucius opened up government jobs for all.
Who are the Artistocrats?
What are: large estates with courtyards and gardens. Walls surrounded their homes for protection?
the responsibility children have to respect their parents
what is filial piety?
A symbol in writing based on pictures
What are pictographs?
Plateau in China
What is the Tibetan Plateau?
What are Daoism and Confucianism?
China is located on this continent
What is Asia?