Vocabulary
Bone or shell used in Shang Dynasty religious rituals
oracle bone
First leader of the Qin Dynasty
Shi Huangdi
Two major rivers in China
Yangtze (Chiang Jiang) and Yellow River (Huang He)
The belief that rulers should use the legal system to force people to obey
Legalism
in 105 AD the Chinese invented this new material for books
paper
Ancient Chinese belief that the ruler had the gods’ approval
mandate of heaven
The Dynasty after the Qin that had a bureaucracy
Han
The climate of China is much like the climate of this country
USA
This belief system was based on respect
Confucianism
two agricultural inventions developed by the Chinese
plow and collar harness
The pattern of rise and fall of dynasties
dynastic cycle
First dynasty in China
Shang
This crop was grown in northern China and this crop in the south
Wheat and rice
A network of appointed officials that assist in providing government
Bureaucracy
One of China’s main trade goods used to make clothing
Silk
Study of basic truths and ideas
Philosophy
This dynasty took power after the Shang dynasty
Zhou
China is isolated to the north by the __ and to the East by the __
Gobi Desert and Pacific Ocean
This belief system said that nature was the key to happiness
Daoism
The Chinese became masters at making pots and bells of this metal
Bronze
After looking through all our old
scrapbooks, I learned a lot about my...
Ancestors
This person’s teachings became Daoism
Laozi
this word described the trade network that spanned from China to Europe and Mesopotamia
Trans-Eurasian
This religion started in India made its way to China
Buddhism
Why did Shi Huangdi begin to build the Great Wall?
to protect themselves from the invaders/nomads from the north.