Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Dynasties
Dynasties 2
Miscell
100
Yellowish brown soil that blows in from the desert.
What is loess
100
The writing of Ancient China. Pictures represent words.
What is pictograph?
100
What are the 4 dynasties that we covered?
Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty,
100
What is an easy way to remember the order of the dynasties?
What is Some Zebras Question Hippos
100
Trade route that went through northern China and central Asia & connected to the Roman Empire.
What is the Silk Road?
200
A dike (or wall) used to control flooding.
What is a levee?
200
A bone commonly used during the Shang Dynasty to predict the future.
What is an Oracle Bone?
200
Name that Dynasty: 1st Dynasty of Chinese History Farming was basic way of life in Huang River Valley.
What is the Shang Dynasty?
200
Name that Dynasty: The Bronze Age
What is the Shang Dynasty
200
A collection of sayings by Confucius that was were written down by his students...
What is Analects?
300
A platform of earth used to grow crops.
What is a terrace?
300
A relative who lived longer ago than a grandparent.
What is an ancestor?
300
Name that Dynasty: The Longest Dynasty
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
300
Qin Dynasty & the First Emperor How did Shi Huangdi unify China?
- Centralized government by creating states (provinces) under his control. - Money & weight systems were standardized = easier to trade items.
300
What goods/items were traded along the Silk Road?
Exports = silk and porcelain Imports = glass, gold & horses
400
A process in which two crops are grown on the same land in the same year.
What is Double Cropping.
400
The practice of using skills and talents to work in the government.
What is Civil Service?
400
Name that Dynasty: During which Dynasty was the Great Wall built?
What is the Qin Dynasty?
400
Name that Dynasty: The Golden Age
What is the Zhou Dynasty
400
What are some important inventions that were made during the Han Dynasty?
Porcelain Paper ink
500
Land divided into political divisions
What is a province?
500
People who go between buyers and sellers.
What is a middlemen?
500
The 1st Han ruler was Gaozu. What was he known as?
What is “High-Ancestor” - shows he’s got wisdom
500
What was the time period before Dynasties?
XIA Legendary time period
500
What are some of the theories as to why the Great Wall of China was built?
Keep invaders from the north out.
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