Chinese Vocab
Barren
not able to produce anything
Who was the Italian explorer who went to China
Marco polo
What did the Japnese people call their country
Nippon
A region near the tropics, having hot summers and warm winters, with nearly no frost or snow;semitropical
What's the largest island of Japan
Honshu
terra cotta
a kind of clay hardened by fire, used especially for small statues and vases
What is the famous Chinese river
The yellow river
Typhoon
A regional storm;hurricane
What was the Chinese dynasty from 1644 - 1912
Ching dynasty
dissension
dispute,quarrling
Who try to burn all the books in China
Zheng
Caucasian
Of or relating to the white race
How long did Marco polo supposedly stay in China for
16 years
regime
a system of govermnent
What is the ancient name for China
Chung Kuo
Syllabary
A set of written characters, each one representing a syllable
concession
Something granted by one person or group of persons to another
What religion did the Chinese belive in
buddhism
porse
writing in the ordinary form of speech;not poetry