A widespread lack of food resulting in hunger and starvation
What is a Famine
100
A long defensive wall extending miles through northern China
What is the Great Wall of China
100
The time period we are currently studying
What is Ancient China
200
A fine, yellow soil that is easily carried by wind and rain found in China
What is Loess
200
A member of a ruling family or one of high rank
What are Nobles
200
A cattle or sheep bone used to predict the future
What are Oracle Bones
200
A way of life neither too strict nor too easy
What is a Middle Way
200
The belief that the Chinese emperors right to rule came from the Gods
What is the Mandate of Heaven
300
A dry, grassy, treeless plain found in Asia and eastern Europe
What is a Steppe
300
A line of rulers who belong to the same family
What is a Dynasty
300
A division of land within an empire or country
What is a Province
300
A school begun by Confucian Scholars in China that trained students for government
What is a Grand School
300
A scientific instrument that could detect earthquakes hundreds of miles away
What is a Seismograph
400
A wall built along a river bank to prevent flooding
What is a Levee
400
A Chinese King's wife who led troops to war. Her tomb contained records of her life and times
Who is Fu Hao
400
Capital city of the Qin dynasty during the rule of the emperor Shihuangdi
What is Xianyang
400
A system of beliefs and behaviors based on teachings of Confucius who said people should lead good lives
What is Confuscianism
400
A farmer turned general who over threw the Qin dynasty and founded the Han dynasty
Who is Han Gaozu
500
The gradual wearing away of soil and rock by wind glaciers, or water
What is Erosion
500
A Chinese emperor who founded the Qin dynasty and unified China with a standardized system of writing and money; his tomb contained the famous "clay army"
Who is Shihuangdi
500
An ancient province in northern China that rose to power under Emperor Shihuangdi in 221 B.C.
What is Qin
500
Set up a system of schools that prepared students for government jobs
Who is Wudi
500
When is your test in Social Studies and when do you start Science?
Today, Friday Jan. 21st is your last day in SS, and you start Science on Monday Jan. 24th.