Vocabulary
a channel dug by people; used by boats or for irrigation
What is canal?
a high moral standard
What is virtue?
China's boundary with India and Nepal is formed by these mountains, which act as natural borders.
What are the Himalayas?
The core idea of Daoism is that the world works according to this.
What is natural order?
a record of events
What are annals?
a command ,a responsibility given by an authority
When China began to trade with other regions, this became prized around the world.
What is silk?
The Zhou develop this system of social organization where the lands they controlled were divided into smaller, semi-independent kingdoms.
What is feudal system?
a city that is its own political unit and has its own ruling government
a member of a high social class
What is a Noble?
The Shang people made carvings on animal bones do this about the future.
Zhou king were seen as having one of these to rule, meaning that their people believed kings were given the right to rule by the supreme power of the universe.
What is Mandate from Heaven?
a social organization in which kings, lords, and peasants are bound together by mutual obligations
What is the Feudal System?
the study of the stars, planets, and other features of outer space
What is Astronomy?
The earliest civilization in China arose in a river valley around this river, with two names.
The ___________ or the ___________ river.
What is Huang He or Yellow?
Confucianism was one of these that grew out of the Spring and Autumn period.
What is philosophy?
deep respect for one's parents
What is Filial Piety?
the study of ideas about knowledge, life, and truth; literally, the love of wisdom
What is philosophy?
The Huang He was closely connected to how early Chinese civilization developed due to this.
What is flooding?
Two advancements that helped the government of the Zhou and Qin dynasties solve problems they experienced.
What are 1. construction of canals and 2. use of forms of money?