Notes to Test 4.1-4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Fu Hao | a Chinese king's wife who led troops to war. Her tomb contained records of her time and life. (remember 13,000 soldiers) |
| Oracle Bones | cattle bones or tortoise shells on which Chinese priests would write questions and then interpret answers from the cracks that formed when the bones were heated |
| Veneration of ancestors | worship of ancestors by burning replicas of physical objects to aid in the next world |
| Bronze | First as weapons, then as art, then used for religious purposes |
| Huang River | Yellow Silt came from this river |
| Yangtze River | the longest river of Asia |
| Xia Dynasty | the first Chinese dynasty |
| Yu | Ruler of the Xia Dynasty |
| 18th Century B.C. | Year of Xia Dynasty |
| Anyang | Shang dynasty capital |
| Shang Di (Supreme Emperor) | The superior god who was followed by the Shang |
| Zhou Dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism; Rose up against the Shang |
| Mandate of Heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source |
| right of revolution | gives the people the right to revolt against the emperor |
| Cycle of Change | New Dynasty rises to power, reaches its peak, and declines |
| period of the warring states | a time when the China was in constant war between its city states, occurring right after the fall Zhou dynasty and not ending until the formation of the Qin dynasty |
| Iron Plow | Tool that allowed the spread of farmable area |
| Canals | built to allow easier movementof goods |
| Filial Piety | All family had to insubordinate themselves to the male head of the family; needs of family were greater than needs of individual member. |
| Chinese Calligraphy | pictographical Chinese writing system that unified China under one written language |
| 5 constant relationships | Confucious believed there was always a higher person in each relationship... these relationships were: Parent->Child, Older sibling-> Young Sibling, Husband->Wife, Friend->Friends, and Ruler->Subject. He thought by reinforcing the stability of these relationships that he would stabilize china as a whole. He could do this using a couple ideas for instance conducting respect on yourself, acknowledges the hierarchy, and live up to your role in society. So therefore creating Harmony and Stability. |
| Confucious | Known to the Chinese as the First Teacher (551-479 B.C.) whose interest in philosophy was political and ethical, not spiritual |
| Work Ethic (Confucianism) | the duty of each person to make society function correctly (Confucianism) |
| Humanity (Confucianism) | Compassion and empathy for others (Confucianism) |
| Taoism | philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events |
| Tao Te Ching | Scriptures full or paradoxes with the belief that civilization interferes with the flow of nature and that the greatest cure is lack of contentment; Taoism |
| Legalism | A Chinese, political philosophy based on the idea that the human nature is evil and people should be treated with fear or harsh punishment; |
| Tao | duty/humanity; key to proper behavior was to behave in accordance with... |
| Qin Shi Huangdi | First Emperor; only emperor of Qin Dynasty; legalist; building of Great Wall and other public works; divided country; Censorate; |
| Censorate | part of the Chinese bureaucracy that made sure government officials were doing their jobs |
| Xiongnu | Nomadic raiders who were a threat to the Han |
| Li Su | Watched the rats in the dark and realized the fat rats were more aggressive than skinny rats; creator of legalism |
| wall of 10,000 Li | the great wall of China, a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC |
| Han Gaozu | a farmer-turned-genereal who in 206BC, overthrew the Qin Dynasty; founded Han Dynasty; changed the political belief from Legalism to Confucianism; |
| Han Wudi | extended the Chinese borders to its extent in Imperial China; Trained Civil Services; "Silk Road" |
| Trung Sisters | leaders of one of the frequent peasant rebellions in Vietnam against Chinese rule |
| Terra Cotta Army | A group over 8000 clay soldiers with weapons, wagons, etc. built on Emperor Qin's order to guard his tomb in the afterlife. |
| Silk Road | an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles); Silk from China to Rome |
| Sima Qian (and Ban Gu) | chinese scholer,astronomer,and historian; wrote the most important historyof ancient china |
| Fall of Han Empire | Weak rulers; concentration of land in hands of wealthy; noble families forced free farmers to become tenants; marauders; rebellion; ALL CAUSED WHAT?! |
| The Qin Dynasty | dynasty which was: Legalistic; Central Bureaucracy; civil divison into provinces and countries with officials who were watched by censorate; |
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