| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Shang | DYNASTY: Was founded in 1600 B.C. |
| Shang | DYNASTY: Was ancient China's first dynasty. |
| Shang | DYNASTY: Kings had a communicator between the king and gods/ ancestors ( diviner) |
| Shang | DYNASTY: Had rituals and cerimonies. |
| Shang | DYNASTY: Worshipped several gods and ancestors, who were nature gods ( wind, rain, fire, etc.) |
| Shang | DYNASTY: Their chief god was Shang Di. |
| Shang | DYNASTY: Farmers grew grain and raised animals such as chickens and pigs. They also had silkworms for silk. |
| Shang | DYNASTY: Made bronze weapons for weaponry and for vessels for rituals. |
| Zhou | DYNASTY: Called the Classical age. |
| Zhou | DYNASTY: Was founded in 1050 B.C. |
| Zhou | DYNASTY: King Wu was a king in this dynasty. |
| Zhou | DYNASTY: King Wu ruled by the "Book Of Documents." |
| Zhou | DYNASTY: Had "classes." King was the highest, Nobles in the middle, and Peasants on the bottom. |
| Zhou | DYNASTY: In this dynasty that had classes, Peasants were NOT slaves. |
| Zhou | DYNASTY: This dynasty had a virtues system. |
| Zhou | DYNASTY: Ended in 256 B.C. |
| Zhou | DYNASTY: Most peasants in this dynasty were farmers. |
| Qin | DYNASTY: Was started in 221 B.C. |
| Qin | DYNASTY: they built the GREAT WALL OF CHINA |
| Qin | DYNASTY: the great wall provided protection to this dynasty, making it protected and isolated. |
| Qin | DYNASTY: used Legalism. |
| Qin | DYNASTY: This dynasty used fear as a way to keep its' people under control. |
| Qin | DYNASTY: This dynasty started using Standardilization, and had beuracracy. |
| Qin | DYNASTY: Shi Huangdi was this dynasty's ruler. |
| Qin | DYNASTY: Shi Huangdi died in 210 B.C. |
| Qin | DYNASTY: 500,000 workers died in this dynasty while building the great wall. |
| Qin | DYNASTY: This dynasty ended in 206 B.C. |
| Han | DYNASTY: Lui Bang founded this dynasty in 206 B.C |
| Han | DYNASTY: Ruler Lui Bang changed his name to Han Gaozu during this dynasty. |
| Han | DYNASTY: This dynasty believed in Confucionism, who's ruler was Han Gaozu. |
| Han | DYNASTY: Had a beuracracy, and already had standardilization from recent discoveries in the Qin dynasty, the dynasty before this one. |
| Han | DYNASTY: The warlike ruler Wu Di took the throne in this dynasty in 140 B.C. |
| Han | DYNASTY: Wu Di was a warlike ruler, therefore created armies as large as 300,000 number strong during his reign under this kingdom. |
| Han | DYNASTY: Wu Di set up Civil Service. |
| Han | DYNASTY: Supported Daoism. |
| Han | DYNASTY: Invented the seismograph. |
| Han | DYNASTY: Had the SILK ROAD. |
| Han | DYNASTY: This dynasty ended in 220 A.D. |
| loess | VOCABULARY: A yellow silt. Lesson 1 |
| basin | VOCABULARY: A bowl-shaped land area or land surrounded bu higher land. Lesson 1 |
| dialect | VOCABULARY: A way of speaking. Lesson 1 |
| legends | VOCABULARY: Stories handed down from earlier times to explain the distant past. Lesson 2 |
| ritual | VOCABULARY: A way of conducting a cerimony. Lesson 2 |
| ancestors | VOCABULARY: Relatives further back than grandparents. Lesson 2 |
| oracle bones | VOCABULARY: Shells and bones. Lesson 2 |
| oracle | VOCABULARY: A person who gives wise advice. Lesson 2 |
| characters | VOCABULARY: Symbols. Lesson 2 |
| elevation | VOCABULARY: the hight of the land. Elevation map section |
| contour lines | VOCABULARY: connects all points of equal elevation. Elevation map section. Lesson 3 |
| heritage | VOCABULARY: A set of ideas passes down from generation to generation. Lesson 3 |
| virtues | VOCABULARY: Good quialities. Lesson 3 |
| Mandate of Heaven | VOCABULARY: An early Chinese text that calls Heaven's order to claim rule over China. Lesson 3 |
| philosopher | VOCABULARY: A person who studies the meaning of life. Lesson 3 |
| filial piety | VOCABULARY: An idea of Conficius that parents should be treated with the greatest respect. Lesson 3 |
| Confucianism | VOCABULARY: The teachings of Confucius. Lesson 3 |
| Legalism | VOCABULARY: The strict use of laws and bureaucracy. Lesson 4 |
| Standardization | VOCABULARY: The making of all things of a certain thing alike, such as having only one type of money. Lesson 4 |
| province | VOCABULARY: A political region similar to countries, like the individual states of the United States. Lesson 4 |
| clay soldiers | TEST QUESTION: Describe in 2 words the most important thing they found in Shi Huangdi's tomb. Lesson 5 |
| civil service | VOCABULARY: A part of a bureaucracy that oversees the day-to-day buisness of running a government. Lesson 6 |
| Daoism | VOCABULARY: The key to happiness is accepting life as it is through this culture. Lesson 6 |
| import | VOCABULARY: Brought in. Lesson 6 |
| export | VOCABULARY: Sent out. Lesson 6 |
| ambassador | VOCABULARY: A government representative. Lesson 6 |
| Silk Road | VOCABULARY: This got its name from China's best selling product. It is the ____________________. Lesson 6 |
| profit | VOCABULARY: Money gained. Lesson 6 |
| caravan | VOCABULARY: A group of traders. Lesson 6 |
| King Wu | IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Of the Zhou dynasty. |
| Shi Huangdi | IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Of the Qin dynasty. |
| Han Gaozu | IMPORTANT PEOPLE: The first of the Han Dynasty. |
| Wu Di | IMPORTANT PEOPLE: The second of the Han dynasty. |
| false | TRUE OR FALSE: The building of the great wall had little impact on the Chinese dynasties. |
| true | TRUE OR FALSE: Shi Huangdi is one of China's ancient important figures. |
| false | TRUE OR FALSE: The Qin were large fans of the virtues system. |
| true | TRUE OR FALSE: Confucius is now respected as an ancient Chinese philosopher. |
| false | TRUE OR FALSE: The Han dynasty comes before the Qin dynasty. |
| false | TRUE OR FALSE: The Shang dynasty was the second dynasty. |
| true | TRUE OR FALSE: The Shang dynasty was the first dynasty. |
| true | TRUE OR FALSE: The order of the dynasties are this from first to last; Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han. |
| true | TRUE OR FALSE: The Silk Road was probably China's best trading route. It mainly went through Europe and Africa. |
| false | TRUE OR FALSE: Silk wasn't a very important item to the ancient Chinese people. |
| true | TRUE OR FALSE: The Silk Road got its name because China's main item that they traded was silk. |
| reuniting all of china | IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Shi Huangdi is known for... |
| Civil Service | IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Wu Di is known for starting... |
| true | TRUE OF FALSE: Wu Di was a VERY warlike emperor. |
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