Ancient China Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Silk | A valuable cloth first made in China |
| Silk Road | An ancient trade route between Europe and China |
| Philosophy | system of beliefs and values |
| Civil Service | the group of people whose job it is to carry out the work of the government |
| Laozi | founder of Toaism |
| Shang Zhou Qin Han | First four dynasties in order |
| Wudi | Han emperor who extended China's borders |
| Achievements of the Han | Paper Wheelbarrow Acupuncture iron plow herbal remedies seismograph compass jade carving rudder circulatory system |
| Shi Haungdi (Zhao Zheng) | Leader of the Qin dynasty |
| Liu Bang | founder of the Han dynasty |
| Millet | Important crop and part of Chinese climate |
| Huang River | aka Yellow River. Muddiest river in the world and caused many deaths |
| Chang River | China's longest river |
| South China Climate | warm, wet |
| North China Climate | dry |
| Mandate of Heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source |
| Shang Dynasty | First civilization in China.Made good bronze work and created China's first writing system |
| Zhou Dynasty | Conquered the Shang. Ruled for almost 1000 years |
| Scholar | a student; a person of much learning |
| Historical Records | The writings of Sima Qian |
| Confucius | chinese philospher and teacher; his belifs,known as confucianism greatly influenced chinese life |
| Terra Cotta Warriors | statues that represented Shi Huangdi's real army, protected him in the afterlife |
| The Great Wall of China | a wall to defend China from barbarians from the North |
| Qin Dynasty | the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall |
| Liu Bang | 1st emperor of Han dynasty |
| Han Dynasty | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy |
| Sima Qian | a Chinese scholar who wrote the most important history of ancient China, HISTORICAL RECORDS |
| Warlord | a local leader of an armed group |
| Philosophy | a belief (or system of beliefs) |
| extended family | closely related people of several generations |
| dike | a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea |
| loess | yellow-brown soil |
| currency | type of money used by a group of a nation |
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