Ancient China, 6th grade, chap 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 mandarin | official who helped Han rulers govern the country; they were chosen for their abilities; today the term refers to a dialect of the Chinese language |
| paper | ancient Chinese were the first people to use this material; they were the first to use it as money |
| Silk Road | trade route that opened to allow China to trade with other countries |
| silk,bone,shell | materials the Chinese wrote on before paper was invented |
| Confucius | a scholar whose teachings were the most important ideas to come out the Chinese Classical Age |
| acupuncture | treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin |
| paper & seismograph | ancient Chinese technology that influences our modern age |
| Communism | China's current government policies which are very different from ancient times |
| dynasty | a line of rulers belonging to the same family |
| characters | another name for Chinese pictographs; Chinese writing has over 50,000 |
| horses, fruit, medicine | items that entered China as a result of the Silk Road |
| Mandarin education | spent many years studying the Confucian Classics, took a difficult test that involved being locked in a small room for days |
| ancestors | worshiped by the ancient Chinese, especially during the Shang dynasty |
| peaceful society | according to Confucius everyone had to know his class and act accordingly |
| clay army | placed in the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi to protect him after death; shows the ancient Chinese believed in an afterlife and believed that people needed supplies and protection |
| China's Sorrow | nickname for the Huang He river |
| monsoon | strong winds that bring rain |
| seismograph | Chinese invention that measures where and how strong an earthquake is |
| tings | special bronze vessels used by the Shang people to cook meat sacrifices |
| bureaucracy | a system that gives a worker a job then trains them for it |
| Classical Age | a period that marks a high point in cultural development |
| hemp or mulberry tree bark | used during the Han dynasty to make paper |
| oracle bones | Shang priests heated these until cracks appeared that supposedly revealed the ancestors wishes |
| Chin | the dynasty that gave China its name |
| Great Wall of China | A system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top, constructed as a defense for China against nomads from the north: completed in the 3rd century b.c., but later repeatedly modified and rebuilt; over 1500 mi. long |
| robes | how a mandarin was identified |
| obedience & setting a good example | the role of the older and younger person according to Confucius' teachings about relationships |
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