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ambassador: VOCABULARY: A government representative. Lesson 6
ancestors: VOCABULARY: Relatives further back than grandparents. Lesson 2
basin: VOCABULARY: A bowl-shaped land area or land surrounded bu higher land. Lesson 1
caravan: VOCABULARY: A group of traders. Lesson 6
characters: VOCABULARY: Symbols. Lesson 2
civil service: VOCABULARY: A part of a bureaucracy that oversees the day-to-day buisness of running a government. Lesson 6
Civil Service: IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Wu Di is known for starting...
clay soldiers: TEST QUESTION: Describe in 2 words the most important thing they found in Shi Huangdi's tomb. Lesson 5
Confucianism: VOCABULARY: The teachings of Confucius. Lesson 3
contour lines: VOCABULARY: connects all points of equal elevation. Elevation map section. Lesson 3
Daoism: VOCABULARY: The key to happiness is accepting life as it is through this culture. Lesson 6
dialect: VOCABULARY: A way of speaking. Lesson 1
elevation: VOCABULARY: the hight of the land. Elevation map section
export: VOCABULARY: Sent out. Lesson 6
false: TRUE OR FALSE: The Qin were large fans of the virtues system.
false: TRUE OR FALSE: The Han dynasty comes before the Qin dynasty.
false: TRUE OR FALSE: The Shang dynasty was the second dynasty.
false: TRUE OR FALSE: Silk wasn't a very important item to the ancient Chinese people.
false: TRUE OR FALSE: The building of the great wall had little impact on the Chinese dynasties.
filial piety: VOCABULARY: An idea of Conficius that parents should be treated with the greatest respect. Lesson 3
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.
Han Gaozu: IMPORTANT PEOPLE: The first of the Han Dynasty.
heritage: VOCABULARY: A set of ideas passes down from generation to generation. Lesson 3
import: VOCABULARY: Brought in. Lesson 6
King Wu: IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Of the Zhou dynasty.
Legalism: VOCABULARY: The strict use of laws and bureaucracy. Lesson 4
legends: VOCABULARY: Stories handed down from earlier times to explain the distant past. Lesson 2
loess: VOCABULARY: A yellow silt. Lesson 1
Mandate of Heaven: VOCABULARY: An early Chinese text that calls Heaven's order to claim rule over China. Lesson 3
oracle: VOCABULARY: A person who gives wise advice. Lesson 2
oracle bones: VOCABULARY: Shells and bones. Lesson 2
philosopher: VOCABULARY: A person who studies the meaning of life. Lesson 3
profit: VOCABULARY: Money gained. Lesson 6
province: VOCABULARY: A political region similar to countries, like the individual states of the United States. Lesson 4
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.
reuniting all of china: IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Shi Huangdi is known for...
ritual: VOCABULARY: A way of conducting a cerimony. Lesson 2
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.
Shi Huangdi: IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Of the Qin dynasty.
Silk Road: VOCABULARY: This got its name from China's best selling product. It is the ____________________. Lesson 6
Standardization: VOCABULARY: The making of all things of a certain thing alike, such as having only one type of money. Lesson 4
true: TRUE OR FALSE: Confucius is now respected as an ancient Chinese philosopher.
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.
true: TRUE OR FALSE: The Silk Road got its name because China's main item that they traded was silk.
true: TRUE OR FALSE: Shi Huangdi is one of China's ancient important figures.
true: TRUE OF FALSE: Wu Di was a VERY warlike emperor.
virtues: VOCABULARY: Good quialities. Lesson 3
Wu Di: IMPORTANT PEOPLE: The second of the Han dynasty.
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.