Vocabulary

Vocabulary for Study of Ancient China;


 * Gay || Province in the north of China where you find the Great Wall of China ||
 * Great wall of China ||  4 words for human built defense against invasions from the North ||
 * Zhonghua ||  means Middle Country or center of the earth ||
 * Pacific Ocean ||  2 words for China's Southern border ||
 * Himalayas ||  China's western border ||
 * North China Plain ||  3 words for grassy lowland in Northern China which might allow invasions ||
 * basins ||  bowl shaped plateaus ||
 * Tarim basin ||  2 words for landform in Northern China containing one of Asia's driest deserts ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">species || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> different varieties of plants and animals ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Rome || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">far western city China traded within the second century B.C. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Silk road || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 2 words for route thousands of miles long where different merchants traded ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">horses || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> silk was traded for these animals with the nomads North of China ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">rice wheat soybeans || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 3 names of crops grown in China's wet and fertile river valleys ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Yangtze River || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 2 words for river which flows west to east in central China ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Huang he || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 2 names for Yellow river and China's second largest River ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Kunlun mountains || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 2 words for China's yellow River begins here and picks up silt as it flows ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">bronze || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> China had much Copper to mix with tin to make this product ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Shang Dynasty || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> China's earliest dynasty ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Confucius || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">great Chinese Philosopher who lived in 6th century ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Oracle bone || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 2 words for earliest writing of the Shang dynasty ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Zhou || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">warlike people from the West who swallowed up the Shang dynasty ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Heavenly mandate || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 2 words for permission given to the Zhou to rule China ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Warring states || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 2 words for period of fighting over supreme rule of China lasting for 200 years ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Confucius || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">came up with philosophy to treat others as you would like to be treated ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">philosophy || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">a personal outlook or view ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Five relationships || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 2 words for principle stressing polite and respectful behavior ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Lau tzu || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 2 words for philosopher who believed harmony comes from nature ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Taoism || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> study of nature to learn not to seek after useless things ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Shihuangdi || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> unified the divided warring states in 221 B.C. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Mrs.quin || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> China is named after this dynasty ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Civil war || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 2 words for fierce fighting within a single nation ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Han || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">dynasty which replace the Qin dynasty and reversed policies against Confucian philosophy ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Imperial academy || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 2 words for school created in 124 B.C. to teach about Confucius ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">bureaucrats || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> government with large set of rules, roles and levels of power ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Imperial academy || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 2 words for school created in 124 B.C. to teach about Confucius ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">bureaucrats || <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> government with large set of rules, roles and levels of power ||