Tradition and World 4th Edition
Cerritos High School student
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| 198399949 | Ancestor Worship | Belief that dead ancestors can influence one's fortunes in life. Those who practice often conduct rituals and ceremonies to the memory or remains of their ancestors. | 0 | |
| 198399950 | Book of Changes | Example of Zhou literature, this book serves as a manual of diviners. | 1 | |
| 198399951 | Book of History | A book detailing the history of the Zhou dynasty. | 2 | |
| 198399952 | Book of Rites | Zhou book explaining the rules of etiquette and rituals required of aristocrats in China under the Zhou dynasty. | 3 | |
| 198399953 | Book of Songs | The most notable example of Zhou literature, this work is a collection of verses. | 4 | |
| 198399954 | Bronze | Material made from copper and tin used for weapons and agricultural tools. | 5 | |
| 198399955 | Indo-Europeans | Series of tribes from southern Russia who, over a period of millennia, embarked on a series of migrations from India through western Europe; their greatest legacy was the broad distribution of Indo-European languages throughout Eurasia. | 6 | |
| 198399956 | Mandate of Heaven | Chinese belief that the emperors ruled through the mandate, or approval, of heaven contingent on their ability to look after the welfare of the population. | 7 | |
| 198399957 | Oracle bones | Chinese Shang dynasty (1766-1122 B.C.E.) means of foretelling the future. | 8 | |
| 198399958 | Patriarchy | System of social organization in which males dominate the family and where public institutions, descent, and succession are traced through the male line. | 9 | |
| 198399959 | Shang Dynasty | Chinese kingdom (1766-1122 B.C.E.) in which agricultural surpluses supported large armies and a large network of walled towns. | 10 | |
| 198399960 | Tian | Chinese term for heaven. | 11 | |
| 198399961 | Xia | Chinese dynasty (2200-1766 B.C.E.) that is known mainly from legend. | 12 | |
| 198399962 | Xinjiang | Western Chinese province. | 13 | |
| 198399963 | Yangshao | Early Chinese society (2500-2200 B.C.E.). | 14 | |
| 198399964 | Yangzi | River in central China. | 15 | |
| 198399965 | Yellow River | Important river in ancient China named for the loess soil carried by the river. While "China's Sorrow" has flooded extensively, the loess provided rich soil to work. | 16 | |
| 198399966 | Yu | Legendary founder of the Xia dynasty (ca. 2200 B.C.E.). | 17 | |
| 198399967 | Zhou | Chinese dynasty (1122-256 B.C.E.) that was the foundation of Chinese thought formed during this period: Confucianism, Daoism, Zhou Classics. | 18 |
