Ancient Chinese Civilizations Flashcards
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| 218246648 | Book of Changes | book that talks about how everything is made of yin and yang | 0 | |
| 218246649 | Book of History | A book detailing the history of the Zhou dynasty. | 1 | |
| 218246650 | Book of Rites | Zhou book explaining the rules of etiquette and rituals required of aristocrats in China under the Zhou dynasty. | 2 | |
| 218246651 | Book of Songs | The Oldest of the Five Classics, preserves 305 of the earliest Chinese poems. Poems deal with political themes, ritual, and romance. | 3 | |
| 218246652 | bronze | an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements | 4 | |
| 218246653 | Chang Jiang | the longest river in Asia, flowing about 3,400 miles from central China to the Yellow Sea, also known as the Yangzi River | 5 | |
| 218246654 | chariots | are two-wheeled carts that are pulled by horses; some are used in battles or in races | 6 | |
| 218246655 | Confucius | chinese philosphere and teacher; his belifs,known as confusoinism greatly influenced chinese life | 7 | |
| 218246656 | feudal system | the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th C | 8 | |
| 218246657 | flood control | Use of levees, walls, reservoirs, floodways, and other means to protect land from water overflow. | 9 | |
| 218246658 | horses | Animal introduced by Europeans that transformed the Indian way of life on the Great Plains | 10 | |
| 218246659 | Huang He | stretches across China for roughly 2,900 miles also known as the Yellow River ... provides yellow silt called loess | 11 | |
| 218246660 | ideographs | pictographic characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing | 12 | |
| 218246661 | iron | a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element | 13 | |
| 218246662 | Mandate of Heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source | 14 | |
| 218246663 | Shang | the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC | 15 | |
| 218246664 | Shun | legendary king of ancient China | 16 | |
| 218246665 | trade | exchange or give (something) in exchange for | 17 | |
| 218246666 | veneration of ancestors | Family ancestors could bring good or evil fortune to the living members of the family. | 18 | |
| 218246667 | Warring States period | the period from 5th century BC to the unification of China by the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC when regional warlords battled amongst eachother and there was no ruler | 19 | |
| 218246668 | writing | the activity of putting something in written form | 20 | |
| 218246669 | Xia | A legendary Chinese dynasty that was not believed to exist until relatively recently. Walled towns ruled by area-specific kings assembled armies, built cities, and worked bronze. Created pictograms which would evolve in to the first Chinese script. | 21 | |
| 218246670 | Yangshao | Early Neolithic Society based on farming near the Yellow River | 22 | |
| 218246671 | Yao | ancient Chinese ruler, recognized son as worthless, recognized merit is important to run government | 23 | |
| 218246672 | Yu | A possibly mythical Chinese ruler revered for the construction of an effective system of flood control along the Huanghe River valley; founder of Xia kingdom. | 24 | |
| 218246673 | Zhou | the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC | 25 |