AP WORLD STUDIES Chapter 5 Flashcards

204356687	King Yu	Legendary founder of the Xia dynasty	0
204356688	Xia	The first 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.	1
204356689	Shang	The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records (ca. 1750-1027 B.C.E.). Ancestor worship, divination by means of oracle bones, and the use of bronze vessels for ritual purposes were major elements of this culture.	2
204356690	Zhou	Chinese dynasty that was the foundation of Chinese thought. Confusinism, Daoism, etc	3
204356691	Huang He	"yellow river" This river flows east through china. It contained silt that turns the water to a soupy yellow consistency. Provided fertile soil for agriculture	4
204356692	Yangzi	"long river" river in southern china that provided fertile soil for farming	5
204356693	Yangshao	Early Chinese society along the Huang He	6
204356694	Banpo	neolithic village near modern Xi'an, part of Yangshao	7
204356695	Bronze metallurgy	gave aristocrats in the Shang dynasty power because they had a monopoly on these weapons.	8
204356696	Mandate of Heaven	Chinese belief that the emperors ruled through this. Dictated the well being of the people of their land.	9
204356697	Iron Metallurgy	A technological development brought about during the Zhou dynasty because it was stronger and cheaper than bronze	10
204356698	Period of the Warring States	a time when the China was in constant war between its city states, occurring right after the fall Zhou dynasty and not ending until the formation of the Qin dynasty	11
204356699	Ancestor Worship	a religious practice based on the belief that deceased family members have a continued existence, take an interest in the affairs of the world, and possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living	12
204356700	Oracle bones	Ancient Shang's means on telling the future. They would write questions on these and then burn them. Cracks would form that they would use to tell the furture	13
204356701	Book of Songs	Ancient Chinese (Zhou) classic, also known as the Book of Poetry, and the Book of Odes. Collection of verses on light and serious themes. 311 poems complied and edited after 600 BCE. Some poems reflect conditions of the early Zhou dynasty, some have political implications because they recorded the illustrious deeds of heroic figures and ancient sage-kings, and others were hymns sung at ritual observances. Also about life, love, family, nature, daily life.	14
204356702	Book of Changes	Example of Zhou literature, this book serves as a manual of diviners.	15