AP WORLD CHAPTER 5 VOCABULARY Flashcards

7293677526	Book of Changes	A popular work of the ancient Chinese times. Significance: this was a manual instructing diviners in the art of foretelling the future.	0
7293677527	Book of Songs	One of the few books that survived the burning of the books, contains songs and poems about common life in China Significance: influenced more poetry to be created in China.	1
7293677528	Chu	Autonomous state in the central Yangtzi region of Ancient China during the Zhou Dynasty. Significance: led to administrative reforms, became a successful expansionist state, was a great Warring States period power.	2
7293677529	Ideograms	A written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it. Significance: still used by the Chinese today to write down words and phrases	3
7293677530	Mandate of heaven	An ancient Chinese belief that said heavenly powers grant the power to rule to deserving individuals; when the Zhou conquered the Shang they claimed this had passed onto them Significance: the Zhou dynasty used this to justify their overthrow of the Shang dynasty and their reign	4
7293677531	Oracle bones	Items used to tell peoples future when thrown into a fire, they had Ancient Chinese writing, helping modern people understand Chinese writing Significance: the earliest form of ancient Chinese writing; contains important historical information	5
7293677532	Period of the Warring States	A time in China full of war and political chaos; started after the fall of the Zhou dynasty as warlords fought for power trying to unify China Significance: after, China reunited under the Qin Dynasty.	6
7293677533	Pictographs	A record consisting of pictorial symbols, like prehistoric cave drawings, graphs, or charts with symbolic figures Significance: the first alphabet	7
7293677534	Shang dynasty	The dynasty that conquered the Xia dynasty and always made sure to have family relationships with powerful peoples; literature flourished under them Significance: the rulers of Shang Dynasty saw agriculture as very important; fishing became an industry	8
7293677535	Steppe nomads	A large group of nomadic peoples from the Eurasian Steppe, who often appear in history as invaders of Europe, the Middle East and China Significance: Chinese cultivators encountered nomadic peoples; supported large herds of animals	9
7293677536	Tian	Chinese term for heaven. Significance: was the equivalent heaven for China	10
7293677537	Veneration of Ancestors	Based on love and respect for the deceased; that the dead have a continued existence, and may influence the fortune of the living. Significance: ancestor worship cults are still an important Chinese belief systems Veneration of Ancestors	11
7293677538	Xia Dynasty	Early Chinese dynasty (2200-1766 BCE) Significance: the dynasty is the first, possibly mythical, dynasty in traditional Chinese history	12
7293677539	Yangzi River	River in central Asia. Significance: location of one of the original river valley civilizations	13
7293677540	Yellow River	River in central Asia. Significance: location of one of the original river valley civilizations	14
7293677541	Yin	One of the six Shang dynasty capitals (1766-1122 BCE) Significance: was the capital of the Shang dynastyfrom the 14th century BCE.	15
7293677542	Zhou Dynasty	A dynasty that fought for power with the Shang, they won and relied too heavily upon their administrators to govern their empire, this caused rebellion led by warlords Significance: the foundation of Chinese thought formed during this period: Confucianism, Daoism, Zhou Classics	16