Ancient China Vocabulary

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The belief that people should give up worldly desires in favor of nature and the Dao.

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Daoism

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Group of appointed officials who are responsible for different areas of government.

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Bureaucracy

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The Yellow River, it flows across China for more than 2,900 miles.

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Huang He

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formal order by the gods (the right to rule)

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Mandate

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Character that joins two or more pictographs to represent an idea

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Ideograph

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The belief that people should put the needs of their family and community first.

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Confucianism

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The proper way Chinese kings were expected to rule under the Mandate of Heaven

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Dao

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Nobles whose wealth came from the land they owned

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Aristocrat

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The Yangtze River flows for 3,400 miles and empties into the Yellow Sea.

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Chang Jiang

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Characters that stand for objects

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Pictograph