Ancient China Vocabulary

Huang He River

• Where the Chinese 1st settled. Also known as the "YELLOW RIVER" or the "River of Sorrows". Flooding provided irrigation for farming.

• The study of basic questions about human life.

  USED TO GUIDE THE RULERS OF CHINA .

• A philosophy based on the ideas of respect started by Confucius Guided gov’t during the Han dynasty Promoted social order.

• Belief that people are born bad & need to be controlled.

  Started by Han Feizi Guided gov’t during the Qin dynasty.

Philosophy

• A type of philosophy based on the ideas of respect. Started by Confucius Guided gov’t during the Han dynasty. Promoted social order.

• The study of basic questions about human life.

  USED TO GUIDE THE RULERS OF CHINA.

• A time of growth, wealth, and peace. During this time, China experienced economic growth.

• A trade network that stretched across Asia from China to Europe.

  MAKES china powerful & rich. global trade and the exchange of ideas and goods.

A trade network that stretched across Asia from China to Europe. MAKES china powerful & rich. global trade and the exchange of ideas and goods

• The Great Wall

• The Silk Road

• Confucianism

• Taoism/Daoism

Creates control by dividing land into smaller parts making it easier to rule. The rich controlled the poor.

• Confucianism

• Huang He River

• Philosophy

• Feudal System

Unified China after the Warring States Period. First Emperor of China Created a strict gov’t using Legalism.

• Haz Lei

• Wudi

• Shi Huang Di

• Tu Kang

A time of CIVIL WAR after the fall of Zhou Dynasty. Seven dynasties fighting for control of China. TIME OF CHAOS IN INSTABILITY .

• Golden Age

• Legalsim

• Mandate of Heaven

• Warring States Period

The belief that people are born bad & need to be controlled.

Started by Han Feizi Guided gov’t during the Qin dynasty

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Taosim/Daoism

• Philosophy

A philosophy based on the ideas of respect. Started by Confucius. Guided gov’t during the Han dynasty Promoted social order.

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Daosim/taoism

• Mandate of Heaven

A barrier made by man of walls across China’s northern border protected the Silk Road and civilization.

• The Big Wall of China

• The Silk Road

• The Great Wall of China

• China's Protector

A time of growth, wealth, and peace. During this time, China experienced economic growth.

• Mandate of Heaven

• Confucianism

• Warring States Period

• Golden Age