Ancient China Vocabulary

Where the Chinese first settled.

• Feudal System

• Huang He River

• Silk Road

The study of basic questions about human life.

• Mandate of Heaven

• Philosophy

• Silk Road

A philosophy based on ideas of respect.

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Daoism

The belief that people are born BAD and need to be CONTROLLED.

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Daoism

Belief that the ruler of China is chosen by the Gods.

• Philosophy

• Mandate of Heaven

Time of civil war after the fall of the Zhou (joh) dynasty.

• Warring States Period

• Mandate of Heaven

• Philosophy

Unified China after the warring states period.

• Emperor China

• Emperor Huang He Lee

• Emperor Shi Huang Di

Creates control by dividing land into smaller parts making it easier to rule.

• Feudal System

• Divider System

A barrier made by man of walls across China's northern body.

• The Great Wall

• Silk Road

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

• The Great Wall

• Silk Road