Ancient China Vocabulary

Dynasty that united Eastern China, standardized money, connected the Great Wall

• Qin

• Han

• Zhou

• Shang

River of Ancient China

• Yellow/Huang He

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Indus and Ganges

• Nile

This allowed trade between China and other cultures

• the Silk Road

• Great Wall

• Mandate of Heaven

• Dynasty

Writing system, bronze weapons, silk, and jade art were achievements of what dynasty?

• Zhou

• Shang

• Qin

• Han

Golden Age of China and Civil service system established by what dynasty?

• Han

• Shang

• Zhou

• Qin

Two religions of ancient China

• Confucianism and Taoism

• Christianity and Judaism

• Hinduism and Buddhism

• polytheism and monotheism

This created schools to train people for government work

• Civil Service System

• Silk Road

• Mandate of Heaven

• Great Wall

Line of rulers from the same family

• dynasty

• Mandate of Heaven

• Civil Service System

• Qin

Built by Qin Dynasty for protection from invaders

• Great Wall

• Silk Road

• Yellow/Huang He River

• Civil Service System

The power to rule from Heaven

• Mandate of Heaven

• Civil Service System

• Silk Road

• Dynasty