Ancient China Vocabulary

a fine, dustlike material that can form soil

• loess

• dike

• oracle bone

• Mandate of Heaven

• warlord

animal bones or turtle shells with carved with written characters that are used to try to tell the future

• loess

• dike

• oracle bone

• Mandate of Heaven

• warlord

walls to hold back water

• loess

• dike

• oracle bone

• Mandate of Heaven

• warlord

the right to rule

• loess

• dike

• oracle bone

• Mandate of Heaven

• warlord

military rulers of small states

• loess

• dike

• oracle bone

• Mandate of Heaven

• warlord

a set of beliefs about the world and how to live

• philosophy

• filial piety

• Great Wall

• standardize

• Legalism

the devotion of children to their parents

• philosophy

• filial piety

• Great Wall

• standardize

• Legalism

a long wall running east to west to defend the empire from nomads living to the north

• philosophy

• filial piety

• Great Wall

• standardize

• Legalism

to set rules to make things more similar

• philosophy

• filial piety

• Great Wall

• standardize

• Legalism

excessive adherence to law

• philosophy

• filial piety

• Great Wall

• standardize

• Legalism