Ancient China Vocabulary & Geography

What is #1?

• Plateau of Tibet

• Gobi Desert

• North China Plain

• Taklimakan Desert

a fine yellow soil that is windblown, causing the Huang He River to earn the name “Yellow River”

• loess

• filial piety

• Daoism

• steppe

a desert area with very dry grasslands and no trees

• loess

• seismograph

• dynasty

• steppe

a means of written communication which is also an art form

• legalism

• calligraphy

• filial piety

• steppe

What is #3?

• Kunlun Mountains

• North China Plain

• Taklimakan Desert

• Plateau of Tibet

What is #5?

• Kunlun Mountains

• Gobi Desert

• Taklimakan Desert

• Mongolian Plateau

a divine right to rule

• filial piety

• dynasty

• eudalism

• mandate of heaven

teaching of Confucius that called for children to respect and honor their parents

• filial piety

• philosophy

• Daoism

• monarchy

A person who works for the government. Emperor Wu Di increased the importance of education in order to acquire a job with the government.

• Civil Service

• feudalism

• legalism

• Daoism

Which body of water is number 6 pointing to?

• Sea of Japan

• Yellow Sea

• (Huang He) Yellow River

• (Chang Jian) Yangtze River