Ancient China Vocabulary

River where the Chinese first settled.

• Huang He River

• Yangtze River

• Tigris River

• Indus River

The longest river in Asia

• Huang He/Yellow River

• Chang Jiang/Yangtze River

• Euphrates River

• Brahmaputra River

One of the largest deserts and borders china to the north.

• Taklimakan Desert

• Deccan Plateau

• Gobi Desert

• Thar Desert

The study of the basic questions about human life.

• Religion

• Law

• Politics

• Philosophy

A philosophy based on the ideas of respect.

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Legalism

• Buddhism

Belief that people are born bad and need to be controlled.

• Hinduism

• Legalism

• Daoism

• Fortuitism

A philosophy based on the ideas of living in harmony with nature.

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Futurism

• Patriotism

A time of civil war after fall of the Zhou Dynasty

• Warring States Period

• Civil War

• World War II

• War of the Worlds

Emperor who unified China after the Warring States Period

• Shi Huangdi

• Warlord

• Laozi

• Confucius

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

• Aristocrats

• Feudal System

• Social Structure

• Legalism