Ancient China Vocabulary

A dusty material that forms soil and makes the Huang He River yellow.

• loess

• Daoism

• acupuncture

• jade

Drag the geographic feature to the correct place on the map

a

b

c

Gobi Desert

Huang He (Yellow) River

Chang Jiang River

A gemstone often used to make jewelry and art.

• loess

• silk

• jade

• Laozi

China's earliest written records that often told predictions for the future.

• filial piety

• oracle bones

• Daoism

• dynasty

A group of rulers from the same family.

• loess

• philosophy

• dynasty

• seismograph

The right to rule in ancient China.

• Filial Piety

• Legalism

• Mandate of Heaven

• Acupuncture

Respect for one's parents and elders.

• Daoism

• Legalism

• Great Wall

• Filial Piety

A method of inserting needles into the skin to stop pain and cure disease.

• dynasty

• acupuncture

• seismograph

• Daoism

A set of beliefs about how to live.

• philosophy

• dynasty

• loess

• oracle bones

Match the following philosophy with its definition

• A philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with the Dao

• Confucianism

• A belief that people must be controlled with a strong leader & legal system

• Legalism

• The ideas and teachings of Confucius

• Daoism