Ancient China Vocab Review

Classical Civilization

• An advanced state of development in human society, marked by progress

  in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including

  writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions

• A form of government is made up of appointed officials who are

  responsible for different areas of the government.

• Nobles whose wealth came from the land they owned. Land and power

  was passed down from one generation to the next.

• Ancient Chinese medical techniques for relieving pain, curing disease,

  and improving general health.

Acupuncture

• An advanced state of development in human society, marked by progress

  in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including

  writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions

• A form of government is made up of appointed officials who are

  responsible for different areas of the government.

• Nobles whose wealth came from the land they owned. Land and power

  was passed down from one generation to the next.

• Ancient Chinese medical techniques for relieving pain, curing disease,

  and improving general health.

Aristocrat

• An advanced state of development in human society, marked by progress

  in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including

  writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions

• A form of government is made up of appointed officials who are

  responsible for different areas of the government.

• Nobles whose wealth came from the land they owned. Land and power

  was passed down from one generation to the next.

• Ancient Chinese medical techniques for relieving pain, curing disease,

  and improving general health.

Bureaucracy

• An advanced state of development in human society, marked by progress

  in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including

  writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions

• A form of government is made up of appointed officials who are

  responsible for different areas of the government.

• Nobles whose wealth came from the land they owned. Land and power

  was passed down from one generation to the next.

• Ancient Chinese medical techniques for relieving pain, curing disease,

  and improving general health.

Tyrant

• Characters that stand for objects in Ancient Chinese writing.

• A large network of trade routes stretching 4,000 miles from western

  China to southwest Asia.

• A cruel and oppressive ruler (like Mr. Martin)

• A social class includes people who share a similar position in society.

  Ancient Chinese society had three main social classes - landowning

  aristocrats at the top, peasant farmers in the middle, and merchants at the

  bottom.

Pictograph

• Characters that stand for objects in Ancient Chinese writing.

• A large network of trade routes stretching 4,000 miles from western

  China to southwest Asia.

• A cruel and oppressive ruler

• A social class includes people who share a similar position in society.

  Ancient Chinese society had three main social classes - landowning

  aristocrats at the top, peasant farmers in the middle, and merchants at the

  bottom.

Silk Road

• Characters that stand for objects in Ancient Chinese writing.

• A large network of trade routes stretching 4,000 miles from western

  China to southwest Asia.

• A cruel and oppressive ruler

• A social class includes people who share a similar position in society.

  Ancient Chinese society had three main social classes - landowning

  aristocrats at the top, peasant farmers in the middle, and merchants at the

  bottom.

Social Class

• Characters that stand for objects in Ancient Chinese writing.

• A large network of trade routes stretching 4,000 miles from western

  China to southwest Asia.

• A cruel and oppressive ruler

• Includes people who share a similar position in society.

  Ancient Chinese society had three main social classes - landowning

  aristocrats at the top, peasant farmers in the middle, and merchants at the

  bottom.

Golden Age

• A kind of character in Chinese writing that joins two or more pictographs

  to represent an idea.

• a period of peace, prosperity, and cultural achievements

• A heavenly law that gave the Zhou king the power to rule

• A philosophy was developed by a scholar named Hanfeizi taught people

  that humans were naturally evil. People needed strict laws and harsh

  punishments. This was also known as the School of Law.

Mandate of Heaven

• A kind of character in Chinese writing that joins two or more pictographs

  to represent an idea.

• a period of peace, prosperity, and cultural achievements

• A heavenly law that gave the Zhou king the power to rule

• A philosophy was developed by a scholar named Hanfeizi taught people

  that humans were naturally evil. People needed strict laws and harsh

  punishments. This was also known as the School of Law.