Ancient China Vocabulary & Geography Review

The Yellow River, it flows across China for more than 2,900 miles.

• Dao

• Huang He

• Chang Jiang

• Mandate

Character that joins two or more pictographs to represent an idea

• Ideograph

• Daoism

• Legalism

• Pictograph

the belief that people should put the needs of their family and community first.

• Bureaucracy

• Confucianism

• Filial piety

• Legalism

Characters that stand for objects

• Legalism

• Ideograph

• Pictograph

• Chang Jiang

children had to respect their parents and older relatives and place the needs/desires of the head of the family before their own

• Filial piety

• Mandate

• Huang He

• Daoism

the belief that society needs a system of harsh laws and strict punishments

• Bureaucracy

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Legalism

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

• An ancient Chinese belief that a ruler had the gods' approval
• the Daoist path to eternal life
• the kingdom during the Zhou Dynasty
• a belief that heaven provided food for those that were hungry

What is Confucianism?

• a philosophy taught by Confucius that stresses putting the needs of your family first.

• an ancient Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi
• a philosophy stressing the strict use of laws to control behavior
• a belief that the stars and planets control human behavior

What are the Silk Roads?

• the overland trade routes along which sild and other Chinese goods passed to Mesopotamia and Europe
• Roads in Ancient China made of silk for the Kings of each dynasty
• an army of silk figures designed to commemorate The Time of the Warring States
• Waterways that provided trade and travel for the people of Ancient China

Someone from whom you are descended is your...

• ancestor

• aristocrat

• bureaucracy

• clan