Ch 2 L 4 Rise of China Vocabulary

an upper class whose wealth is based on land and whose power is passed on from one generation to another

• shang

• aristocracy

• xian

• kingdom

a periodic wind especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asiat hat is characterized by very heavy rainfall

• irrigation

• silt

• monsoon

• isolated

to make known or share information about

• communicate

• veneration

• dynasty

• bureaucracy

The divine source of authority and the right to rule of China's early kings and then emperors. The ancient god or divine force known as Heaven or Sky selected a particular individual to rule on its behalf on earth.

Although a ruler was given great power, he also had a moral obligation to use it for the good of his people. If a ruler did not do this, then his state would suffer terrible disasters and he would lose the right to govern.

• Dao

• bureaucracy

• Mandate of Heaven

• filial piety

the watering of land by artificial means to foster plant growth

• monsoon

• silt

• realm

• irrigation

isolated

• make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning

• 1. separated from other persons or things; alone; solitary.

• kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged

• readily perceived by the eye or the understanding

frontier

• part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.

• not known; not within the range of one's knowledge

• of foreign origin or character; not native

• not belonging or proper to a thing

silt

• something that remains after a part is removed

• 1. earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment

• the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle

• to comply with or follow the commands

Dao

• "Way"; the correct or divine way

• a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe

• weakly emotional; maudlin.

• shining brightly; radiant; gleaming

a series of events that recur regularly and usually lead back to the starting point

• myth

• sequel

• cycle

• aftermath