Ancient China Core Vocabulary

a series of rulers who are all from the same family

• dynasty

• canal

• mandate

• feudal system

a channel dug by people, used by boats or for irrigation

• dynasty

• canal

• mandate

• philosophy

a city that is its own political unit and has it’s own ruling government

• filial piety

• annals

• city-state

• feudal system

a command; a responsibility given by an authority

• virtue

• filial piety

• feudal system

• mandate

a social organization in which kings, lords, and peasants are bound together by mutual obligations

• filial piety

• philosophy

• feudal system

• noble

a member of a high social class

• dynasty

• virtue

• annals

• noble

a record of events

• annals

• virtue

• canal

• philosophy

the study of ideas about knowledge, life, and truth; literally, the love of wisdom

• city-state

• virtue

• filial piety

• philosophy

deep respect for one’s parents

• mandate

• filial piety

• virtue

• dynasty

a high moral standard

• noble

• canal

• philosophy

• virtue