5.4 Vocabulary

The Great Wall

• a long wall running east and west along the China empire's northern border

• a long wall running east and west along the China empire's southern border

• a long wall running east and west along the China empire's eastern border

• a long wall running east and west along the China empire's western border

to set rules to make things more similar

• normalize
• standardize
• regulate
• harmonize

a strict Chinese philosophy based on rules, not morals

• Confucianism
• Taoism
• Buddhism
• Legalism

to ban

• censor

• permit
• allow
• encourage

unchanging; fixed

• different

• uniform

• fluid
• changing

to break down or fall down

• build

• grow

• erupt
• collapse

Shi Huangdi

• Shi Huangdi was the last emperor of China.
• Shi Huangdi was the first emperor of China.
• Shi Huangdi was a famous poet in ancient China.
• Shi Huangdi was known for his peaceful reign in China.

to keep out nomads to the north

• Purpose of the philosophy Legalism

• Purpose of standardizing

• Purpose of the canals

• Purpose of the Great Wall