Ancient China Vocabulary

An extremely dry area with little water and few plants

• Loess

• Peninsula

• Desert

• Dynasty

Having to do with people or society

• Astronomy

• Social

• Political

• Economic

Separation from others

• Dynasty

• Isolation

• Desert

• Plateau

A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

• Isolation

• Peninsula

• Desert

• Dynasty

The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space

• Social

• Political

• Economic

• Astronomy

An area of relatively level high ground

• Desert

• Plateau

• Loess

• Peninsula

The ancient trade route from China to the Mediterranean Sea

• Silk Road

• Great Wall of China

• Civilization

• Filial Piety

Having to do with trade and the buying and selling of goods and services

• Social

• Political

• Economic

• Legalism

The belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled

• Economic

• Legalism

• Golden Age

• Astronomy

An ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality

• Daoism

• Confucianism

• Terra Cotta Army

• Filial Piety