Ancient China Vocabulary

A silt-like material with a yellowish color

• loess

• ting

• hemp

• oracle bones

A bronze structure used to cook meat for sacrifices to ancestors

• loess

• ting

• hemp

• oracle bones

A plant fiber used to make paper, baskets, and fabrics

• loess

• ting

• hemp

• oracle bones

Animal bones or turtle shells which were used to predict fortunes

• loess

• ting

• hemp

• oracle bones

The earliest Chinese dynasty that began ruling around 1500 BC

• Shang

• Zhou

• Qin

• Confucius

The Chinese dynasty that began ruling around 1000 BC and was the longest lasting dynasty

• Shang

• Zhou

• Qin

• Confucius

The dynasty that began ruling in China around 220 BC from which China got its name

• Shang

• Zhou

• Qin

• Confucius

A Chinese philosopher whose ideas and teaching influenced much of China's classical age

• Shang

• Zhou

• Qin

• Confucius

A belief that ancestral spirits live on and have powers to help or punish those that are still alive

• ancestor worship

• Mandate of Heaven

• Taoism

• feudalism

The belief that a king had the right to rule because it was given to him by Heaven

• ancestor worship

• Mandate of Heaven

• Taoism

• feudalism