Ancient China Vocab

generations of people who came before

• ancestors

• archaeologist

• dynasty

• peasant

poor person or person of low social status

• peasant

• emperor

• dynasty

• Buddhism

one person who rules a kingdom or empire

• peasant

• bronze

• emperor

• nobility

the art of writing Chinese characters

• calligraphy

• emperor

• philosophy

• nobility

series of rulers from the same family or group

• nobility

• caravan

• civilization

• dynasty

system of ideas and principles

• legend

• civilization

• calligraphy

• philosophy

A kind of small dam, meant to reduce the flooding along the Yellow River

• Hydroelectric dam

• Dike

• Log flume

• Great Wall

person of high status or rank

• emperor

• peasant

• ancestors

• nobility

Zhou felt they were chosen to lead due to what?

• Civil Service

• Legalism

• Mandate of Heaven

• Silk Road

system of moral beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• legend

• Silk Road