Unit 11: ChinaVisual Vocabulary – Mr. Hauger’s 6th Grade Class

JADE A hard gemstone often used in jewelry.

My childhood dog’s first name

HUANG HEA RIVER THAT FLOWS FROM THE KUNLUN MOUNTAINS TO THE YELLOW SEA. ALSO CALLED THE YELLOW RIVER

CHANG JIANG RIVERTHE LONGEST RIVER IN ASIA, FLOWING THROUGH EASTERN CHINA. ALSO CALLED THE YANGTZE RIVER.

THREE GORGES DAMA BARRIER BUILT ON THE CHANG JIANG TO CONTROL FLOODING.

OracleA group of inscribed animal bones and shells discovered in China and used originally in divination by the ancient Chinese, especially during the Shang dynasty.

ConfuciusHe was a Chinese scholar who created a code of behavior based on traditional values.

He taught that people must do what is right.

Confucianism is a belief system based on the teachings of Confucius,

DaoismA Chinese belief system based on the idea of natural order in the world.

Dao is the force that guides the whole universe, according to Daoism.

LAOZITHE MOST FAMOUS DAOIST TEACHER. CREDITED WITH WRITING THE BASIC TEXT OF DAOISM: “THE WAY AND ITS POWER.”

LEGALISMTHE BELIEF THAT PEOPLE WERE BAD BY NATURE AND NEEDED TO BE CONTROLLED.

THE GREAT WALL

A BARRIER MADE OF WALLS ACROSS CHINA’S NORTHERN FRONTIER.

SHI HUANGDIFIRST EMPEROR OF THE QIN DYNASTY. HE CREATED A STRONG GOVERNMENT WITH STRICT LAWS AND PUNISHMENTS.

SILK ROADA NETWORK OF TRADE ROUTES THAT STRETCHED ACROSS ASIA FROM CHINA TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.

SHANG DYNASTY

FIRST DYNASTY: 1500’S B.C.

LOCATED IN NORTHERN CHINA

SOCIAL ORDER BECAME MORE ORGANIZED UNDER THIS DYNASTY.

ZHOU DYNASTYSECOND DYNASTY

LASTED LONGER THAN ANY OTHER DYNASTY IN CHINESE HISTORY.

QIN DYNASTYTHIRD DYNASTY.

DEFEATED ALL WARRING STUATES AND UNIFIED THE COUNTRY UNDER A SINGLE GOVERNMENT.

HAN DYNASTY

FOURTH DYNASTY.

TOOK CONTROL AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF FIGHTING AFTER THE FALL OF THE QIN DYNASTY.

DIFFUSIONTHE SPREAD OF IDEAS FROM ONE CULTURE TO ANOTHER.