social studies china vocab
Smorgasbord appetizer Quizlet by George Winfrey
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- loess
- a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind
- confucius
- Chinese philosopher (circa 551-478 BC)
- feudel system
- a system of trading loyalties for protection
- oracle
- someone or something who can predict the future
- virtue
- the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
- wudi
- Liu great-grandson and a great ruler
- filial piety
- VOCABULARY: An idea of Conficius that parents should be treated with the greatest respect. Lesson 3
- confucianism
- the teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity
- herb
- aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
- pinyin
- The internationally accepted language for China using English alphabet for Chinese sounds
- heritige
- something that is inherited from earlier generations; tradition:
- warlord
- supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak
- chang jiang
- the longest river of Asia
- legalism
- strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit
- MANDATE
- the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
- zhou
- the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC
- ARTIFACTS
- object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced
- jade
- a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish
- ancestor
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- philosophy
- a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
- ambassador
- a diplomat of the highest rank
- yin and yang
- for every yin (bad) there is a yang (good)
- dynaSTY
- a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
- silk road
- an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles)