Ancient China
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- provinces
- a division of land within an empire or country
- Han Gaozu
- a farmer-turned-genereal who in 206BC, overthrew the Qin Dynasty; founded Han Dynasty
- Shang Dynasty
- Beginning in 1700BC a 600 year rule that spread along the Huang River until it ruled over 100 towns
- Fu Hao
- a chinese king's wife who led troops to war; her tomb contained records of her life and times
- Great Wall of China
- a long defensive wall extending 1,500 miles through northern China, built from 1300 to 1600
- loess (less)
- a fine yellow soil that is easily carried by wind and rain, found in China
- oracle bones
- in ancient China, a cattle or sheep bone used to predict the future
- nobles
- a member of a ruling faimly or one of high rank
- Wudi
- Han emperor who ruled China from 140BC-87BC; set up a system of schools that prepared students for government jobs
- Confucianism
- In China, a system of belifes and behavior based on the teachings of Confucius, who said that people should lead good lives by studying anicent traditions; stressed importance of respecting family and anestors
- Shinhuangdi
- Chinese emperor who founded the Qin Dynasty and unified China with a standardized system of writing and money; his tomb contained a "clay army"
- seismograph
- a scientific instrument that could detect earthquakes hundreds of miles away, invented during the Han Dynasty
- levee
- a wall built along a river bank to prevent flooding
- erosion
- the gradual wearing away of soil and rock by wind, galciers, or water
- Qinling Mountains
- a mountain range in north-central China
- Huang River
- (Yellow River) a river that flows from the Tibtean plateau, across nothern China, and into the Yellow Sea
- Gobi Desert
- a large desert in east-central Asia
- Confucius
- chinese philosopher who stressed the need too respect tradition; his teachings discussed the right and wrong uses of power
- Grand School
- a school begun by Confucius scholars in China that trained students for government jobs
- steppe
- a dry, grassy, treeless plain found in Asia and eastern Europe
- Anyang
- the anciant Chinese capital of the Shang Dynasty
- North China Plain
- a large, lowland region of eastern China that is watered by the Huang River; birthplace of Chinese civilzation
- famine
- a widespread lack of food resulting in hunger and stavation
- Mandate of Heaven
- the belife that the Chinese emperor's right to rule came from the gods
- emperor
- the supreme ruler of an empire
- dynasty
- a line of rulers who belonged to the same family
- Xianyang
- capital city of the Qin Dynasty during the rule of the emperor Shinhuangdi