China ABC Book!!!! :)
Lucy Barz
A
A is for Anyang.
Anyang was one of the first cities that the
Chinese built.
B
B is for bureaucracy.
A buraeucary is a system of government where a
group of appointed officials are responsible for
different areas of the government.
C
C is for Confuscianism.
Confuscianism is a system of beliefs introduced by the
Chinese thinker Confucious; and it taught that people
needed to have a sense of duty to their family and
community in order to bring peace to society.
D
D is for dynasty.
A dynasty is a line of rulers from the same family.
Symbol for Qin Dynasty.
E
E is for exams.
People who wanted to be part of the Chinese government
took exams called Civil Service Exams. People would
study for years for these exams. 1 in 5 people passed the
test, but if you didn't, you could still have a small job in the
government.
F
F is for farmers.
Farmers played important roles in Ancient
Chinese society. They grew all the crops and
other goods.
G
G is for the Great Wall.
The Great Wall was built to keep out the Xiongnu
nomads. The Great Wall is 88,518 km long.
H
H is for the Huang He River.
The Huang He River is an important part of
Ancient China's geography. Its river valley is
where the first Ancient Chinese civilization
started.
I
I is for inventions.
The Han dynasty was the Era of Inventions.
The Chinese people were known for their works of bronze.
J
J is for jade.
The Chinese made beautiful jewelry and
sculptures out of jade.
K
K is for know. Little was known about the very
first Chinese dynasty, the Xia dynasty.
Chinese characters that mean "Xia Dynasty".
L
L is for Liu Bang.
Liu Bang founded the Han dynasty.
M
M is for millet.
Millet is a cheap grain that was grown in Ancient
China.
N
N is for Neo-Confucianism.
Neo-Confucianism is an adapted version of
Confucianism that rejected superstitious and
mystical elements of Daoism and Buddhism.
O
O is for oracle bones.
Oracle bones are fortune-telling bones to whom
rulers would ask questions to.
P
P is for porcelain.
Porcelain is one of the products that was sold on
the Silk Road. Porcelain is a fine-grained
ceramic.
Q
Q is for Qin Shihuangdi.
Qin Shihuangdi founded the Qin dynasty.
R
R is for rebel.
People rebelled against many dynasties and
overthrew them.
Chinese characters meaning "rebel".
S
S is for silk.
Silk was traded on the Silk Road. Silk is a cloth
made from the cocoon of a silk worm.
T
T is for taking over.
Every Ancient Chinese dynasty was taken over
or overthrown.
接管
Chinese characters that mean "taking over".
U
U is for unite.
Many Ancient Chinese dynasties united China.
团结
Chinese characters that mean "unite".
V
V is for voyage.
Marco Polo made many voyages across the
world with Kublai Kan.
W
W is for Wu Wang.
Wu Wang founded the Zhou dynasty.
X
X is for the Xiongnu nomads.
The Xiongnu nomads lived in the Mongolian
Highlands. They had a war with the Han dynasty.
Y
Y is for the Yellow River.
This river is also known as the Huang He, which
i talked about on a previous slide.
Z
Z is for Zhang Qian.
Zhang Qian founded the Silk Road.
Statue of Zhang Qian by Peter Griffin
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