Unit 11: China
Visual Vocabulary
JADE
A hard
gemstone
often used in
jewelry.
HUANG HE
A RIVER THAT
FLOWS FROM
THE KUNLUN
MOUNTAINS
TO THE
YELLOW SEA.
ALSO CALLED
THE YELLOW
RIVER
CHANG JIANG
RIVER
THE LONGEST
RIVER IN
ASIA,
FLOWING
THROUGH
EASTERN
CHINA. ALSO
CALLED THE
YANGTZE
RIVER.
THREE
GORGES DAM
A BARRIER
BUILT ON
THE CHANG
JIANG TO
CONTROL
FLOODING.
Oracle
A group of
inscribed
animal bones
and shells
discovered in
China and used
originally in
divination by
the ancient
Chinese,
especially
during the
Shang dynasty.
Confucius
He 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,
Daoism
A 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.
LAOZI
THE MOST
FAMOUS DAOIST
TEACHER.
CREDITED WITH
WRITING THE
BASIC TEXT OF
DAOISM: “THE
WAY AND ITS
POWER.”
LEGALISM
THE 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 HUANGDI
FIRST EMPEROR
OF THE QIN
DYNASTY. HE
CREATED A
STRONG
GOVERNMENT
WITH STRICT
LAWS AND
PUNISHMENTS.
SILK ROAD
A 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 DYNASTY
SECOND
DYNASTY
LASTED LONGER
THAN ANY OTHER
DYNASTY IN
CHINESE
HISTORY.
QIN DYNASTY
THIRD 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.
DIFFUSION
THE SPREAD OF
IDEAS FROM ONE
CULTURE TO
ANOTHER.