Ancient China

Social Studies 1st period

Ancestor

A person whom is descended.

Oracle

A person thought to be source of wisdom or prophecy.

Philosopher

A person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment; an expounder of a theory in certain area of experience.

Warlord

A leader of an armed group.

Missionary

Someone who attempts to convert others to particular doctrine or program.

Peasant

A poor person who lives on and farms the land.

Confucius

Chinese philosopher, administrator, and moralist. His social and moral teachings, collected in the Analects , tried to replace former religious observances.

Mandate of Heaven

Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou to grant power to the Ruler of China

Ying and Yang

The concept that describes two opposing and, at the same time, complementary aspects of any one phenomenon or the or the comparison of any two phenomena.

Legend

A narrative handed down from the past, containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements.

Virtue

The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

Loess

A fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposed by the wind.

Jade

A light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green.

Silk Road

AN ancient trade route between China and Mediterranean Sea extending some 6,440 km linking China with the Roman Empire

Huang He

Stretches across China for roughly 2,900 miles also known as the Yellow River… Provides yellow silt called loess.

Chang Jiang

Also called the Yangtze River; Stretches 3,400 miles, longest river in Asia

Dynasty

A powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time.

Silk

A fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain incest larvae.