Ancient China

Analects

The collected saying and teachings of Confucius.

Bronze Age

Time when people made weapons and tools from bronze.

Calligraphy

artistic form of ancient Chinese teacher writing.

Confucius

influential ancient Chinese teacher and philosopher.

Dynasty

a ruling family

Great Wall

Military fortification built to stop other people from invading China.

Huang River Valley

Area surrounding the Huang River in China.

Jade

hard, green colored stone used in carving.

landscape

A painting of a natural scene.

loess

Yellowish soil from the Gobi Desert.

oracle bones

animal bones used for predicting the future.

pictograph

a picture that stands for a word.

Shang Dynasty

first dynasty in China.

Taoism

ancient Chinese philosophy.

Terracotta Army

collection of seven thousand life sized sculptures made from pottery in the tomb of Shi Huangdi.

wattle and daub

building technique using wood and soil utilized by the ancient Chinese.

Zhou Dynasty

China’s longest dynasty