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Vocabulary Flash Cards 4.1 (pp. 76–79)
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Ch. 4, Section 1, Page 78
fine, loose, yellow soil
that is good for growing
things
loess
noun
Ch. 4, Section 1, Page 78
earthen walls built along
a river to hold back
water from floods
dikes
noun
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Vocabulary Flash Cards 4.2 (pp. 80–83)
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line of kings ruling over
a late Neolithic people
in the Huang River
region of China starting
in about 2000 B.C.
Ch. 4, Section 2, Page 80
Xia
noun
Ch. 4, Section 2, Page 81
Shang
noun
Ch. 4, Section 2, Page 81
bureaucracy
noun
(hint: Xia is the ancient Mandarin
word for China.)
invaders of the Huang
River valley who got
power sometime between
1750 B.C. and 1500 B.C.
and started the first dynasty
in China
government organized
into different levels and
offices with different
jobs
(hint: bureau = office; cracy =
government)
Ch. 4, Section 2, Page 82
belief that everything
has a soul
animism
(hint: anima = soul)
noun
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Ch. 4, Section 2, Page 82
oracle bones
noun phrase
cattle bones or tortoise
shells on which Chinese
priests would write
questions and then
interpret answers from the
cracks that formed when
the bones were heated
Ch. 4, Section 2, Page 82
changes to a language
used in a certain region
that make the language
little bit different
dialects
noun
Ch. 4, Section 2, Page 83
calligraphy
Chinese beautiful art of
writing
(hint: kalli = beautiful; graphy =
writing)
noun
Ch. 4, Section 2, Page 83
people who overthrew
the Shang dynasty of
China in 1122 B.C.
Zhou
noun
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dynasty that came to
power in China in 221
B.C. under which the
first true empire of
China was created
Qin
noun
Ch. 4, Section 3, Page 84
dynasty of rulers that
ruled a centralized and
growing empire in
China
Han
noun
Ch. 4, Section 3, Page 86
autocracy
noun
government in which
the ruler holds absolute
power all by himself or
herself
(hint: auto = self; cracy =
government)
Ch. 4, Section 3, Page 86
Great Wall of China
wall built and expanded
upon by early rulers of
China to protect China
from invaders
noun phrase
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civil service
centralized system that
runs the day-to-day
business of government
noun phrase
Ch. 4, Section 3, Page 87
leveling
noun
Ch. 4, Section 3, Page 88
Silk Road
noun phrase
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policy in which the
government uses price
controls to level, or
balance, the economic
effects of having too
much or not enough
farm production
trade route, or path,
stretching from China to
the Mediterranean region
(hint: Silk cloths were one of the
goods moved and traded along this
route.)
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Vocabulary Flash Cards 4.4 (pp. 89–92)
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Ch. 4, Section 4, Page 89
force that is female, dark,
and passive; part of the
Chinese belief of dualism
or balance in life
yin
noun
Ch. 4, Section 4, Page 89
(hint: from the Mandarin word yin,
which means “dark moon”)
force that is male, bright,
and active; part of the
Chinese belief of dualism
or balance in life
yang
noun
(hint: from the Mandarin word
yang, which means “bright sun”)
collection of the ideas
and teachings of
Confucius
Ch. 4, Section 4, Page 90
Analects
noun
(hint: from the Greek word
analekta, which means “collected
together”)
Ch. 4, Section 4, Page 91
Dao De Jing
compilation of Laozi’s
teachings on Daoism
noun
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Ch. 4, Section 4, Page 91
school of Chinese
philosophy, or ideas that
is concerned with legal
policies and rules
Legalism
noun
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genealogy
study of a family history
(hint: genea = family; logy = study
of)
noun
Ch. 4, Section 5, Page 94
Five Classics
five texts, or writings,
used to train scholars
and civil servants in
ancient China
noun phrase
Ch. 4, Section 5, Page 95
acupuncture
noun
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Chinese medical
practice of puncturing
skin with needles in
certain areas of the body
(hint: acus = needle)
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