Ancient Medieval China Flashcards
(50 cards)
A dry grass-covered plain
Steppe
The process of growing something
Cultivation
Total disorder and confusion
Chaos
The earliest known people/dynasty in China
Xia
Cars artifacts used to tell the future
Oracle bones
Renewed China after 300 years of fighting
Sue Dynasty
A woman who was a teacher and historian in the Royal Court
Ban zhoa
Method using it by archaeology to uncover remains underground
Excavated
A printed, or written letter symbol, or mark
Character
Practice and honoring spirits of deceased family members
Ancestor worship
The belief that laws and punishment are the key to social order
Legalism
Legendary teacher called the old master begin Taoism
Laozi
A set of beliefs about how to live
Philosophy
A system that calls for a simple natural life
Taoism
A state of disorder
Anarchy
Relating to issues of right and wrong. How people should behave.
Moral
The quality of being morally, good or righteous
Virtue
What geography factors is the last civil relations to develop in China
Trading
Advantages and disadvantages of living in countryside, and working as a farmer in medieval China
You would always have food very hard though
What was an advantage and disadvantage of living in a walled town
Less likely to get hurt but you live in a small environment
What sort of work and workers did Society value, the most in ancient and medieval China
Loyalty to family
What was the importance of the silk route
It was good for trade. It helps, civilizations, grow and learn. New ideas.
Geography, featurers_________ China, from the rest of the world
Isolate
The development of___________ villages marks the beginning of civilization in China
Farming