Ancient Chinese Vocab

6. a fine yellow soil that is windblown, causing the Huang He River to earn the name “Yellow River”
7. a trade route covering 4,000 miles from the Mediterranean Sea through Asia
8. a system of ideas named after the Greek word meaning “love of wisdom”
10. a divine right to rule
11. a series of rulers from the same family
12. a person who works for the government. Emperor Wu Di increased the importance of education in order to acquire a job with the government.
14. teaches that one should live simply and in harmony with nature
15. rule by a royal family
16. a desert area with very dry grasslands and no trees

1. a means of written communication which is also an art form
2. teaching of Confucius that called for children to respect and honor their parents
3. a class system where the king provided lands to lords for military support, and peasants worked the land in exchange for protection
4. instrument that measures details of an earthquake
5. named himself “First Emperor of China”
9. a belief system that teaches about the respect and loyalty in five relationships to bring goodness to society
13. a form of government that gave all of the power to one leader