China Vocabulary

6. to remove or suppress ideas considered harmful or dangerous
8. a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes proper behavior
10. one of the first Chinese dynasties, ruled from 1750 to 1040 B.C.E.
11. a stone-and-earth wall about 1,500 miles long, first built during the Qin dynasty to defend China’s northern boundary
12. a line of rulers in China that ruled after the Shang dynasty
16. a violent action in opposition of a government or law
17. honoring of ancestors through rituals, such as offering food to the spirits of the dead
18. a network of trade routes that stretched for more than four thousand miles across Asia

1. a power or law believed to be granted by the heavens
2. a large, complex organization that functions under a given set of rules and conditions
3. a region in the Huang He River valley, where Chinese civilization began
4. the first emperor to rule a united China, from 221 to 210 B.C.E.
5. a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes strict obedience to laws
7. the dynasty that ruled China from about 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E., the period following the Qin dynasty
9. a person who works for a government
13. a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with nature
14. the Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature
15. light, fertile soil that yields bountiful grain crops