Ancient China: Vocabulary

To exchange goods.

• Barter

• Isolate

• Filial Piety

• Peasant

A system of government in which appointed officials in specialized departments run various offices.

• Caravan

• Dynasty

• Bureaucracy

• Dynasty cycle

A group of people that travel together.

• Caravan

• Barter

• Maritime

• Terra Cotta

The pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties in ancient and early China.

• Dynasty Cycle

• Bureaucracy

• Filial Piety

• Cultural Diffussion

The pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties in ancient and early China

• Dynastic Cycle

• Filial Piety

• Maritime

• Oracle Bone

A series of rulers from the same family.

• Dynasty

• Barter

• Caravan

• Bureaucracy

The supreme ruler of an empire.

• Emperor

• Dynasty

• Isolate

• Peasant

The belief that children owe their parents and their ancestors respect.

• Filial Piety

• Confucianism

• Silk

• Cultural Difussion

To cut off from the rest of the world.

• Issolate

• Barter

• Caravan

• Oracle Bone

Relating to the sea.

• Maritime

• Caravan

• Silk

• Terra Cotta