Ancient China Vocabulary

a harsh desert that covers much of Northern China

• Gobi Desert

• Huang He River

• Chang Jiang River

• loess

Chinese river that often floods; also known as the Yellow River

• Huang He River

• Chang Jiang River

• loess

• silk

longest Chinese river that runs through central China; also known as the Yangtze River

• Chang Jiang River

• loess

• silk

• jade

a dust-like material that forms soil and makes the Huang He River yellow

• loess

• silk

• jade

• oracle bones

China's main export along the silk road and made from silkworms

• silk

• jade

• oracle bones

• dynasty

a gemstone often used to make jewelry and art

• jade

• oracle bones

• dynasty

• feudalism

China's earliest written records that shared predictions for the future

• oracle bones

• dynasty

• feudalism

• Mandate of Heaven

a group of rulers from the same family

• dynasty

• feudalism

• Mandate of Heaven

• filial piety

a social system in which lords governed land farmed by peasants

• feudalism

• Mandate of Heaven

• filial piety

• philosophy

the right to rule

• Mandate of Heaven

• filial piety

• philosophy

• Confucius