China ABC book Mason Allen

A is for Anyang Anyang was the first capital in China

B is for bureaucracy A bureaucracy is made up of appointed officials who are responsible for different areas in the government

C is for China China has two great rivers, Chang Jiang and Huang He

D is for dynasty A long line of rulers who are in the same family are called a dynasty

E is for expensive porcelain was very expensive In China

F is for filial piety filial piety means that kids have to respect their parents and older relatives

G is for Guangzhou Guangzhou is now Southern China

H is for Hanfeizi Hanfeizi made the philosiphy, legalism

I is for Iron Asians used Iron for lots of things like weapons, armor and farmer tools

J is for jade Jade was jewel that was made into small statues

K is for known Not much is known about the xia dynasty

L is for Laozi the creator of the philosophy, Daoism was named Laozi

M is for Myrrh Myrrh is another word for Frankincence

N is for neo-confucism neo-confucism was made to support the philosophy of confucism

O is for oracle Oracles used bones to make messages from the gods

P is for pictographs Pictographs are characters that stand for objects

Q is for Qin Shihuangdi Qin Shihuangdi means China's first emperor

R is for ruler emporers were the rulers of China

S is for silk road The silk road was used to trade with other civilizations

T is for teams The Chienese divided into different teams

U is for under citizens lived under emporers

V is for vice There was no vice emporer

W is for Wu Wang Wu Wang was an arisocrat

X is for Xia Not much was known about the Xia dynasty

Y is for Yellow river the yellow river was called the Hung He river

Z is for Zhou The Zhou dynasty took down the Shang dynasty