China ABC Book!!!! :) Lucy Barz

Anyang was one of the first cities that the Chinese built. A is for Anyang. Anyang was one of the first cities that the Chinese built.

B B is for bureaucracy. A buraeucary is a system of government where a group of appointed officials are responsible for different areas of the government.

C C is for Confuscianism. Confuscianism is a system of beliefs introduced by the Chinese thinker Confucious; and it taught that people needed to have a sense of duty to their family and community in order to bring peace to society.

A dynasty is a line of rulers from the same family. D is for dynasty. A dynasty is a line of rulers from the same family.   Symbol for Qin Dynasty. 

E E is for exams. People who wanted to be part of the Chinese government took exams called Civil Service Exams. People would study for years for these exams. 1 in 5 people passed the test, but if you didn't, you could still have a small job in the government.

F F is for farmers. Farmers played important roles in Ancient Chinese society. They grew all the crops and other goods.

G G is for the Great Wall. The Great Wall was built to keep out the Xiongnu nomads. The Great Wall is  88,518 km long. 

H is for the Huang He River. The Huang He River is an important part of Ancient China's geography. Its river valley is where the first Ancient Chinese civilization started.

I I is for inventions. The Han dynasty was the Era of Inventions. The Chinese people were known for their works of bronze.

The Chinese made beautiful jewelry and sculptures out of jade. J is for jade. The Chinese made beautiful jewelry and sculptures out of jade.

Chinese characters that mean "Xia Dynasty". K K is for know. Little was known about the very first Chinese dynasty, the Xia dynasty. Chinese characters that mean "Xia Dynasty".

Liu Bang founded the Han dynasty. L is for Liu Bang. Liu Bang founded the Han dynasty.

Millet is a cheap grain that was grown in Ancient China. M is for millet. Millet is a cheap grain that was grown in Ancient China.

N is for Neo-Confucianism. Neo-Confucianism is an adapted version of Confucianism that rejected superstitious and mystical elements of Daoism and Buddhism. 

O O is for oracle bones. Oracle bones are fortune-telling bones to whom rulers would ask questions to.

P P is for porcelain. Porcelain is one of the products that was sold on the Silk Road. Porcelain is a fine-grained ceramic.

Qin Shihuangdi founded the Qin dynasty. Q is for Qin Shihuangdi. Qin Shihuangdi founded the Qin dynasty.

R R is for rebel. People rebelled against many dynasties and overthrew them. Chinese characters meaning "rebel".

S S is for silk.  Silk was traded on the Silk Road. Silk is a cloth made from the cocoon of a silk worm.

T T is for taking over.  Every Ancient Chinese dynasty was taken over or overthrown. 接管 Chinese characters that mean "taking over".

团结 U U is for unite. Many Ancient Chinese dynasties united China. Chinese characters that mean "unite".

Marco Polo made many voyages across the world with Kublai Kan. V is for voyage.  Marco Polo made many voyages across the world with Kublai Kan.

Wu Wang founded the Zhou dynasty. W is for Wu Wang. Wu Wang founded the Zhou dynasty.

X is for the Xiongnu nomads. The Xiongnu nomads lived in the Mongolian Highlands. They had a war with the Han dynasty.

Y is for the Yellow River. This river is also known as the Huang He, which i talked about on a previous slide.

Z Z is for Zhang Qian. Zhang Qian founded the Silk Road. Statue of Zhang Qian by Peter Griffin

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