1. Unit 11: China
Visual Vocabulary

2. HUANG HE
A RIVER THAT FLOWS FROM THE KUNLUN MOUNTAINS TO THE YELLOW SEA. ALSO CALLED THE YELLOW RIVER

3. CHANG JIANG RIVER
THE LONGEST RIVER IN ASIA, FLOWING THROUGH EASTERN CHINA. ALSO CALLED THE YANGTZE RIVER.

4. A BARRIER BUILT ON THE CHANG JIANG TO CONTROL FLOODING.
THREE GORGES DAM
A BARRIER BUILT ON THE CHANG JIANG TO CONTROL FLOODING.

5. Confucius
He was a Chinese scholar who created a code of behavior based on traditional values.
He taught that people must do what is right.
Confucianism is a belief system based on the teachings of Confucius,

6. Daoism
A Chinese belief system based on the idea of natural order in the world.
Dao is the force that guides the whole universe, according to Daoism.

7. LAOZI
THE MOST FAMOUS DAOIST TEACHER. CREDITED WITH WRITING THE BASIC TEXT OF DAOISM: “THE WAY AND ITS POWER.”

8. THE BELIEF THAT PEOPLE WERE BAD BY NATURE AND NEEDED TO BE CONTROLLED.
LEGALISM
THE BELIEF THAT PEOPLE WERE BAD BY NATURE AND NEEDED TO BE CONTROLLED.

9. A BARRIER MADE OF WALLS ACROSS CHINA’S NORTHERN FRONTIER.
THE GREAT WALL
A BARRIER MADE OF WALLS ACROSS CHINA’S NORTHERN FRONTIER.

11. SHI HUANGDI
FIRST EMPEROR OF THE QIN DYNASTY. HE CREATED A STRONG GOVERNMENT WITH STRICT LAWS AND PUNISHMENTS.

12. SILK ROAD
A NETWORK OF TRADE ROUTES THAT STRETCHED ACROSS ASIA FROM CHINA TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.

13. SHANG DYNASTY
FIRST DYNASTY: 1500’S B.C.
LOCATED IN NORTHERN CHINA
SOCIAL ORDER BECAME MORE ORGANIZED UNDER THIS DYNASTY.

14. ZHOU DYNASTY
SECOND DYNASTY
LASTED LONGER THAN ANY OTHER DYNASTY IN CHINESE HISTORY.

15. QIN DYNASTY
THIRD DYNASTY.
DEFEATED ALL WARRING STUATES AND UNIFIED THE COUNTRY UNDER A SINGLE GOVERNMENT.

16. HAN DYNASTY FOURTH DYNASTY.
TOOK CONTROL AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF FIGHTING AFTER THE FALL OF THE QIN DYNASTY.

17. DIFFUSION
THE SPREAD OF IDEAS FROM ONE CULTURE TO ANOTHER.