We will have a vocabulary quiz on Thursday, May 13 that will draw words from our entire China unit. Use the flashcards to study for the quiz. The entire word list is included below the flashcards.
Word List
- Confucius – ancient Chinese philosopher who taught “do not treat people the way you would not like to be treated”.
- Ghengis Khan – brutal leader of the Mongols who created a vast empire.
- Marco Polo – explorer who travelled from Venice to China in 1272 and wrote a journal to describe his experience.
- Moa Zedong – leader of the 1949 Communist Revolution who ruled China for 27 years.
- Qin Shihuangdi- the first emperor of China, he began building the Great Wall.
- Changjiang – long river flowing through the fertile basin in Southeast China.
- Huang He – river named after the yellow silt it carries through northern China.
- Taklamakan – deadly desert in western China.
- Tiananmen Square – site where protesters gathered on June 5, 1989 and were attacked by the army.
- Tibet Qinghai Plateau – a remote, large area with a high elevation that borders the Himalayas.
- Bronze – a mixture of copper and tin and allowed the Shang Dynasty to become powerful.
- Little Red Book - given to students during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960′s to teach them to be good communists.
- logographs – symbol that represents a thing or idea.
- Oracle bones – were used by Shang emperors to help them predict the future.
- Opium – a highly addictive drug that the British sold in the China during the 1800′s that caused a war.