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| Home of the tallest mountain in the worl |
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| the tallest mountain chain in china is |
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| this deserts name translates to "once you come in, you never go out" |
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| this desert is to the northwestern part of china |
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| this desert is the reason for the yellow silt that muddies the yellow river |
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| Huang He River, Chinas Sorrow |
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| approx 500 ft below sea level is |
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| approx 500 ft below sea level is |
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| this place has fertile lans |
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| ancient capital city of china |
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| current capital city of china |
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| every chinese character is made of simple strokes. how many strokes are used? |
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| the chinese uses these instead of an alphabet |
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| the religion that came from INdia and quickly spread to china is |
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| the religion that ask you to achieve one w/ nature |
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| the pilosophy that suggest society runs best when the leaaders are strict w/ laws and harsh punishments |
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| the philosophy that strsses proper conduct and respect in order to have a peaceful society is called |
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| a line of rulers who belong to the same family |
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| mandate of heaven/divine right |
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| a formal order from up above gave chinese leaders the power to rule |
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| characters the stand for objects |
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| characters that are put togehter to create an idea |
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| introducing someone to a small part of a disease in order to prevent them from getting it full blown is called |
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| the white fragile material the chinese invented by mixing clay and feldspar |
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| the ancient china caculater |
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| paintings the chinese created |
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| a huge line of defense between the chinese and northern neighbors |
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| a huge waterway between the yellow and yangzi river |
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| the symbol for daosim represeting harmony in nature |
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| a person high on the social ladder who is a wealthy nobel |
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| made up of appointed officails who are responsible for different ares of government |
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| ancien inns that were stationed along the chinese roads or messangers/tax collecterrs/etc. to use |
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| alchemists made this by using suulphur saltpeter and charcoal and adding heat |
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| a king owens all the land, gives some to the lords and the lords make the lower class work the fields in return for protection |
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| this was the greatest trade route of the ancient world. it ran from the chinese empire to the roman empire |
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| the Chinese are well known to be this they typically do not let their culture diffuse |
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| chinese jewerly was made oftern with this green stone |
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| wants follwers to obtain NIRVANA |
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| buddhism: the state of no disiring/ calmness |
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| created by the ENLIGHTENED one |
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buddhism
the insight that comes w/ reaching the nirvana and ending the cycle of recarnation |
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| rebirth/2ndlife/reenteringworld |
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| created by siddhartha guatama |
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| founded in india and traveled to china |
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| contained the FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS |
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buddhism
1. all life is pain and suffering
2. pain and suffering is caused by desire
3. to end sufffering, you must overcome desire
4. follow the middle way |
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buddhism
live a moral life w/ compassion and youu'll have peace |
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| claims that all humans are naturally evil and selfish |
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| believes in the CODE OF BEHAVIOR between five sets of people |
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confucianism
1. husband and wife
2. parent,child
3. sibling,sibling
4. friend, friend
5. ruler, subject
b respectful and courtious |
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| live simply and in harmony w/ nature |
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confucianism
respect for your parents |
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| is much like the GOLDEN RULE |
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confucianism
do onto others as you they do onto you |
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daoism
a symbol that represants the opposites in nature and work together to creaate harmony yang: sky,, male,, light,, warm yin: opposite of yang {earth,, female,, dark,, cold} |
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| involves strict rules and harsh punishment |
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| insists that good leader must ead as a role model |
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daoism
live simply and in harmony w/ nature |
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| aristocrats really dislikes this one |
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| daoism or confucianism or buddhism. whyy? |
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