China ABC Book!!!! :)

Lucy Barz

AA is for Anyang.

Anyang was one of the first cities that the Chinese built.

BB is for bureaucracy.

A buraeucary is a system of government where a group of appointed officials are responsible for

different areas of the government.

CC 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.

DD is for dynasty.

A dynasty is a line of rulers from the same family.

       

Symbol for Qin Dynasty. 

EE 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.

FF is for farmers.

Farmers played important roles in Ancient Chinese society. They grew all the crops and

other goods.

GG is for the Great Wall.

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

HH 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.

II is for inventions.

The Han dynasty was the Era of Inventions.

The Chinese people were known for their works of bronze.

JJ is for jade.

The Chinese made beautiful jewelry and sculptures out of jade.

KK is for know. Little was known about the very

first Chinese dynasty, the Xia dynasty.

Chinese characters that mean "Xia Dynasty".

LL is for Liu Bang.

Liu Bang founded the Han dynasty.

MM is for millet.

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

NN is for Neo-Confucianism. 

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

OO is for oracle bones.

Oracle bones are fortune-telling bones to whom rulers would ask questions to.

PP is for porcelain.

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

ceramic.

QQ is for Qin Shihuangdi.

Qin Shihuangdi founded the Qin dynasty.

RR is for rebel.

People rebelled against many dynasties and overthrew them.

Chinese characters meaning "rebel".

SS is for silk. 

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

TT is for taking over.

 Every Ancient Chinese dynasty was taken over or overthrown.

接管Chinese characters that mean "taking over".

UU is for unite. 

Many Ancient Chinese dynasties united China.

团结Chinese characters that mean "unite".

VV is for voyage. 

Marco Polo made many voyages across the world with Kublai Kan.

WW is for Wu Wang.

Wu Wang founded the Zhou dynasty.

XX is for the Xiongnu nomads.

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

YY is for the Yellow River.

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

ZZ is for Zhang Qian.

Zhang Qian founded the Silk Road.

Statue of Zhang Qian by Peter Griffin

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