History 2-4

In the northern frontier regions of ancient China conflicts arose between the Chinese and

Mongolians

On their northern and western frontiers the Chinese people for isolated from people in other parts of Asia by

Mountains and desserts

Filial piety

The duty of members of the family to subordinate their needs and desires to those of the male head of the family

During the Shang dynasty, the class of people that owned the land and waged war were the

Aristocrats

Ideographs

Characters in Chinese in which picture or character symbols are combined to represent ideas-- for example showing the sun rising behind the trees to represent east

Pictographs

Characters or picture symbols in the Chinese language that represent an object like a mountain of the sun

Shang

Dissected Chinese dynasty which is mostly a farming society what was also concerned with warfare

The basic economic and social unit in ancient China was the

Family

Zhou

The longest lasting Chinese dynasty which ruled for almost 800 years and claimed it possessed the Mandate of Heaven to rule