Abe China Flashcards
What is the study of the basic ideas and beliefs of society called?
philosophy
What is a military leader who controls an area of land known as?
warlord
What is the belief that the right to rule comes from the gods?
Mandate of heaven
What idea emphasizes that children should honor and care for their parents?
Filial piety
What is a symbol or picture in a writing system that combines two or more pictographs to express an idea?
ideographs
What is a symbol or picture in a writing system that represents an object?
pictographs
Who are upper class citizens that hold wealth and power?
aristocrats
What term refers to a person that someone is descended from?
ancestors
Which dynasty began the process of building the Great Wall of China?
Qin dynasty
How did Han Wudi, of the Han dynasty, reform the government?
By changing the process behind appointing government officials
Duty to one’s family, practice good actions, and government offices open to all people are ideas practiced by what philosophy?
confucianism
Which major trade route spread goods from China to parts of the Middle East, Africa and Europe?
The Silk Road
