Ancient China Flashcards

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oracle bones

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Is a preditction

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Jade

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A hard gemstone

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Lords

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People of high rank

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Peasant

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Farmers with small farms

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Confucius

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Know as confucianism

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Ethics

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Moral values

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Confucianism

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A teacher

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Daosim

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Stressed living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of all reality.

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Laozi

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Was a famous teacher

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10
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Legalism

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The belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled

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11
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Shi Huangdi

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First emperor

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Great Wall

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A barrier that linked earlier walls across China’s northern frontier.

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Sundial

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Uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day

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Seismorgraph

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Is a device that measures the strength of earthquakes

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Acpuncture

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Is a practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain

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Silk

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A soft, light highly valued fabric

17
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Silk Road

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A trail for trading