Ancient China Flashcards
What is the study of the basic ideas and beliefs of society?
Philosophy
What is a military leader who controls an area of land called?
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 the upper class citizens who 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 reform the government?
Changing the way government officials are appointed where it was based on talent, not family or wealth.
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
Did the Great Wall of China keep the Mongols from invading?
No
What job was held by the majority of people in China?
Farmers
What needs to be followed in Buddhism to help a person reach Nirvana?
The Eightfold Path (The Middle Path)
Did China share the process for making silk with other civilizations?
No
Who created Daoism?
Laozi
What is a state of perfect peace, according to Buddhism?
Nirvana
What philosophy combined the ideas of Daoism and Buddhism and taught that people should be concerned with life after death?
Neo-Confucianism
Who created the philosophy of legalism?
Hanfeizi
Who was a fierce Mongol leader who invaded China?
Ghengis Khan
What was invented in the Zhou dynasty that helped soldiers stay securely on their horses when riding into battle?
Stirrups
Fill in the blank: The _______ is the major trade route that spread goods from China.
Silk Road
