ancient china Flashcards
People of high rank
Lords
Farmers with small farms
Peasants
Most influential teacher in Chinese history
Confucius
Moral Values
Ethics
The ideas of Confucius
Confucianism
An early Chinese belief that stressed living in harmony with the universe
Daoism
The most famous Daoist teacher
Laozi
An early Chinese belief that people were bad naturally and needed to be controlled
Legalism
The way something is set up or organized
Structure
A hard gemstone
Jade
A prediction
Oracle
In which part of China is the Gobi Desert?
North China
Where did the Chinese first grow rice?
In the Chang Jiang Valley
Which dynasty provided the basis for China’s writing system?
The Shang dynasty
Which emperor found the Xia dynasty
Yu the Great
How did the Zhou establish their rule throughout China?
Lords exchanging the land given by the King
literally “first emperor” the title the Qin king Yang Zheng gave himself
Shi Huangdi
A barrier built by the Qin that linked earlier walls across China’s northern frontier
Great Wall
A device that uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell time
Sundial
A device that measures the strength of an earthquake
Seismograph
The practice of inserting small needle through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain
Acupuncture
A new idea, method, or device
Innovation
A soft, light, highly valued fabric made from the cocoons of silkworms
Silk
A network of routes between China and the Mediterranean Sea
Silk Road
The spread of ideas from one culture to another
Diffusion
