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Ancient China Flashcards

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Define Ansestor

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A family member who is no longer living.

A family member from whom you descended from

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Define

Aristocrat

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A person who belongs to the highest class of society

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Define bureaucracy

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A group of non-elected government officials that represented a thing or idea

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Define pictograph

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A symbol in a writing system based on pictures

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Define ideographs

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A symbol of a writing system that represents a thing or idea

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Define Silk Road

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The only land connection between China and the rest of the world

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What religion spread across the Silk Road from India to China

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Buddhism

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During the Han dynasty, what did the Chinese make from rug pulp

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Paper

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What dynasty selected government workers based on ability (civil service)

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The Han dynasty

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What dynasty is known for expanding the Great Wall of China to what we see today

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The Han dynasty

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What dynasty is known for starting the Great Wall of a China

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Qin dynasty

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What dynasty lasted for only 15 years

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Qin dynasty

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What dynasty is famous for first using/creating Silk

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The Shang dynasty

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What dynasty followed strict Legalistic rules and punishments

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He qin dynasty

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What dynasty had the idea of the !andate of Heaven

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He Zhou dynasty

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What dynasty was inspired heavily by Confucianism

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Han dynasty

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What dynasty was famous for ceramics and pottery

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The Shang dynasty

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What dynasty is famous for inventing paper

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The Han dynasty

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Describe the Mandate of Heaven

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The idea that he Chinese emperor was handpicked by gods

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Who was he founder of Daioism

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Laois

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What philosophy states that all people should respect their elders, and honor the relationships they are in

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Confusion isn’t

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What philosophy encourages people to take life as it comes

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Daoism

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What philosophy stresses strict rules as punishments

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Legalism

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To find a way to a peaceful society was the goal of all three of China,s ___________

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Philosophies

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What is he roverhat was a key waterway for trade and transportation

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Chang Juing

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What is another name for the Huang River

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Yellow river

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