Ancient China vocab

Question 1

Oracle bones

Answer 1

Oracle is a prediction.

Question 2

Jade

Answer 2

Jade, a hard Gemstone.

Question 3

Lords.

Answer 3

Lords, or people of high rank.

Question 4

Peasant

Answer 4

Peasants, or farmers with small farms.

Question 5

Confucius

Answer 5

Most influential teacher.

Question 6

Ethics

Answer 6

Ethics, or moral values. The ideas of Confucius are known Confucianism.

Question 7

Confucianism

Answer 7

The ideas of Confucius

Question 8

Daosim

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Laozi

Answer 9

Was the most famous Daoist teacher. He taught people not to try to gain wealth.

Question 10

Legalism

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Shi Huangdi

Answer 11

First emperor

Question 12

Great Wall

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Sundial

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Seismograph

Answer 14

A device that measures the strength of an earthquake.

Question 15

Acupuncture

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Silk

Answer 16

A soft, light, highly valued fabric.

Question 17

Silk Road

Answer 17

The 4,000 mile long network of routes stretched westward from China across Asia’s deserts and mountain ranges, through the Middle East, until it reached the Mediterranean Sea.

Question 18

Diffusion

Answer 18

The spread of ideas from one culture to another.