Ch6 Flashcards
1
Q
jade
A
a hard gemstone
2
Q
oracle
A
a prediction
3
Q
lords
A
people of high rank
4
Q
peasants
A
farmers with small farms
5
Q
Confucius
A
the most influential teacher in China history
6
Q
ethics
A
moral values
7
Q
Confucianism
A
the ideas of Confucius
8
Q
Daoism
A
stressed living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of all reality
9
Q
Laozi
A
the most famous Daoist teacher
10
Q
legalism
A
the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled
11
Q
Shi Huangdi
A
first emperor
12
Q
Great Wall
A
a barrier that linked earlier walls across China’s northern frontier
13
Q
sundial
A
the position of shadow cast by the sun to tell the time
14
Q
seismograph
A
a device that measures the strength of an earthquake
15
Q
acupuncture
A
the practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain
