Chapter 6-Ancient China

Question 1

Huang He

Answer 1

yellow river; china’s sorrow or river

of sorrows

Question 2

jade

Answer 2

a hard jemstone

Question 3

oracle

Answer 3

prediction

Question 4

oracle bones

Answer 4

bones with questions written on them that are heated and then priests will make predictions from the cracks

Question 5

lords

Answer 5

people of high rank

Question 6

peasants

Answer 6

farmers with small farms

Question 7

ethics

Answer 7

moral values

Question 8

confucianism

Answer 8

the ideas of conucius

Question 9

Confucius

Answer 9

the most influential teacher in Chinese history

Question 10

Confucius’ teachings

Answer 10

moral leadership, not laws brought order to china; chinese need to return to ethics; king should lead by example; respect and loyalty in the family

Question 11

daoism

Answer 11

stressed living in harmony with the dao

Question 12

legalism

Answer 12

the belief that people are bad by nature an need to be controlled

Question 13

laozi

Answer 13

most famous daoist teacher; wrote basic text of daoism the way and its power

Question 14

mandate of heaven

Answer 14

idea that heaven gave power to the king or leader and no one could rule without heaven’s permission

Question 15

dynastic cycle

Answer 15

come to power; rule; fall from power; repeat with different ruler

Question 16

zhou dynasty

Answer 16

the longest lasting dynasty in chinese history

Question 17

Shi huangdi

Answer 17

Qin king Ying Zheng who changed name to Shi huangdo because it means first emperor; unified china with policies and strict laws

Question 18

Qin dynasty

Answer 18

united china under one government

Question 19

Great wall

Answer 19

a barrier that linked earlier walls across china’s northern frontier

Question 20

han dynasty

Answer 20

chinese dynasty lasting more than 400 years

Question 21

sundial

Answer 21

uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day

Question 22

seismograph

Answer 22

device used to measure the strength of earthquakes

Question 23

shang dynasty

Answer 23

king was center of political and religious life; organized social order; china’s first writing system

Question 24

acupuncture

Answer 24

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

Question 25

silk

Answer 25

soft, light, highly valued fabric

Question 26

silk road

Answer 26

this 4000 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 27

diffusion

Answer 27

the spread of ideas from one culture to another