Chapter 7 Flashcards
drove the Xiongnu back into Gobi Desert
Han Wudi
flows from Mongolia to Pacific Ocean
Huang He
filial piety
practice that requires children to respect their parents
punished or killed anyone who opposed him
Qin Shihuangdi
taught that people should put family & community above themselves
Confucius
network of trade routes that went from China to southwest Asia
Silk Road
made sure that government officials did their jobs
censors
location of Shang empire/dynasty
Huang He valley
reason the Great Wall was built
to keep out the Xiongnu
taught that people needed harsh laws & punishment to make them live rightly
Legalism
sent out of China on the Silk Road
silk, tea, spices, porcelain
fraction of Chinese land that is good for farming
1/10
what people could do if king was bad & brought bad fortune on his kingdom
overthrow
usual head of Chinese family
oldest male
acupuncture
Chinese invention-thin needles placed in skin